Connected can mean a few different things – it can mean united, linked; joined in a sequence; related by family ties; to communicate between; to link up to an electrical or communications system.
It is the latter that I first thought of. On a visit to Vietnam a few years ago I was shocked and amazed at their electrical system. You are accosted at the sight of thick black cables intertwining all over the cities with little supporting them. Funnily enough the electricity and even more than that, the internet were fast and never faltered the whole time I was there. How, I am sure they ask the same question as there seems to be no method to it really, just a jumble of black licorice-like cables winding their way through the city streets.
Ho Chi Minh Power lines
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I’d hate to be the Lineman trying to sort that lot out! – Good B&W choice for the challenge 🙂
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Thanks 2e0mca.. Yes I wouldnt like to be a linseman there it would take all day to work out which black cable went to which house let alone fix a problem 🙂
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Wow. Shocked and amazed are the exact words I would use to describe this. What if the wires came down during a storm? Oh, dear….
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I know right what a nightmare but it all works strangely enough Loisa 🙂
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It’s photos like these that help me see more of the world – I like them more than photos of the nearest UNESCO site (although I love to visit those) – But it’s the everyday things that are different that are so interesting to me. Love this photo! And yes, how do you figure out which line is a problem if one arises? 😉
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Thanks Paula. Yes could you imagine being an electrician in Vietnam – I dont think so! 🙂
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My goodness me! It looks like a nightmare Kaz, in more ways than one 😧
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Yes Sonia but strangely it all works and works well!
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I agree with the first comment, Karen. Who would want to work on those lines? Great shot 🙂
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Power lines – love it. We certainly cannot live without them and we certainly can’t get a decent photo sometimes with them. 🙂 Great for connected.
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Yes you are so right Judy re taking photos.. how many times have I had to edit out a line – wouldn’t happen in Vietnam, way too many lol! 🙂
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licorice like cables……a delicious way to describe this urban view! 🙂
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Thanks Lillian…:)
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Wow! I don’t even like having one or two wires around. This is like a spider’s web and truly a sign of connection.
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Reminds me of Chiang Mai, Thailand 🙂
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I have been there but obviously wasnt that observant…had my eyes on the shopping not the wires but in Vietnam it was the first thing I saw 🙂 Thanks for your response Debbie
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I didn’t notice the wires until our second day there, when I was getting ready to take a photo of a sign and all of the wires were bunched up above. 🙂
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A very smart choice of subject for the challenge. 🙂
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Thanks Dale very much 🙂
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Wow! I had never seen so many electrical wires all at once. Interesting.
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I know right. How weird and fascinating and it works a treat which is the oddest thing of all 🙂
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It’s crazy! I’m sure they never have high traffic problems of any sort with all of those cables network capacity.
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The lines are a little deceptive – the government electricians don’t usually remove the lines when they are being replaced (they are so woven into the other live lines they are very hard to untangle.) So they are just left there.
I’ve seen electricians actually sitting on the thick bundles lines, which is like a mat, while they work on something up there.
Occupational health and safety isn’t widely recognised here in Sai Gon.
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Thanks for that, I think I might be more relieved now knowing that than thinking they all being used 🙂
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I really love your work.
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Thanks so much. You’ve made my day 😊
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