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.

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.

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.