Hello again...and thanks for welcoming to the forum.
Just wanted to comment on a couple of themes that keep coming up:
1) camera/no camera, not enough photos, etc: She was a NOVICE, please don't forget that. If she were an established photographer with years of experience, then all those items would be interesting to dissect. But she had been playing around with photography for a couple of months.
2) purpose of her trip: Much like her new found hobby...this trip was yet another step in her attempt to break away from the life she lead for 15 years, IMO. I'm not getting caught up in how much photography played a role in the trip. Frankly to me, it's irrelevant.
3) double-standard: Some have commented that she is getting unfairly criticized for the choices she made (leaving children, husband, meeting up with internet friends, etc.). And that if it were a male doing this nobody would care. Umm, sorry but if it were her husband who took off to Turkey to pursue his new found hobby, while leaving behind a wife and 2 kids...and taking up on the couch of some ladies he met on the internet. You honestly think he'd get a pass in the court of public opinion. The choices she made were questionable (for a wife or husband).
Just my thoughts, FWIW.
Just wanted to comment on a couple of themes that keep coming up:
1) camera/no camera, not enough photos, etc: She was a NOVICE, please don't forget that. If she were an established photographer with years of experience, then all those items would be interesting to dissect. But she had been playing around with photography for a couple of months.
2) purpose of her trip: Much like her new found hobby...this trip was yet another step in her attempt to break away from the life she lead for 15 years, IMO. I'm not getting caught up in how much photography played a role in the trip. Frankly to me, it's irrelevant.
3) double-standard: Some have commented that she is getting unfairly criticized for the choices she made (leaving children, husband, meeting up with internet friends, etc.). And that if it were a male doing this nobody would care. Umm, sorry but if it were her husband who took off to Turkey to pursue his new found hobby, while leaving behind a wife and 2 kids...and taking up on the couch of some ladies he met on the internet. You honestly think he'd get a pass in the court of public opinion. The choices she made were questionable (for a wife or husband).
Just my thoughts, FWIW.