Archive for the ‘PotD’ Category

Today’s photo was taken the day after Brasilia’s 49th Anniversary celebrations outside the iconic cathedral. I’d already done the tour of the buildings a couple of days before and I just liked the look of this guy taking a break from his work.

Cleaning up Brasilia

Bife de Lomo, La Brigada, Buenos Aires, 26th June 2009. Bon Apetit as they don’t say here!

La Brigada

A dead whale on the beach at Cabo Polonio, Uruguay, December 2008. Click on the photo for full-size and just count yourselves lucky you’re only seeing, not smelling…

La Ballena Muerta

Orchid Wood, Manizales

There are 35,000 species of Orchid in the world and 3,500 of them are in Colombia. Don’t know what this one is called, but it sure is purty.

What’s This?

The River Amazon taken from a boat between Santa Rosa and Iquitos, Peru

What’s This?

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria

Pablo Escobar’s grave in Jardines Montesacro cemetery, Itagui, Colombia. Click the photo to see it full-size. The inscription translates as:

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria

Dec 1 1949 – Dec 2 1993

“When you see a good man try to imitate him; when you see a bad man take a look at yourself.”

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What’s This?

Parque National de Tayrona, Santa Marta, Colombia

What’s This?

Jumping the Equator

Just north of Quito, Ecuador is La Mitad del Mundo, the Middle of the Earth which allows you to mess about and take lots of pictures, like this one. As you look at the picture, the Northern hemisphere is on the left and the Southern hemisphere on the right. I’m in neither.