Pictures, pictures and more pictures.
After traveling for eight months in South America, naturally tons of them were taken. They’re stored in my hard drive, MacBook and iPhone.
The purpose was to have them as things to look back to and remember and also to share with you here and on social media.
While traveling, the only device I used to take pictures with was an iPhone 4s.
So Instagram was an app that I used often to share the photos. If there was something worth taking a picture of, I’d take a few shots through the camera on the iPhone. Then upload the one I thought was best to Instagram.
It’s difficult to decide which is best out of all of them (can’t really decide that for myself), but this is my favorite photo taken in South America.
First, a little background on the photo… we were on an overland trip, traveling only by land from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lima, Peru. One of the stops was Cusco, Peru- the capital city of the Inca Empire. On our way there from Puno, Peru by Lake Titicaca, we stopped for a bathroom and coffee break at a small convenience store.
When we arrived, probably seeing that there were lots of people arriving, a few locals walked over to the entrance of the store hoping to sell their goods.
One man had some paintings and another had some souvenirs, both which I was not interested in. Though the third was holding a box. There was a rope attached to the box so he could put it around his neck, to hold it and have it in front of him. Under the sheet covering the box were Bolivian saltenas. Saltenas are Bolivian empanadas.
Speaking in Spanish, he asked each person that walked by if they wanted to buy one. I told him I’d get one on the way out. So after using the bathroom, I went and purchased one from him. Each Bolivian saltena was 2 soles which is about USD $0.70.
It was still warm with chicken and vegetables inside. I decided to get another for the road. From our experiences in Bolivia, the locals don’t like you to take pictures of them. Sometimes if you purchase something from them, they’ll be nice and let you take one.
Since I purchased something, I took a chance and asked if I could take his picture and was glad when he said yes. After going through the process of picking which one I liked best, this is the picture I settled with.
What do you think? 
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