What a beautiful lush "green" area, recorded with some very well seen shots. I can imagine you're putting yourself back there mentally and experiencing quite a range of emotions.
Jack --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stan Halpin <[email protected]> > Subject: Costa Rican earthquake > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 11:09 PM > Don't know how many of you noticed, I don't think it > has been a major story, but there was a 6.1 or 6.2 > earthquake in Costa Rica about 30 hours ago. I have been > tracking the relatively few stories that have come out. > Since my wife and I were in the area of the epicenter last > June, I have a personal connection! I read the comment about > "we were on the viewing platform near the falls and the > platform collapsed..." and I think, yeah I have several > photos of me, of my wife, and of both of us standing on that > viewing platform... > > Actually it could have been any one of these or one of > several others on that particular trail... > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p192711468/h11d18ada#h11d18ada > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h2ec6d1d0 > > http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821279748/h2ec6d1d0#h3e6b8755 > > I look at the photos of the roads that have collapsed > and/or been covered by landslides and I recognize the road > we were on on our way to the volcano and then to the falls. > One or both of the photos I have sent to Mark for the > upcoming PDML book were taken near the La Paz "luxury > eco-tourist resort" as it is being described; reports > are that the resort suffered heavy damage and they are > working on evacuating guests and staff members, but the > process is complicated by the fact that the road is gone. > > What bothers me most about all of this is that, if I > hadn't been there last summer, I might well not have > noticed. Or if I noticed, I might well not have paid much > attention. Assuming I am at least somewhat typical, that is > a sad commentary on how inured we become to other > people's disasters. > > Oh well. End of philosophical discourse. Back to your > regularly scheduled programs... > > stan > > -- > 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. -- 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.
