Latin America

Steve's kids used to think he was fluent in Spanish. They know better now. Nevertheless, Steve continues to explore Latin America with his high school language skills, on journeys to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Peru, and Ecuador.  

Buen viaje!

Mexico has skeleton folk art for the Day of the Dead. Guatemala has kites—some of them too big to fly, 50 feet high. Sumpango, Guatemala.
During the Seri Indian New Year's celebration (in July, when the cactus fruit ripens and the rains come) the people of Desemboque build shade structures on the beach and decorate a tree stump with ribbons, like prayer flags. Sonoran Coast, Mexico.
I've photographed people silhouetted against tropical colors all over Latin America. This one is in Mazatlan.
The pitched Incan walls mirror the mountains, Machu Picchu, Peru.
We stayed until the guards chased us out. Late afternoon and the classic view, Machu Picchu, Peru.
Incan walls and terraces, Machu Picchu, Peru.
Pisac market, Sacred Valley, Peru.
I was privileged to see the monarchs in their winter reserves in Michoacan, Mexico—and to write about the experience.
I spot the blue wall and the red door. So I tuck back into a shadow with my camera and wait. Santiago de Atitlan, Guatemala.
Waiting for Mom, Latacunga, Ecuador. I had a delightful assignment to explore Quecha markets in Ecuador for a travel story. A market a day, every one a little different.
I spent a summer in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands in 1973. My pictures from that time are historic artifacts, now—and still look pretty darn good! At 20,564′ on a bulging earth, Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano is the highest mountain on the planet a
A magical evening in Baja California's Vizcaino Desert, with the elephant trees in full, startling bloom.
I perch on the balcony in the Chichicastenango food market and revel in the swirl of color, vegetables, and *indigenas* in from the countryside to sell their produce. Guatemala.
Balcony view, San Ignacio, Belize.
Mayan schoolgirl, Panajachel, Guatemala.
Cooking for Easter festivities, La Merced square, Antigua, Guatemala.
Colors, textures, latinoamericano. San Cristobal El Alto, Guatemala.
Central market, Antigua, Guatemala.
Palapas and palms on Rendezvous Caye, a tiny island along the Inner Reef in Belize.
Caribbean light, Tobacco Caye, Belize.
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