Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01BF3929.44E601B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My "wife" and I visited Bali, Hong Kong, and Bangkok for 3 weeks during January 1998. It was our first photo trip to Asia and was an enormously successful trip, both photographically and pleasurably. Bali was definitely the highlight of the trip for both of us. We easily shot 4-5 rolls of film EACH on a daily basis while in Bali....the entire island is amazingly photogenic - the people, the temples, the culture. The only other place in the world I have gotten such a high number of=20 stunning photographs in a 2-3 week period is France. Bali is a Leica photographer's dream. Many people speak negatively about Kuta and Denpasar, but these places are meccas for street photographers and perfect for the clandestine M family. We roamed the streets of Bali from 6am to midnight every day without a hitch. Yvonne was carrying an F5 with two lenses and I carried a brand new chrome R8 with 35 Summilux and 80 Summilux and we felt as safe as if we were with family. I am sure there are a fair share of hoodlums in Kuta and Denpasar, but we encountered none of them. Besides, Kuta/Denpasar are best seen=20 during the day when you can roam the streets and capture the colors of the batik-adorned fabrics, brightly-colored sarongs, offering plates, and dark faces of the native people. I highly recommend that you hire a driver while you are in Bali. It will make your journey 100 time easier = and trouble-free....the moped drivers in Bali are simply death-defying, and the roads are 90% mud and one-lane each direction. Don't even try it if you value your life. Kuta/Denpasar are great for a ONE DAY visit, = unless you are a beach bum and want to surf or get a beach massage and watch girls. More highly recommended are taking a 2 to 3 day trip to the Ubud = area, and a 2-3 day trip to the Northern coast of Bali. I can provide = many=20 more details, including the name, address, and phone of the best = English- speaking guide on the island, whom we hired for 12 hours a day, 5 days = in=20 a row. He took us to all the great photo spots, holes in the wall, and = small=20 villages that no one else sees on regular tours. For about US$60 per = day,=20 Nyoman will take up to four people around in a modern air-conditioned = minivan=20 with a private driver and Nyoman as historian and tour guide, and if = you're=20 lucky, he'll be free for a few days in a row. Trust us....he is amazing = and loves=20 taking photogs to the best spots off the beaten path. If you need more info, or would like to see some scans of Leica images I = took in Bali, email me....hope I helped. Francesco Sanfilippo, fls@san.rr.com Internet Developer and NT/SQL Systems Administrator, http://www.photorealm.com/ http://www.glossymedia.com/ San Diego, CA., USA - ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01BF3929.44E601B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My "wife" and I visited Bali, Hong = Kong, and=20 Bangkok for 3 weeks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>during January 1998. It was our = first photo=20 trip to Asia and was an</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>enormously successful trip, both = photographically=20 and pleasurably.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bali was definitely the highlight of = the trip for=20 both of us. We easily</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>shot 4-5 rolls of film EACH on a daily = basis while=20 in Bali....the entire</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>island is amazingly photogenic - the = people, the=20 temples, the culture.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The only other place in the world I=20 have gotten </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>such a high = number of=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>stunning photographs in = </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>a 2-3 week period is France. Bali is a=20 Leica</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>photographer's dream. Many people = speak=20 negatively about Kuta and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Denpasar, but these places are meccas = for street=20 photographers and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>perfect for the clandestine M = family. We=20 roamed the streets of Bali</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>from 6am to midnight every day without = a=20 hitch. Yvonne was carrying</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>an F5 with two lenses and I carried a = brand new=20 chrome R8 with 35</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Summilux and 80 Summilux and we felt as = safe as if=20 we were with family.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am sure there are a fair share of = hoodlums in=20 Kuta and Denpasar, but</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>we encountered none of them. = Besides,=20 Kuta/Denpasar are best seen </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>during the </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>day when=20 you can roam the streets and capture the colors</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>of the batik-adorned = fabrics, brightly-colored=20 sarongs, offering plates,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>and dark faces of the native = people. I highly=20 recommend that you hire a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>driver while you are in Bali. It = will make=20 your journey 100 time easier and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>trouble-free....the moped drivers in = Bali are=20 simply death-defying, and</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>the roads are 90% mud and one-lane each = direction. Don't even try it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>if you value your life. = Kuta/Denpasar are=20 great for a ONE DAY visit, unless</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>you are a beach bum and want to surf or = get a beach=20 massage and watch</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>girls. More highly recommended = are taking a 2=20 to 3 day trip to the Ubud </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>area, and </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>a 2-3 day=20 trip to the Northern coast of Bali. I can provide many = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>more details, </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>including the name, address, and phone of the best </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial size=3D2>English-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>speaking guide </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>on the island, whom we hired for 12 hours a day, </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>5 days in </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>a row. He took </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>us to all the great photo spots, holes in the wall, and small=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>villages that no </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial size=3D2>one=20 else sees on regular tours. For about US$60 per = day, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Nyoman will take </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>up </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>to four people around in = a modern=20 air-conditioned minivan </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>with a </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>private=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>driver and Nyoman = as historian and tour=20 guide, and if you're </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>lucky, he'll be free </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>for a few days in a row. Trust us....he is amazing and = loves=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>taking photogs </FONT><FONT = face=3DArial size=3D2>to=20 the best spots off the beaten path.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you need more info, or would like to = see some=20 scans of Leica images I took</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>in </FONT><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Bali, email=20 me....hope I helped.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Francesco Sanfilippo,<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:fls@san.rr.com">fls@san.rr.com</A><BR>Internet Developer=20 and<BR>NT/SQL Systems Administrator,<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.photorealm.com/">http://www.photorealm.com/</A><BR><A = href=3D"http://www.glossymedia.com/">http://www.glossymedia.com/</A><BR>S= an Diego,=20 CA., USA</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01BF3929.44E601B0--