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[Pat "5mph"]

Happy New Year 2022 @HobbesOnTour!
May the road ahead be kind on you, may you always find a coffee vendor, may you never get the 'Rona

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Happy New Year 2022 @HobbesOnTour!
May the road ahead be kind on you, may you always find a coffee vendor, may you never get the 'Rona

Thanks Pat😊
Clearly you've been absorbing my thoughts on coffee
The road ahead leads me back to coffee country so I won't be complaining
Avoiding Rabies is up there with the 'Rona at the moment.

Hoping you're having a Hoolie for Hogmanay and that 2021 gets kicked far away into touch if for no other reason it means your knee is back in form.

 

[cwskas]

Silvia. It was another one of those places where I instantly felt comfortable despite being a clear outsider. It's a significant town, famous for a weekly market and traditional clothing still worn by the locals. A vivid blue, woolen cloak is the garment of choice and men wear a skirt to match!

Very rich color, seems almost purple.

And the murals are fantastic! I especially like this one which looks like it is tile instead of paint.

Nice picture with 2 ‘chicken buses‘ in the same shot!

 

[HobbesOnTour]

And the murals are fantastic! I especially like this one which looks like it is tile instead of paint.

The link shows a chicken bus?
I think all the photos from Silvia are on brick/plaster.

Nice picture with 2 ‘chicken buses‘ in the same shot!

Thanks! I've been trying since Guatemala to get one with Roccado and a chicken bus. Two buses is progress!

 

[cwskas]

I especially like this one which looks like it is tile instead of paint.

Oops, here is the one I meant to reference.

It looks almost like a mosaic to me.

 

[cwskas]

The Art along the way

I thought today was a remarkable day for the art so please indulge me as I try to document it here......

Excellent!

 

[cwskas]

I tracked down the same guy from earlier, explained the situation and was told to take a seat. A quarter of an hour later he was back, yes, they had the vaccine! Another quarter of an hour I was two thirds of the way through my rabies treatment and back on the street. This time there was no charge.

Patience. & persistence pays off again!

with more than 30km to go I was just a cork bobbing along in a surging río of traffic

Very descriptive!

I'm going to try to track down a homestay / Workaway place where I'll get a place to stay in return for labour. A coffee farm sounds idyllic😊

That would be nice. Maybe you could get one of those jobs shoveling gravel from pothole to pothole.

 

[Scoosh]

A very long sculpted mural (my verbal creation). Clearly coffee and the arrival of a train has had significant impact here. I think the detail, work and effort speak volumes and the focus on history is refreshing

Stunning work yet again !
I wonder if there are state/council employ artists who do all these, as the "I [town name]" signs are all very, well similar, standards seem very high and do the folk in places like Mondomo... "a few houses scattered along a busy road "... really have someone with the necessary art skills ?

The Plaza in Santander de Quilichao ...

Oh No – they missed a golden opportunity ! How cool would it have been to have the 3 sides showing the same inside figure, from the 3 different perspectives ?

That second picture
View attachment 624634 ... looks Impressionist to me ... [but I know amazingly little about art ! ]

There is always an interesting tree!

Now that's a well secured/rooted/anchored tree Bring on the tornados – it's going nowhere !

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Oops, here is the one I meant to reference.

View attachment 624676
It looks almost like a mosaic to me.

I thought that may be the one.....
It's actually painted on brick but there is a definite mosaic effect to it.

These murals are instantly noticable when I do a lap of the Plaza but it's only when I stop and give them a bit of time does it become clear just how much work, effort and thought has gone into them.

 

[HobbesOnTour]

I wonder if there are state/council employ artists who do all these, as the "I [town name]" signs are all very, well similar, standards seem very high and do the folk in places like Mondomo... "a few houses scattered along a busy road "... really have someone with the necessary art skills ?

I have no idea. I have noticed the same names on some paintings in different towns back aways. The sculpted murals are a relatively new phenomenon.
A bit like me not knowing one tree from another I just enjoy what I see and ask no questions😊

Oh No – they missed a golden opportunity ! How cool would it have been to have the 3 sides showing the same inside figure, from the 3 different perspectives ?

I'm sorry I can't follow your train of thought here.

Now that's a well secured tree Bring on the tornados – it's going nowhere !

Tornadoes aren't the problem...... Earthquakes, floods and landslides are!

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Since no-one has commented on Oso I want to highlight what I thought was a fabulous bit of art back at the restaurant.
Brutally difficult to photo without being 5 meters tall and not helped by a bright sun these are the best that I can do.

Logistically I think it's amazing.

Edit:
I just found this one online.....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@HobbesOnTour are you managing to post the pictures with the new software?
I read you mentioned having issues, all good now?

 

[HobbesOnTour]

@HobbesOnTour are you managing to post the pictures with the new software?
I read you mentioned having issues, all good now?

Ah, I just need to get used to the new format.
Previously the pictures were in a column and I could see them all in one look, now the thumbnails are larger but run across the page meaning I can only see three at a time. This makes it more difficult to select in the right order.

Also, when there's a problem uploading (say due to poor wifi cutting out) it's not immediately clear that there's a problem. The "old" system clearly showed the file name crossed out. I'm used to hitting "upload", putting the phone down and coming back in a while to see what was uploaded and what wasn't.

It works, I just need to get used to it. 😊

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Clear your cookies just in case: it might help, Shaun says so all the time when we have forum issues

 

[HobbesOnTour]

Clear your cookies just in case: it might help, Shaun says so all the time when we have forum issues

That was the first thing I did