Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >