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Re: [OM] IMG : Egypt - A not so bright side of life ...

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG : Egypt - A not so bright side of life ...
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:49:15 +0100
Thanks again, Philippe. 

I remember places in my youth that smelled so bad I could taste it. The meat 
market in Calcutta (not a euphemism) was an example. 

Chris

C M I Barker | Gamlingay


> On 30 Mar 2020, at 17:14, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Five takes today - the last one is BW
> 
> 
> The first three illustrate a point made by Xavier B on the Leicareflex list, 
> who remembered well extremely poor sanitary conditions on the road back from 
> Saqqarah. 
> 
> 
> Here, a canal in Cairo in which I even saw the decaying carcass of a horse ...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Flotstam-0760.jpg.html
> 
> And yet people live and work there - this street stank like hell and I felt 
> sick over the two or three miles of its length ...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+And+yet-0789.jpg.html
> 
> Kids and adults toil in the midst of refuse, plastic bags, and more … long 
> live plastics ...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hygiene-0782.jpg.html
> 
> 
> On a lighter note, I also felt sorry for this poor chap, for other reasons 
> bringing me back in time ...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hard+luck-0800.jpg.html
> 
> 
> But I wouldn’t finish the series without something more aesthetic (in spite 
> of the presence of the armed soldier) and in BW :-)
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Contrejour-1095.jpg.html
> 
> Some may be viewed large for better appreciation.
> 
> Amities
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
> 
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