Another year goes by – time to look back on past trips. Michael from the blog “Erkunde die Welt” had this nice idea to bring back old memories of the past six months: Photoreview 1-2017 .
So what’s this all about? In this photoreview you have to present the best images you took during your travels from the first half-year 2017. There are overall 6 Categories you should pic an image to show:
- Exceptional
- Relaxed
- Far
- Illuminated
- Old
- Best Image
This is actually the first time I’m participating – I decided to restrict my choices to the images I’ve taken on my most recent trip: Ecuador. Deciding which images to post wasn’t easy. On the other hand I was kinda forced to finally sort out the taken images and give them the last finishing touch with Lightroom…
Category "Exceptional"
At first, I was about to choose another picture - more like a simple snapshot which would have been a rather "exceptional" motive in every country. Yet, looking back at all the photos I took during the Ecuadortrip I simply had to choose a Graffiti.
Every city we visited in the Andes had multiple Murals and Graffiti. There is a saying here: "No wall is white in Ecuador" - and Ecuador's walls are indeed colorfully covered with Graffiti and not just the mediocre fast-scribbled tagging you can see everywhere. Ecuadors capital and UNESCO world heritage Quito has its own story to tell just by looking at the city's walls: Lots of murals contain quotes, sayings and social&political messages. Having a ride with one of the Trolebús through this town feels like being in an open-air museum: You can admire some of world's biggest murals here, for example in Floresta, Guápulo, La Mariscal und Quitumbe by local artists like Apitatán, Bego or Crispo.
Category "Relaxed"
Galapagos. First thought might be Darwin, his finches and huge tortoises. These islands on the other side of the globe (for Europeans ) have to offer impressions of nature you cannot find anywhere else. Though prices have gone extremely up during the past few years to keep mass tourism out of Galapagos and save the exceptional flora and fauna, there are still thousands of tourists every year. Sometimes, you cannot feel relaxed at all during a trip: Human masses, excited, stressed, waiting for a watertaxi at the habour is nothing unusual here. Yet - there is always someone who doesn't give a damn about all this turmoil...
Category "Far"
Category "Far". Hard decision - I could have picked any picture I have taken, yet... I chose this one. The classic cliche-photo you take out of an airplane window. Can you connect anything more with the terms "far" and "travel" more than being in a metal bird 10km above sea level? But just some clouds below the airplane wing would have been boring: I was pretty lucky having a clear view on Chimborazo, Ecuador's biggest mountain
Category "Illuminated"
The virgin "La Virgen del Panecillo" on top of the "christmastree"-hill (for some it might look like a bun, for me it looks like a wide christmastree ) in Quito is one of the most famous landmarks of the city. Especially from the ambient illuminated Centro Historico you get a great view on the 45m tall statue - of course while drinking a yummy canelazo.
Category "Old"
Hmm, my first thought was to post a wreck - but we haven't done any wreck-dive this year at all. It seems all the wrecks you can find in Galapagos are above sea le