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01
Oct
a black-and white photo of a sunken street in Guanajuato, paved with stone. cars line one side, a scooter drives on the other. The walls are stone and stone arches stretch over top.

Gallery: Tuneles and Callejones

Guanajuato is a beautiful city, although that beauty was born from colonial extraction. The Spanish found the area to be
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28
Sep
A black and white photo of Guanajuato's El Pípila monument

El Pípila + Guanajuato on Film

In my very first Analog Nomad Dispatch, from Guanajuato, Mexico, I wrote a bit about local hero El Pípila, a
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25
Sep
a color photo showing a portable typewriter on a table in the foreground, with an open-air patio in the background and green mountains in the distance

Dispatch No. 4

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24
Sep
a color photograph of the stone arch above Mercado Hidalgo, with strings of colored flags crossing the foreground

Guanajuato and the Mercado Hidalgo

It’s been a couple of weeks since I left the city of Guanajuato, the eponymous capitol of the State
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15
Sep
a black and white photo of a pigeon lifting off above a concrete walkway

East Coast B&W Photo Dump!

I am in Mexico City, staying in the World's Loudest Hostel. Between seeing the city's sites,
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09
Sep
a black and white photo of a street in Mexico City from above. A street sign in the foreground, light streaks from passing cars along the roadway

Dispatch No. 3

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05
Sep
Without Seeing Anything

Without Seeing Anything

A Photo Essay - Crossing the United States on Interstate 80 The US television journalist Charles Kuralt hosted a travel segment
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02
Sep
a close-up of a short typewritten poem that reads: 'The Mad Farmer/is dead./Long live/The Mad Farmer.

Dispatch No. 2

It’s strange, when traveling, to be wrestling with thoughts of stagnation. Travel, even slow travel, centers on movement and
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30
Aug
a grainy color photo of the sun about to rise over the Atlantic Ocean, with Kure Beach Pier in the distance

Review: Kodak H35 Half-Frame Camera

In my first post here on The Analog Nomad, I showed off some pictures I took on the train using
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28
Aug
a close-up of a souvenier notebook from Guanajuato featuring a cheeky skeleton smoking a cigar on the cover

Analog Activity - Souvenir Day Journal

So much of the typical traveling experience seems rushed to me. Maybe you’ve been in a situation where your
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