Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/16

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Subject: [Leica] Quito
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:26:28 +0000
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Seems to be an impressive city, Jayanand. My eldest stayed there back in 
2005 when he was wandering around South America for a year or so. He 
brought me back a hat which said somewhat conflictingly "Genuine Panama 
- Hand made in Ecuador". I still have it and wear it in its now very 
battered state when I'm labouring in the garden.

I like the old man in colour even though his hat is more European than 
Ecuadorian :-)

Douglas

On 16/01/2019 15:36, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> As a respite from the tsunami of critter photographs I have posted, and
> those yet to come, here are a few photographs from Quito. I found Quito a
> very charming city, full of steep ups and downs, as it is smack bang in the
> middle of the Western and Eastern Andean ranges, within spitting distance
> of an active volcano (!) and around 2850 metres (9350 ft)above msl. As with
> any South American metropolis, one has to be quite careful where one is
> walking, and be economical with the flash and cash, but given that, it was
> really nice. It has a wonderful Old City, from colonial times (Spanish)
> dating from the mid 16th century, and that is where we stayed for a few
> days and wandered around:
>
> Old City 1:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181121-10003.jpg.html
>
> Old City 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10263.jpg.html
>
> Restaurant:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10277.jpg.html
>
> Wall Art:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10278.jpg.html
>
> Street Scene:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10330.jpg.html
>
> Old Man - Colour:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10430.jpg.html
>
> Old Man - B&W:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10430BW.jpg.html
>
> Lost in Thought:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10410.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments & criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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