You didn’t really think those were the only good photos I took all week, did you?
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- Just hanging out with the Pegasus statues guarding the entrance to Cartagena.
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- What a coincidence — I have statues just like this at my house, too!
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- Oh, so THIS is why there are 9 million cops everywhere
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- The first entry in my epic clocktower photoshoot..
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- Close-up, in case you missed the fantastic Alice-in-Wonderland-type script at first glance
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- And again, this time from its good side
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- In addition to many other things, Cartagena is known for having awesome doors. Case in point
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- The parts attached to the doors aren’t too bad, either
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- This one is for all my bike-loving, hippie friends. Myself included, I suppose
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- You’ve all read “100 Years of Solitude,” right? Otherwise you won’t get this. Too bad.
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- Just a typical coastal chandelier. For the record, none of these are mine
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- Trying to make the lady grab the top of the church. Geometry clearly isn’t my strong suit
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- One of dozens of stands lined around the clocktower plaza, selling sweets and other temptations
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- Even bright blazing sunlight can’t keep the llamada man from doing his job
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- Hats, hats, more hats! Bet you feel stupid now for spending all that money on that douchey Urban Outfitters fedora, huh?
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- Conquistadores, just throwing cathedrals all over the place like it ain’t no thing
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- This fruit lady then proceeded to tell me that the fruit was even better than any photo would be. I absolutely believe her
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- I could try for YEARS and never get any plants to look as pretty as this
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- Even their street signs are way nicer than ours!
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- Who says waterfalls can only be made out of water (besides nomenclature, obviously)?
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- Just your average dragon-y looking lamp, hanging on a random street corner
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- More doors, this time with lizards!
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- Pretty sure this is not actually a real Spanish word. The tasty falafel sandwich there tells me I don’t care.
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- Fun with mirrors! And more cops!
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- Some sort of weird, bearded fish creature? Discuss amongst yourselves.
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- These hats are way more my style! More elegant lady, less high-waisted-shorts-wearing gal.
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- The goal is clearly that you leave Cartagena with as little left in your wallet as possible.
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- “You were drunk, but: you didn’t hit your friends. You didn’t hit the taxi driver. You didn’t hit the security guard. So then, why did you hit a woman?” #colombiawin
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- If you can’t find me in the future, it’s probably because I’m hiding in this glorious bookstore.
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- DRAGON!!! I want a door dragon!
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- You seriously can’t go half a block in this country without seeing at least two Colombian flags. Puts us Americans to shame
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- “DEAR HOLY LORD WHOSE HOUSE I AM DECORATING, PLEASE GET THIS FUCKING PIGEON OFF MY HEAD.”
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- Our painting salesman (who was super excited about practicing English with us lowly teachers) with his colorful wares
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- More fishies, slightly more normal-looking this time
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- And then I made friends with a pirate. Because obviously.
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- My new pirate friend, being all looming and impressive
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- The upside of police being everywhere is that there are also police dogs everywhere. Including this matching set.
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- Metallic sculpture fish scales. Much less smelly than the real thing
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- This horse has clearly been practicing to get ready for his/her close-up
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- Oh, the sun’s going down. Guess that means it’s almost time to leave. I’ll be back, Cartagena!
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- Of course this is a logical place to leave a beer.
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- Without all the people, you can almost imagine yourself back in the days when the only tourists here were stowaway ship rats
You’re right. I knew there were more to come. The good photo stuff must come in the DNA (which you can’t escape). And even great captions! Did you go to J school?
The Photo Guy