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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: paullgj on July 24, 2015, 15:37:40

Title: "Chalan"
Post by: paullgj on July 24, 2015, 15:37:40

Hand drawn ferry across the Rio Grande.  Diaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas, Mexico - Los Ebanos, Texas.  Nikon D80 16-85 lens.  July 6, 2015.

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: Bjørn J on July 24, 2015, 16:37:27

Hand drawn? You mean the passengers themselves pull the rope to get the ferry to the other side?

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: Peter Connan on July 24, 2015, 16:47:48

That looks like fun, is your car on there?

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: paullgj on July 24, 2015, 17:35:54

The crew by the ropes pull the ferry across.  Did I go over?  No way!  The area on the other side is known as "la Frontera Chica". And has been the scene of some of the worst drug cartel violence in Mexico since December, 2009, the last time I've been across.  Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are battling it out.  Many of the villages have become depopulated. 

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: Peter Connan on July 24, 2015, 18:42:08

Wow, that's bad! Johannesburg is often called the "crime capital of the world", but sometimes I wonder.

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: armando_m on July 24, 2015, 19:16:51

wow

probably a dumb question , but  is there immigration and customs on each side ?

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: pluton on July 24, 2015, 19:27:24

Is this photographed from the US side?

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: paullgj on July 24, 2015, 19:39:41

Photograph is from the U.S. Side.  There are immigration offices on both sides.  Even though I did not cross, had to show passport at U.S. Customs.

Title: Re: "Chalan"
Post by: Jørgen Ramskov on August 03, 2015, 23:03:53

Ugly times there :(

I noticed you're using a D80, good to see they are still in use, it was my first DSLR and it served me well while I had it.