[Leica] Fiestas de Quito

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Douglas,
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 5:25 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> You timed your Quito visit well, catching a great burst of colour in
> those shots, Jayanand. Lots of comely maidens in great costumes - I like
> the way you caught eye contact in 10307
>
> Douglas
>
> On 19/01/2019 04:02, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > The second and last set of photos from Quito.
> >
> > Walking around the old city, we ran smack bang into the annual Fiestas de
> > Quito festival, which goes on for a week or two, culminating in the first
> > week of December, and which celebrates the founding of Quito in the 16th
> > century.
> >
> > As we were walking around, I took this quick portrait of Neela and
> myself,
> > looking at a tableaux of a barbershop - the barber is a mannequin, not
> real:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10279.jpg.html
> >
> > Then we were in the thick of things! One colourful group of pretty
> > senoritas:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10305.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10307.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10310.jpg.html
> >
> > A major feature of the celebrations is a beauty contest, the Reina de
> > Quito, and the winners went by:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10401.jpg.html
> >
> > Participants after their turn at the parade:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10297.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181121-10031.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10272.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10376.jpg.html
> >
> > These two guys really looked to me  like stereotyped mafioso, but were
> > actually musicians:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10340.jpg.html
> >
> > The spectators did their own thing, and watched the parades (with one
> > homage to Jim Shulman!):
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10312.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10320.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10398.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10399.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10400.jpg.html
> >
> > I wonder if that hostel is the Ecuadorian equivalent of a Japanese love
> > hotel?
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10383.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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