Earlier in the year I was visiting the sleepy and colourful city of Guanajuato with a group of fellow exchange students. I had never travelled with a group before, I mean, I had done a couple of roadtrips with friends, but that doesn't really count. So, I learnt the hard (the only) way: group travel is not for me. Two of the girls (Dutch and identical twins) were always rushing everyone along when we paused to look at something, but would then stop in every shoe store we came across... a bit frustrating, along with any attempt at making group decisions... The worst one had to be when we had just stepped out onto the street after getting our accomodation and everyone started taking pictures of this same view, without realising that a funeral procession was passing in front of them...
Having said that, Guanajuato was a really pretty city: the brightly coloured, old buildings, the underground network of tunnels that disorientates when you see sunlight coming through a hole in the roof, where the stairs lead down to the tunnels, and of course the mummies were the obvious attraction. The whole centre gives of a calm vibe.
The photo itself was taken on the walk up to a look-out. To me it summarises the Mexican landscape (and the sterotypes) quite neatly: a cactus in front of a town filled with brightly coloured buildings while dusty hills stand in the background, under the blanket of a bright blue, cloudless sky.
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