CenAm 2006-01-12
| ...where we explored Granada, by horse drawn carriage, boat and foot. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 20.0 mm; 1/500 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 |
| Our organized tour started off with a horse-drawn carriage ride through town. We stopped at some old fort (I wasn't paying attention to the guide) that managed to survive several burnings of the town. We had barely enough time to run up one of the five (or was it six) towers, look over the town, and oooh and aaah. Unfortunately (or not, depending) the one I picked also looked over the garbage dump. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 20.0 mm; 1/250 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 |
| Same as above, just through an arrow slit. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 20.0 mm; 1/50 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 |
| Next stop on the carriage ride was the lake front. You'll notice I have no photos of the actual lake front. It was a ghost town....really. Lots of dance halls, amusement park-type stuff, all beat, run down, deserted and obviously not used in a loooong time. On the bright side, there was a nice flower. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 15.0 mm; 1/40 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 |
| The flower was next to a neat tree. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 28.0 mm; 1/1600 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100 |
| The tree was nowhere near here, but.... On the lake we took three boats and wandered around looking at islands..... |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 39.0 mm; 1/1000 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100 |
| .....houses on the islands..... |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 300.0 mm; 1/125 sec, f/6.3, ISO 100 |
| ....monkeys on the islands.... |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 109.0 mm; 1/500 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 |
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....monkeys that should have stayed on the island.....
(I suppose the real caption should be "Nancy Randell attempts to make peace with a looting monkey." but where's the story in that?) |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 28.0 mm; 1/160 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100 |
| ...monkeys that should have stayed on the island, and should have found loot on the other boat, and still didn't find any loot on my boat... |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 59.0 mm; 1/60 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 |
| After we got rid of the monkeys (they figured out we had no loot) we stopped at a, umm, place on the lake and got something to drink. There were birds there. This one was missing a tail. Notice the lack of feathers hanging below the stick? |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 32.0 mm; 1/3200 sec, f/3.5, ISO 100 |
| Island or not, you gotta have electricity! |
| Canon EOS 300D with Unknown 28-300mm at 135.0 mm; 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 |
| Our boat tour is just about done, we're heading back to the mainland. Apparently, nobody wanted to buy this island, so they gave it to the birds. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/640 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100 |
| After a lengthy lunch (not big, just slow), most of the gang went back for a nap or something. I wandered around town....and found a church. Another church. This is "behind the hotel, on the way to the market". |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 14.0 mm; 1/400 sec, f/5.0, ISO 100 |
| The opposite end of the corner isn't as exciting, but, hey, this is what most of the corners look like. Except they usually have cars in them. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/1000 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100 |
| The mandatory cross. Remember the yellow church from the last day? |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 20.0 mm; 1/400 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 |
| Hey! We found all the cars and people! They're out shopping! |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/250 sec, f/4.0, ISO 100 |
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And staring at the gringo with the camera!
Shortly after this, I put the camera away and got the hell outta here. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/6 sec, f/4.0, ISO 200 |
| I'll call this one "Roughin' It." This is the lobby in our hotel. A little different than outside, eh? |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 20.0 mm; 1/5 sec, f/5.6, ISO 1600 |
| "Dinner." Looks like a mean sumbitch, eh? Tasted pretty good. Not so mean afterall. |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/30 sec, f/4.0, ISO 1600 |
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"Before, During and After Dinner Beverages". 17 bottles of rum on the wall 17 bottles of rum Open one up Put it down here 16 bottles of rum on the wall...(repeat 16 more times) |
| Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 at 10.0 mm; 1/30 sec, f/4.0, ISO 1600 |
| Amazingly, the picture isn't spinning! I must have been stabilized by all those damn kids hanging off us. |
