Colin Doncaster

I’ve been poking through a lot of the photos I took while on our around the world backpacking tour and realized I haven’t done much with them.  I figured it would be great fun to reminisce about the trip while sharing a little back story about specific photos on my blog.

This was taken in Mexico, in the town of San Miguel de Allende which is a 4 hour bus trip from the District Federal ( Mexico City ).  Populated by many ex-pats from Canada, US and England – the town seemed to be missing a lot of the grit that we appreciated ( or came to appreciate ) in the rest of Mexico, but made for a great break for a few days.

Many of the local houses had large doors that opened onto picturesque courtyards where, due to the climate, much of the local daily life unfolds.

I got the impression that a good number of the ex-pats in town were either established artists or retirees, and happened upon a few exhibits where we met a rather eclectic mix of foreigners who seem to be thriving outside their usual culture in one way or another.

As with all of the photos from this trip, this was taken with my Nikon D50 and a Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 lens ( highly recommended! ).