The following are random shots in Otavalo and Cuenca. Just imagine any interesting yet funny anecdote to go along with the photos. The last three taken with some Kodak Gold film.

View over the capital of Quito.

Near the equator. Llama or alpaca or vicuña. Sad I forgot how to look for the differences. I guess I would wiki it, but that would require actual effort.

Fun buggy. A bit scary when big trucks and busses pass you, plus the sound system wasn’t great. Lack of bass.

Valley of waterfalls near Banos. Great drive in our mini buggy.

It helps to throw on a flash on the sprocket rocket. There often isn’t enough light for close up portraits. Also remember to change the focus settings. Well if you care about things being in focus and all, I’m not judging.

The start of the rainforests in Ecuador.

View of the lovely Banos. (too lazy to look up to put the squiggly line on top of the “n” of banos)  The city in South America we probably spent the most time in. Also once we found this great restaurant, we never ate anywhere else. Pretty amazing place.

These are the scans of photo’s I took in Colombia in various cities. I used my silver Olympus Mju 2 which I have sadly lost along with some Lomo Xpro 100 film. I scanned the negatives myself with an Epson V500 and left the borders on since I felt it gave the images more of an analogue feeling.

Above is street parade/party in Bogota. This is a weekly occurrence where they close of the streets for some music and fun.

A hill overlooking the city of Popayán. The city has their own versions of empanadas and they are really awesome.

A small cemetery we came across in Barichara.

Jack Handy

When you are dealing with street photography you sometimes get caught. I want to take photos of people doing whatever they were doing that got my attention. But sometimes they notice me and we make eye contact through my lens and still I click. They break the illusion I had of myself being a spectator and make me an instant participant. When you take a lot of photos behind the lens you sometimes forget you are dealing with reality.

These are the ones who caught me in the moment.

If you are ever in Medellin, this place deserves a daytrip. Some claim it is the biggest rock in the world. And it is pretty huge.

Really amazing church near the border with Ecuador. We had left our luggage near the border, jumped in a shared taxi and had a look at this place. The priest was cool and talkative. And the road towards the church is filled with plaques and signs of the miracles that came true due to praying at this church.

“The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.”
Agnes Repplier

The following are photos of tourists in Barcelona. Interesting to see how many people now use their phones and even tablets are their primary camera.

The rare double tablet photograph.

Francesca da Rimini

I loved the low winter light in Barcelona. The narrow alleys in El Barrio Gotico created different spots with beams of light that lasted only for a while until the sun moved on.

“Give light and people will find the way.”
Ella Baker

Barcelona was a bit empty around Christmas, but not as desolate the images may suggest. I find it an interesting theme to shoot urban landscapes with (almost) no people in it.

“But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful.”
Alan Watts

“Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, is slowly being unraveled.“

Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle