Guanajuato - Photogfest

This weekend a good friend and co-worker and I drove down to Guanajuato to check out the sights. It took us about 6hrs to get there but it was so worth it. We stayed at a nice hotel right downtown called "La Casa del Agua". Guanajuato was settled in the 1500's because of they found massive amounts of Silver. The city was built on top of a river system and so you can travel around the city in now waterless canals/tunnels under the city or on the bustling streets themselves. I was happy to ditch the car as soon as I could because navigating the streets was a nightmare. Anyway, it's an awesome city rich in the arts and a place I highly recommend checking out. Here are a bunch of photogs from the trip.

This is my first attempt at HDR. HDR is when you take multiple photos of the same scene with different exposures. Then you merge them together to get a very well exposed photo. You like it?


Tunnels...


Houses were packed together...








The famous artis Diego Rivera was born in this home. It's a museum now with a limited collection of his work.


More Doors....




Some Windows...




Every street corner seems to have so much life...


The city used these old mining carts all over the city as decorations.


Every Friday and Saturday night a group of musicians walk the streets and sing with anyone who wants to join them. There are statues of different famous musicians scattered around the city.


The inside of the main church in Guanajuato.


There are all types of side streets like this one...