Cariari (part 4): more manmade interventions into the landscape
and more reactions from the natural world…
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 9
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 8
the trip to work
So 8 days in, and I’ve yet to show anything about the trip to work…
Really, this was mostly by design: I’m sharing pictures more or less in the order they were taken, and I didn’t have the guts to pull out the camera in the taxi until the second week.
At first glance, the drive to work here in DFW seems quite different from the drive to work in CR. But looking again (and mostly looking back in my memory), I’m reminded (a tiny bit) of the river bottoms part of Northwest Highway, the part between Harry Hines and 114. It’s partly the trees and water; partly the sorts of businesses on the route.
Strange.
Different, though, is the view from the office, and the flowers in the trees.
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 7 (pt. 2)
Cariari (part 3)
Indeed, mankind was created impatient.
But we only live for 80 or 100 years, at most. All living things die: that’s the way Allah azza wa jall created us.
While we’re here, we build all manner of things. And to build those things, we tear down other things. We show little disregard for the trees and plants, and even less for the mountains and rivers and oceans.
But when we go, guess what keeps on going?
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 7 (pt. 1)
Cariari (part 2)
Other than that Saturday at Irazu and around Cartago, most of the photographs I took were on photowalks around Cariari.
Today, we’ll wrap up the first roll I shot through.
First up: manmade Cariari…
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 6 (pt. 2)
Sunset over las escuelas
After work on Friday, Miller (one of my new coworkers) invited me out to dinner with his wife and daughter. May Allah reward them for their hospitality.
Just before Maghrib time, I walked up to the top of his street and took a couple of pictures. This one with the couple walking by was the best.
Las Escuelas is the colloquial name for a neighborhood near the Plaza mall (I think that’s the name). This neighborhood is just lousy with schools.
Hence the name. Continue reading “12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 6 (pt. 2)”
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 6 (pt. 1)
Cariari (part 1)
The Doubletree Cariari, the hotel/resort I lived in while I was in Costa Rica, is located in a San Jose neighbohood called—wait for it—”Cariari.”
Imaginative naming scheme, huh.
Cariari was the fancy, popular neighborhood about 20 years ago, and you can tell: the houses look like something you might find in the Southern California of my imagination, and everything similarly well-manicured.
There’s only one problem: most of them (at least half) are for sale. (Why? I leave you in suspense for a few days…)
12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 5
Analog to the rescue!
After all the digital woes (that I didn’t know about till I returned), I’m so glad I took the LC-A and a couple of rolls of film along. Without them, I’d have only a few shots from the phone to share.* Alhamdulillah.
I didn’t shoot much before the first weekend, even though I loaded the LC-A shortly after takeoff.
I took a few shots at the Volcano, but none really came out. This one shot came from the Lankaster Botanical Garden in Cartaga. They have a large orchid collection there. Again, it’s a shame the digital rig didn’t work out. (That reminds me of another picture I could share: the Leaf Cutter ants… it’s not 100% in focus, but it’s macro-ish of leaf cutter ants, and that’s maybe enough.)
Admittedly, this one isn’t in focus, really, but it’s a better sort of not-in-focus than I found when I stuck that card into the computer…
Anyway. Enough talk. From now on, I’ll strive for more pictures…
