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.

DAILY PHOTO: La Candelaria, Bogota

Photograph of a bicycle art sign for La Candelaria in Bogota, Colombia.
Photograph of a shamanic mural featuring a jaguar spirit, taken in La Candelaria, Bogota.
Photograph of a jaguar wall mural in La Candelaria, Bogota.
Photograph of a back alley in La Candelaria, Bogota.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Oxford College

Seney Hall
Allen Memorial United Methodist Church
Humanities Hall

DAILY PHOTO: Monastery of the Holy Spirit, Conyers

Center: the monastery’s church
Barn: now a museum, a predecessor where it stood was the monks’ living quarters.
Inside the museum; a display describing a day in the life of a monk.
Outside the church

PROMPT: Explore

What’s the best way to explore a new city?

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On foot, with few objectives locked in, and with a willingness to adjust to opportunity.

In other words, you should never be so obsessed with what a place once was that you miss that it still is — i.e. jumping around from ruin to ruin and never interacting with living natives.

DAILY PHOTO: Palace of Culture Rafaél Uribe 

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Photograph taken across Botero Plaza of the Palace of Culture Rafaél Uribe in Medellin, Colombia.

DAILY PHOTO: Colorful Shopfront in Guatapé

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Photograph of a colorful shop front with cherry blossoms and striped doors in Guatapé, Colombia.

DAILY PHOTO: Church of Santo Domingo, Cartagena

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Photograph of the Claustro De Santo Domingo in Cartagena, Colombia, catching the early morning sunlight.

DAILY PHOTO: Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen

Photograph of a side-view of Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Bogota, Colombia.
Photograph of the front of Santuario Nuestra Señora del Carmen in Bogota, Colombia.

DAILY PHOTO: Zipaquira Street Art

A mural on a wall in Zipaquira, Colombia.
Drawing of a lady's face on a restaurant in Zipaquira.
Building painted in murals by the train station in Zipaquira, Colombia.