[Leica] Chongqing

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Luis,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:51 AM, Lluis Ripoll <
lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:

> Very nice Jayanand, I love the pictures of the Panda!
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
> El 09/11/2014, a las 17:43, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
> > Our cruise on the Yangtze ended in what is the world's largest city by
> > population, estimated at 32 million people, China's wartime capital,
> > Chongqing. We just had half a day there before we caught a flight to
> Xi'an,
> > so did very limited sightseeing. My first impression as we made for the
> > pier was a city with way too many bridges across the Yangtze, including
> > this one - finished but unused and not opened to traffic for some strange
> > reason. It was dreary, overcast and drizzling throughout our stay, and
> the
> > smog had turned the atmosphere into a funny (probably mildly sulfurous)
> > yellow:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1223.jpg.html
> >
> > The only tourist place we visited was a renovated centuries old complex,
> > the Huguang Guild Hall, where migrants from South China lived and worked
> > during the Qing Dynasty, the final one, which ruled China from 1644 to
> > 1912. It was a majestic complex, but it was hard to say which bits were
> old
> > and which were reconstructed:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1229.jpg.html
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1238.jpg.html
> >
> > As is usual with me in these old places with dozens of virtually
> identical
> > rooms, I got bored and went back to photographing people:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1804.jpg.html
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1809.jpg.html
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1817.jpg.html
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1840.jpg.html
> >
> > The only other place we visited in Chongqing was the zoo, which is one of
> > the premier breeding centres for the critically endangered Giant Panda.
> > Normally, I hate posting animal photographs from zoos, but I figured that
> > chances of any of us of seeing a Giant Panda in the wild was precisely
> > zilch, so I went ahead anyway - it was feed time when we landed up, and
> > they were enjoying their brunch of bamboo:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1792.jpg.html
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/China/China-20141016-1798.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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