Categoría: TRAVELS

I was thinking the other day, that I might need to get me some lighter gear to carry around, I’ve always thought you never know what can come up on your way, and I am not that big fan of cell phone photography. Even though some great images can be done with them, I might sound a bit outdated.

Well, this was probably one of the most challenging things I have done.

Since I spend a lot of time at the beach these days, we may have luck and see the whales that come to these warm waters, from December to March there’s always a good chance to catch them.

We hired a tour guide to take us on a boat, we had to be pretty early at Los Cobanos beach, here in El Salvador, to set off sailing to the adventure, he warned us there could be a chance that they would not come out, so we were kind of expectant trying to predict whether they came out or not.

I did not count that I’d get sick, I thought I was quite fine until the boat stopped, to hold the camera, while those gorgeous mammals made their show was not an easy thing.

But all that trouble was just worth it!

I guess none of us ever expected to be confined because of a virus, the first thing that may have popped in is that the Third World War would explode or something! But no, here we are locked at home with our family which actually I prefer over anything else these days. Some others may be a bit desperate to go out and try to have a «normal»life.

This is the new normal these days. And I’m trying to make the best out of it.

I am trying to use my time to learn some new skills, try to handle better PS or even the use of flash or any other type of light to make a pic.

In a way, I need to have my head busy into something, busy into creativeness since it’s my escaping method, it can be pretty hectic sometimes being in a lockdown period.

And so after all these days, I decided to go outside, downtown to be more specific -where it’s usually crowded, to find an empty city.

It actually felt kind of cool not having too many people around, somehow not being affraid to take out my camera.

Maybe I can make some more before it starts getting back to our new normality…

That feeling of urban emptyness… I can barely describe it.

If buildings could talk and tell us their stories…

I’ve been trying to land back into reality after taking 15 days off work (my office job) to go to England and some other European countries. For us 15 days is a luxury worth a lifetime since living in a country like El Salvador can become hectic at times.

 

There were many things that caught my attention there, people were just amazing, we felt welcome, the city is full of life, friendliness, music, it felt safe even though we were aware of the situation nowadays, I think many cultures converge there, it was some experience to visit. The food, the pubs -something we needed to try- was just great!

To me it was a gratifying experience to go back to the other side of the pond and revive -in a way- my old life over there 15 years ago -or so-, it all felt so familiar somehow.

But the most priceless thing, besides going with my hubby, was getting some amazing photographs.

 

My camera never felt heavy while walking…and  we did take really long walks around these touristic spots, at first I was a bit scared to carry it out around, but somehow I got over it. I was just another tourist after all. 🙂

 

There are some beautiful old towns here in El Salvador, and many times I’ve come across things , old things, those that aren’t made anymore, like thick wooden doors that have been aged by the sun and time, windows rounded by cracks, really old door knobs made out of rusty iron

.  I always need to stop and shoot a photo to have them in my memory.

Old things have  a certain charm to me, they simply become original and unique pieces that won’t be found anywhere else.