At nights, life doesn't stop, and people get hungry and buy food from street vendors like this lady.
If I remember correctly, this spot is called Plaza Bolívar, and it's one of the many in which dancers of African music gather to display their skills.
Another view of Plaza Bolívar.
During the day, right after the rain, the streets show a particular brightness... and the air is still as humid as a thick, damp towel.
The Plaza del Reloj is the gathering point for candy makers, some of whose production is weird but delicious and hard to describe.
My Leica M5 performed great under the circumstances (hot and humid environment). I had a Nokton 35mm f1.4 lens, which together with Arista/Agfa ISO 400 worked wonders in low light. However, it wasn't skimpy with details. Look here...
I still have evidence of what this camera and film combination can do under the conditions I was (high temperatures and humidity). Considering the sudden changes it was subjected to every time we returned to our hotel or went to a restaurant (high air conditioned areas), this 1971 body turned to be resilient and tough... and still turned nice exposures. Right now, a few years later, I am concerned about its meter, but otherwise, the camera is still going strong.
Soon enough we'll see some more samples of Cartagena, and perhaps more from Toledo. Let's see what happens first. In the meantime, I must go back to work, but the photographic-gear stories never end!
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