alilou's Adventures in Wonderland 2 - all over the map

[Alilou]

Latest FB photo from Trinidad:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...ck_reaction_generic&notif_id=1487991710604633

 

[skatesindreams]

I commented on FB, alliou.

 

[Alilou]

Here's a couple more. Cuba is really quite astonishing.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[Simone411]

I haven't visited FB yet today. I will definitely comment when I sign on. Loving all the photos and thanks for sharing! <3

 

[Alilou]

I haven't visited FB yet today. I will definitely comment when I sign on. Loving all the photos and thanks for sharing! <3

Thanks @Simone411
Lots more photos to come, and of course eventually I'll do some blog posts about Cuba. It's our last day here. We're in Havana and going out to a fancy schmancy restaurant for dinner with some Cuban friends.

 

[Alilou]

After the longest break ever, finally a new blog post:

Time For a Time Out

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/03/05/time-for-a-time-out/

 

[dinakt]

Hope your time at home rejuvenates you!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @dinakt. Me too!
We got back to Vancouver late on March first. Since then I've practically done nothing but sleep. I figure if I rest enough the body will heal itself.

 

[skatesindreams]

alliou, your "adventure", discoveries; and sharing, will continue while you are in Vancouver.
Never mind, that you will be able to follow the "wonderful world of skating" as you recuperate!

 

[Alilou]

Oh yes @skatesindreams, the "adventure" will continue. And I'm so looking forward to being able to immerse myself in skating again including watching all of worlds live, and attending 2 competitions next year.
We have no idea how all this will unfold. All we know it it's time to stop for a while and then see what evolves.

 

[Alilou]

A new blog post is ready. Finally have written about this amazing festival we went to in Mexico. They know festivals in Mexico!

The Dazzling Rhythms of Tradition - the Fiesta Grande de Enero

http://wp.me/p2tNSO-4jI

 

[Simone411]

Oh my gosh! Your photos of the festival are beautiful! They're so bright and vivid! Thanks so much for sharing your latest blog post!

 

[skatesindreams]

I'm with Angie; your photos and description are fabulous, alliou!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks so much @Simone411 and @skatesindreams. I was pretty much blown away by this festival. The colours! And the energy! So much fun.

 

[kwanfan1818]

@alilou, you have an amazing gift to make people relax and be themselves on camera, and then capturing it at the perfect time.

 

[Alilou]

Awwww thanks @kwanfan1818. You've no idea how many shots I miss. Praise the Lord for digital photography lol

The boy with the spikey hair - I got that shot because I told him how much I liked his hair. He was dead chuffed!

 

[kwanfan1818]

That photo is amazing!

 

[Alilou]

I have a new blog post ready - more about the amazing festival in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico

Chasing Chuntas – the Fiesta Grande de Enero in Chiapa de Corzo

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/03/22/chasing-chuntas-the-fiesta-grande-de-enero-in-chiapa-de-corzo/

 

[Alilou]

I've just published a new blog post about an article I wrote for Intrepid Travel.

Why The Best Travels Of My Life Started After Fifty

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/04/06/why-the-best-travels-of-my-life-started-after-fifty/

 

[Alilou]

The latest blog post: the final post about the amazing festival we went to in Mexico.

Chuntas and the Canyon – the Fiesta Grande de Enero in Chiapa de Corzo

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/04/13...he-fiesta-grande-de-enero-in-chiapa-de-corzo/

 

[skatesindreams]

As always, your perspective (both words and photos) about the fiesta, is amazing!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams. It was a pretty incredible time - such a huge contrast in one day from the river trip in the morning to the total craziness of the parade in the afternoon and evening.

 

[Alilou]

New blog post:

Beyond Beach Resorts and Tourist Towns – finding the real Mexico
Ten places to discover in Mexico beyond Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, and Cabo San Lucas

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/04/21/beyond-beach-resorts-and-tourist-towns-finding-the-real-mexico/

 

[Alilou]

It's been a while, but I finally have a new blog post ready - about a Mayan town in Chiapas, Mexico

Memories of San Cristobal de las Casas

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/05/05/memories-of-san-cristobal-de-las-casas

 

[Alilou]

FB photo - a woman of Guatemala

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...1139070203030.447479.705378029&type=3&theater

 

[Alilou]

New blog post: a series of photographs of the women of Guatemala in their gorgeous traditional outfits. Oh the colours, the embroidery, the weaving!

Women of Guatemala – a series of vignettes

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/05/15/women-of-guatemala-a-series-of-vignettes/

 

[skatesindreams]

Your portraits really capture the personalities of their subject.
Just stunning!

 

[Alilou]

Thanks @skatesindreams. I worked on the photos in photoshop - I wanted to find a way to really bring out the subject so the background didn't interfere. I fell in love with these women and their clothes - so much love in the creation of them, hours, months of weaving and embroidery to create all this beauty. And then they wear them for everyday. I was a bit mad with the camera at the markets lol

 

[Alilou]

I just published a new blog post about an extraordinary church in a village in Mexico. The church is nominally Roman Catholic, but what goes on in there is much much closer to the Mayan rituals and ceremonies of hundreds of years ago than anything that resembles the regular Catholic Mass: shamanic healing rituals that include eggs, candles, feathers, and sometimes the sacrifice of a chicken.

Of Shamans and Shams: the Tzotzil of San Juan Chamula.

https://alisonanddon.com/2017/05/27/of-shamans-and-shams-the-tzotzil-of-san-juan-chamula/

 

[skatesindreams]

Fascinating, as always, alliou!