Going places

Maybe not the best quality pictures of them all, but I like the framing and the story behind them.

Unable to get a bus in Kong Lor, which is a very small village in the mouth of the famous cave, and having a lot of distance to cover to get to Si Phan Don as quickly as possible, I got a songthaew (truck taxi) to ride me to Thakek. Later on, on the junction with north-south Route 13, I had to switch to a more crowder taxi, but this one I had only to myself!

Instead of sitting on a bench, I took the floor, my back against the cab. I had lots of fun listening to the music and watching the landscape pass by...

Sony RX100M3, 57mm, 1/60s @ f/11, iso 125

Sony RX100M3, 60mm, 1/80s @ f/11, iso 160

Stillness

Sony RX100M3, 24mm, 1/200s @ f/11, iso 1600

Still in the black-and-white phase...

Uro woman with reed boats

Nikon D5100, 35mm, 1/4000s @ f/2.8, iso 100

Just. Look. At. The. Colors.

Follow that boat!

Nikon D5100, 35mm, 1/200s @ f/6.3, iso 100

This time it's the nature, not people, that is the main subject of the picture. 

Even though the vignetting draws an eye to the small motorboat in the centre, if you follow its path you'll reach hills of Taquile Island on the horizon. And you may be surprised that the bright white cloud on the horizon is indeed Cordillera Real, part of Bolivian Andes with peaks above 6,000 m.

And the girl who played

Nikon D5100, 35mm, 1/2000s @ f/2.0, iso 100

Unlike the photo of the wet-eyed girl from the previous post I did not have any reservations about this picture. In fact, I totally adore it. Check out more faces in my album called "People of Titicaca".

The girl who cried

Nikon D5100, 35mm, 1/60s @ f/22, iso 100

I was not sure if I even like this picture. I guess nobody likes seeing kids suffering. But I think it was some kind of childhood sickness or temporary allergy and it is long gone now (hard to believe but there was a doctor in one of those huts).
Anyway, living on a floating island on a lake (even if it is one of the most famous lakes in the world), without electricity, is harsh. It was good to be back to civilization after 2 days' trip.