Bertolucci made a great film of The Sheltering Sky, one of my all-time favourites. Paul Bowles has a cameo role at the end. And in fact I think I have his book of photos somewhere.
I've met a lot of people who claim to be travellers, not tourists. I'm always happy to admit that I'm a tourist. I noticed a sign yesterday in a nearby pub window which said "No travellers allowed in this pub" - it's an attempt to keep gypsies out (and probably illegal). I'm sorely tempted to go in there dressed as a gypsy and tell them "I'm a tourist, not a traveller". -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 September 2005 13:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Back from Ukraine > > On 9/6/05, Frantisek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ft> So, which are you, fra, a normal traveller or a flashy > tourist <LOL>? > > > > What do you expect? > > > > With the gaffa' taped Leica, of course just a flashy street shooter > > ;-) > > > > Frantisek > > I'm not well-read, so I don't drop book titles very often > (not having read many of those things - books that is), but > one of my faves is Under the Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles > (who was quite a photog, BTW, and had at least one book of > photos published that I'm aware of). One of the characters > (can't remember which) was quite adamant that (s)he was "a > traveller, and not a tourist", as they trekked about the > Middle East/Northern Africa. > > Your comment reminded me of that book. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >
