Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, That is good to hear about New York, it is my favorite city outside India - I have not been to USA since 2002, because I did not enjoy the mindless security procedures I was put through at that time, especially as I had held a US visa for 20 years before that, and traveled into the country dozens of times. My visa has just expired, and I am debating whether I should renew it at all.... Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Jayanand, > Thanks for directing us to the Boston Globe site. The pictures of the games > are excellent and totally unlike those of most athletic contests. Very > imaginative. > But I disagree about the relative safety of New Your and Mumbai. You said > "I would rather walk the streets of Mumbai late at > > night rather than New York, despite the appalling poverty. But then, I > > have been to both places, so I can make up my own mind...." > > I've been to both places too. New York is now one of the safest large > cities > in the world. Perhaps Singapore is safer. But no large city is really safe > if you are unaware of your surroundings. Evil guys prey on the unwary. > > > On Goeff's cpmment about banning cameras - photography is forbidden in many > venues which are not considered public places. If you have to buy a ticket > for admission, it is not, by definition, a public place. Good luck in > taking > pictures from the audience at a Broadway show. So don't take your camera. > Just watch the performances and enjoy. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >