Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/27

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Subject: [Leica] A mosque in Dubhai
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:36:50 +0530
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You can much better and interesting authentic bits to photograph if
you wander off into the smaller, less wealthy emirates - Sharjah,
Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah are the three that I have been to. It is
also worth taking the desert tours to get away from the concrete. Abu
Dhabi has too much money and a sudden thirst to show it off to the
world, and those modern Dubai buildings are just empty shells for the
most part today. The most beautiful city and surroundings that I have
been to in the Arabian peninsula is Muscat in Oman - beautiful, wild
landscapes are there for taking in the Wadis that are all around, as
well as world class diving. Unfortunately, on my only trip there, I
was there just for a couple of days, neck deep in work. It is
definitely on my "must go back" list.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:13 PM, David English <daveenglish at icloud.com> 
wrote:
> that's true. Most of the city is recently designed and engineered, not a 
> lot of character. We photographers gravitate towards the more authentic.
> Thanks for looking.
> David
>
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:11 AM, Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema at 
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A small piece of Dubai is interesting for photographers as you and I. 
>> it's where the fishmarket is and some souks. Also the harbour is very 
>> nice. It's called Deira and you can walk it in a few hours. The rest of 
>> Dubai is fake.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Michiel


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