Travel Photograph Wednesday - Nicaragua

Center Square of Viejo Leon, Nicaragua.

Travel Photograph Wednesday - Mexico

Fountain at The Art Museum in Queretaro, Mexico.

 Temple and Convent of Saint Agustin.

Cadiz, Andalucía, Spain

                 Last time I left off about my backpacking trip through out Europe I was in Sevilla, Spain.  While in Sevilla I was staying at my friends apartment, which I used as a home base so I could travel to different cities in Andalucia (the southern region of Spain).  My days there would consist of: waking up really early in the morning, my friend would take to the train station, I would take a train to one of the cities she had told me I had to go see, find the tourism both, plan out what I wanted to see, walk around for the majority of the day, then head back home (Sevilla), and walk around some more until my friend could pick me up so I could go to bed, and do the whole thing over again the next day.  

                The first city on the list was Cadiz, a city right on the Mediterranean.  The newer part of Cadiz reminded me of Miami and I wasn't really interested in so I spent most of my day in the older part.  The older part of Cadiz is really small with tiny winding brick streets, that I walked around on while getting lost on purpose.  The whole time I was there I felt like I was on a set of a movie or in Disney world.
                One of the main attractions are the beach and a old fort (Castillo de Santa Catalina) that is located right next to each other, so I worked my way there to check them out.  The front was nice but it was very similar to the ones I had see before all throughout the Caribbean in the Americas (probably because the Spanish were the ones who build those too) so it really didn't interest me.  But what was cool about the fort was that they used it as a gallery space, which they had beautiful works in, that I got to look at.

                 
                I was really excited about this trip to Europe because I really wanted to see Roman ruins, sculpture, and art; later I would get sick of them because there's that stuff every where you go and it lose its wow factor. Except for Roman, the scale there is just amazing.        

                   After a long day in Cadiz, I got back to Sevilla, and had to wait a bit to meet up with my friend.  So that gave me some time to capture some more images.

     
        I had always heard about all the Vespas in Europe and they where always showing up on the  TV show "American Pickers".  Before leaving the states I told my self I wanted to get nice shot of one while I was on this trip.  So when I seen the great light on this Vespas I knew this was the shot.
 

Travel Photograph Wednesday - Costa Rica

Golden hour at Volcano Arenal in Costa Rica. 

Travel Photograph Wednesday - Mexico

National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico.

"An Olmec head. These are incredible. In addition to being enormous, these heads are also known for their features which puzzle people because they more closely resemble African or Pacific Islander features than those of Mexico’s indigenous populations." 

Text by EKUA on JANUARY 8, 2012

Clean Central Falls - 3rd Annual "Taking Pride in Our City" Earth Day Event

          A few years ago I had the chance to photograph the first Central Falls "Taking Pride in Our City" Earth Day Event and back in April I had the privilege to photograph 3rd Annual "Taking Pride in Our City".  This is where a large group of volunteers join together and with the support of sponsor, go out to help clean the streets of Central Falls, Rhode Island.  If you would like join next years event or would like to be a sponsor feel free to send a email to cleancf@gmail.com and get more infomation.                                

 

Thank you to all the participants!!!  

Click on the image below to see the collage larger. 

Travel Photograph Wednesday - Panama

Panama City, Panama.