True, yet not that much on that very road. - check-points every 20km or so,
with armed soldiers waiting in their pick-ups, ready to react … a strange
feeling though …
Thanks for viewing and commenting
Amities
Philippe
> Le 26 mars 2020 à 08:50, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> I like the panorama, Philippe: that history is amazing.
>
> The chase would have been worrying, particularly when you consider that many
> zones of conflict in that part of the world started years ago using pickups
> as fighting vehicles; they sometimes had large machine guns mounted on the
> flatbed. There was a name for that sort of contraption but I’ve forgotten it.
>
> Clearly this lot didn’t have that sort of weapon, but the risk feels real.
>
> Chris
>
>> On 26 Mar 20, at 07:26, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Yesterday’s offering featured a lady baking bread. Here is how to :
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/ezgif_com-optimize-2.gif.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/ezgif_com-optimize-2.gif.html>
>>
>>
>> We were also discussing panos and UWAs on the Olylist - here’s one pano in
>> which the shadows finally meet ...
>> LR did a great job as I have been able to detect only one duplicate lady in
>> the moving crowds.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Abu+Simbel-PANO-small-.jpg.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Abu+Simbel-PANO-small-.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> The next two are titled Tricky, and Trickier - took us half an hour to
>> finally manage to get through the illegally incoming traffic … but fun all
>> the same to feel like being part of an anthill ...
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Tricky-0047.jpg.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Tricky-0047.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Trickier-0054.jpg.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-Trickier-0054.jpg.html>
>>
>>
>> And to finish with, a chase on what they call a road in the desert, and that
>> would largely qualify as track on most of the remaining 600 km.
>> Shot at sunset, at 110km/h or so. The race/chase lasted 15 mn at least,
>> scary.
>> The guys even took i-phone photos of the young lady sitting behind me in the
>> van ...
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-The+Chase-0208.jpg.html
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020-Egypte-The+Chase-0208.jpg.html>
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