DAILY PHOTO: Views from Réplica del Vieja Peñol

Photograph taken from the backside of Réplica del Vieja Peñol in Colombia.
Photograph looking down toward the docks from Réplica del Vieja Peñol in Colombia.
Photograph taken from Réplica del Vieja Peñol in Colombia.

PROMPT: SEO

What are your strategies for SEO?

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Well, I tried HBO (Human Brain Optimization) and look where that got me. I was thinking of going so far as adding a Reverse Image CAPTCHA in which any entity that could tell how many stoplights were in an array of photos would NOT be allowed into my site.

DAILY PHOTO: Cartagena in Yellow

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Photograph of Cartagena with a building and an armored car in school bus yellow.

PROMPT: Know

What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain?

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I believe the distinction between knowledge and wisdom is that one merely needs to be able to understand knowledge, but one must be able to live wisdom. For example, one can teach a five-year-old Jesus’ lesson about turning the other cheek, and they may understand every word but still be struggling to live it sixty years later.

My point is that I’m doubtful that knowing anything would have saved me pain because I would have had to live it, and that takes time, experience, and struggle.

DAILY PHOTO: Gabriel García Márquez Park, Bogota

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Photograph of the Gabriel García Márquez Park, a.k.a Journalists' Park, in Bogota, Colombia.

PROMPT: Weirdest Movie

What’s the weirdest movie you’ve ever watched?

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. It’s the only movie I ever both paid to see in the theater and walked out on. So, it might be a stretch to say I “watched it” because I don’t think I saw more than half.

DAILY PHOTO: Colombian Birds

Photograph of a Crimson-rumped Toucanet: taken at the Conservation Park in Medellin, Colombia.
Photographs of perching Scarlet Macaws in the Conservation Park of Medellin, Colombia.
Photograph of Blue & Yellow Macaws taken at the Conservation Park of Medellin, Colombia.
Photograph of a Parrot on a fence, taken at Conservation Park in Medellin, Colombia.

DAILY PHOTO: Reservoir from El Peñón de Guatapé

Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé)
taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.
Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé)
taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.
Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé)
taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.

PROMPT: While Traveling

What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling?

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Don’t travel in a big tour group or cruise. As a single or a couple, one can’t help but interact with locals. Stay where nationals of that country stay; eat where they eat.

DAILY PHOTO: City Wall, Cartagena

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Photograph of the Cartagena City Wall (Baluarte de Santo Domingo) with a glimpse of sea beyond.