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DC Blogs Photography Contest
Filed Under (photography, travel, reasons I'll never go back to Guatemala) by Arjewtino on 30-11-2007

DC Blogs is hosting a and asked for submissions of photos that inspire you. There are many things that inspire me in this world: catching a great baseball game; listening to my girlfriend recite entire passages from her favorite books; saving ungrateful baby birds.

But if I had to choose two things — and photos — that reflect my inspirations, I’d have to go with traveling and writing.

I took this photo of the pier in San Marcos, Guatemala, during my trip to El Pais de la Eterna Primavera this summer. We stayed for three days in Lago Atitlan, a truly amazing place where we rode horses, stayed in an apartment built into the side of a mountain, and kayaked in this beautifully clear and stoic lake.

I took this photo while visiting my girlfriend’s parents during Easter. Her dad owns this old, barely functional typewriter that sparked memories of my favorite Hemingway stories. I still type on my laptop like I did when I was 7 and my uncle taught me how to type on his old typewriter, one that looked much like this one, pounding away loudly at the keys and infuriating my co-workers.

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Comments

on 30 November, 2007 at 11:29 am #

I think you should have submitted the one with you crying into your Argentina shirt.

Too grainy. But thanks for the reminder.


on 30 November, 2007 at 11:32 am #

The princess is Guatemalan?

The typewriter looks like something out of Motorcycle Diaries.

No, she went to Xela this summer for three weeks to learn Spanish. I tried to deprogram her when I got there to learn the Argentine dialect but it didn’t take.


Platypus on 30 November, 2007 at 11:44 am #

Aforementioned Sarah Silverman “Moustache ride on 8th Avenue”. Best photo I’ve ever taken…


on 30 November, 2007 at 12:27 pm #

Hey, what other purpose do I serve than to help?

Jury’s still out.


jess on 30 November, 2007 at 12:56 pm #

oh those are gorgeous! it’s ridiculously sweet that you’re inspired that she reads passages aloud to you…. just lovely!

She can read entire passages from The Secret History, which is my 5th favorite book of all time.


on 30 November, 2007 at 1:04 pm #

I looooove that lake photo. Just beautiful!


ListenToLeon on 30 November, 2007 at 2:20 pm #

Both of those photos are great. That just inspired me to use the rest of this day constructively, instead of sleeping under my desk after lunch like I originally planned to!

Damn it, I didn’t mean for either of them to inspire you!


on 30 November, 2007 at 2:24 pm #

The lake is ok. The typewriter though… The best!

The lake one was kind of an accident, I was actually testing the lighting to get a good photo of The Princess and me on the pier.


on 30 November, 2007 at 2:43 pm #

Can I turn in the photo I took of your mom and I, trust me, it VERY inspiring….. wait what?

No problem. I have that one of your sister from your birthday party.


on 1 December, 2007 at 6:51 pm #

Beautiful, just beautiful.


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