Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Really great images Sander. Please can you advise film and camera details. Many thanks! Gerry www.gwpics.com At 20:15 24/10/2002 +0200, you wrote: >(2nd posting) > >Dear LUGgers, > >During our adventurous visit to Indonesia last August (yes, we were in the >Sari Club in Bali), we were by mere chance able to visit and see the >villagers of >Lamalera, in East Indonesia) catch whales. > >I realize whaling is a touchy subject, but the Whaling Convention allows >subsistence whaling in a few places in the world, mainly in the Arctic >regions. Indonesia is not >a member, but the way the Lamalera people provide for there livelihood would >sure fall under >the Convention. > >The lamalera people only catch whale, and manta and sharks, for food and >oil, and never >sell it for money. There is a barter-only market for the neighborhood >villages. >Without this catch they would perish. > >Witnessing this event ( happening only 20 times, approx., per year) was a >sobering and also frightening experience. Accidents do happen! > >Some pictures would certainly qualify as mere snapshots. Nevertheless I >think the LUG is interested is seeing something quite different from >everyday life in >our cozy and comfortable (?) North America and Europe. There is another >world >outside guys! > >Have a look (Picture Section) and comment please. > >(And yes, I am a Greenpeace contributor and yes, it took us weeks to get >over this experience. But shutting one's eyes to reality has never been a >good idea, even for >ostriches!) > >Best regards > >Sander van Hulsenbeek >Amsterdam >Holland > >http://home.planet.nl/~sanderva/lamalera/start.htm > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html