Today, another Wednesday, we're completing the same cycle, and here I'm showing you some postcards of the city of Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar State, Venezuela. I took a nearly three-hour walk through parts of the city I don't usually frequent. I set out to explore corners I've never even been to before, offering a different perspective on the metropolis. The truth is, on this walk, one can see that the city is actually much larger than one might think; it's just that one doesn't know much about many of these places.
Although, of course, some of these postcards you can see are well-known, places I've always documented, areas of the city like Alta Vista and the Christmas Park windmill, among other sites.
My walk began at 8 a.m. After a well-deserved breakfast, I continued on my way, first climbing a small hill toward Alta Vista, then descending another large hill. Practically the entire city is made up of hills. There are no mountains, but if you were to view it from a low point in the city and without all this infrastructure, you could see those nonexistent mountains, although obviously a different kind of nature compared to mountains in other cities or places.
As I said, I descended a large hill, then climbed another one where it connects to sectors called Villa Granada and Villa Brasil, which are some of the oldest populated centers in the city, but still seeking to update over the years. Then, I continued along other trails and saw other interesting views where you can see the strong presence of the rivers, especially the Caroní, although I don't show it in some of these photos because my camera couldn't capture it well.
At the end of this walk, almost reaching my house, I got caught in the rain and had no place to take shelter. But in the end, I didn't care and kept walking. I felt like when I was a kid, when I used to go outside when it rained a lot. However, I had to be careful not to get my camera, my cell phone, and other things wet. In the end, it was a good experience to explore the city more extensively, passing by places that bring back memories of my childhood, among other things.
All photographs are mine.
