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+1. I couldn't of put it better myself Barry.That's a wonderful photo Iain. And once again, your knowledge enhances the pleasure of viewing the image, giving it context and and extra significance. Bravo.
Beautiful.A bit of memories then. Arrochar near loch Lomond.
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+1. I couldn't of put it better myself Barry.
Outstanding work Iain and thank you for sharing
Please do Iain! Graham Greene sometimes pops in to my mind when I read your posts.View attachment 27518
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Three images shot during a journey in and from a motorised rickshaw in Delhi during rush hour. Late 90's I think. Total pandemonium - but great fun. Being on the roads in India is probably the most dangerous thing about the place - in my experience. Traffic jam? Somebody had run down a wandering cow going round Connaught Place. A total standstill until the correct funerary rights had been done. I remember we were coming back from the Amex office after changing money upon arrival in the country. The Indian Rupee used to be a closed currency - so you couldn't import it - you had to get your cash there. Amex was always the best rate. I normally stay in Pahar Ganj in the old town and it's walkable to Connaught but sometimes it's just too hot or humid to be bothered. When you engage with the driver of a rick - you negotiate - this may take a while. The main thing to emphasise once you have agreed a price for the journey is - if he deviates at all from the route to show me - 'my brother's excellent carpet shop,' I will not pay you a penny. This is a low res scan I found on an old hard drive - I apologise for that - editing proofs for a book layout. If anybody is interested I could probably do a separate thread from this trip. It gets better - I ended up in the Himalayas. Cheers - I.
edit - Nikon FM2 - Fuji film.
A bit of memories then. Arrochar near loch Lomond.
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Stunningly beautful.
Aye, this was on the way to the Cobbler, and then we went on to climb two more, can't remember the names. Great hike.
Please do Iain! Graham Greene sometimes pops in to my mind when I read your posts.
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Read The Quiet American.Mate - I'll take that as a compliment but I don't know what it means? I'm aware of Graham Greene but I have never read any of his books. Expand - if you will? Yours - I.
Greene was a marvellous novelist and an interesting, complicated man. He was intellectually conflicted by his growing attraction to Catholicism and his natural leftist leanings. Indeed in one of his later novels, 'Monsignor Quixote', he even had a Catholic priest driving around Spain with a communist mayor. But the reason I thought of Greene after your latest post was because when setting a novel in Vietnam, South America, Middle Europe etc, he often used a scene traveling on local transport to give an idea of the nature of a country and it's people. A flavour if you like. So yes, indeed it was a compliment Iain!Mate - I'll take that as a compliment but I don't know what it means? I'm aware of Graham Greene but I have never read any of his books. Expand - if you will? Yours - I.
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