On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Satellite comms and mobile telephony have really changed life in > developing countries - where previously people couldn't communicate > easily across distances because their govts couldn't afford to build > and maintain the cabling infrastructure, now it's cheap and easy. It's > an incredible change. > > Flying into Marrakesh in the evening I was struck by the number of > satellite receivers pointing at me. I didn't photograph it through the > plane window because at that time I knew I'd left my batteries & > charger behind, and had to conserve juice. But the entire city, which > is a kind of monochrome mud colour of buildings, bristled with them. > I'd say there were hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of > satellite dishes peering upwards. >
As I was reading your post I thought of this photo you posted a couple of days ago: http://www.web-options.com/Medina/content/_9309631_large.html What immediately struck me is that the youth seemed to be dressed in very similar garb to Western teenagers. Very different from the traditional garb of the older folk. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
