This week we had one of those hot afternoons with even and dim sunlight, which is great for taking my bike and going for long rides while taking some photos. That's how I ended up on the road that leads to the small village of "Aguirre", which is basically a satellite hamlet of our town Montalbán and depends administratively in every way on it.
The road is flat, asphalted and only about 5,5 kilometres long, so after less than 45 minutes on my bike I'm already in the streets of "Aguirre"... It is already late afternoon, around 4 PM, so the light is soft and eloquent. You can also appreciate the relative loneliness of the streets of this village whose population has been decreasing steadily for several years.
This small village became the "tourist jewel" of our region until the beginning of this century. Its image was even more important than that of the other larger villages around it. At that time, the old tobacco and citrus plantations were converted into tourist developments, some of them, and others into plots of land for urbanisation. However, with the arrival of the bad times, the economic crisis has been turning this place into a sort of "ghost" of what it was during its boom years.
Many things here are still looking good and from time to time there is a recovery in visitor numbers and tourist movement. However, a good number of the houses and streets show serious signs of decay and have even fallen into ruin. But either way, it's still a place you can get to and find an inn, and it's also good for quiet walks and bike rides. Overall it is a fairly quiet place and the people are friendly. So if you visit Aguirre you will never be disappointed and will certainly have a good time.
Aguirre is nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains with cloud forest to the east and north. Its climate is slightly cooler than the other surrounding villages. There are still a handful of hostels and healing centres in the village. Also some people from the city have cottages here which they visit on weekends. Although many of these houses are for sale since the arrival of the crisis times, given the difficulty their owners have in maintaining their properties and even coming to stay here from time to time.
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFO: Photographs captured with my Nikon D7000 DSLR camera in RAW format, then processed in Adobe Camera RAW for adjustments regarding light, sharpening, contrast and depth... The pictures are then exported to JPG format on which minor modifications such as straightening and adding watermarks were carried out using PhotoScape 3.6.3.
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Greetings my friend @jlinaresp excellent photographic material 📷
Thank you very much for your appreciation and visit, happy week friend @sorprendente!
a beautiful small town that looks peaceful, I really like seeing the atmosphere of a city like that
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Small cities always say the best stories! Not to mention about the stories they come with which makes everything even more interesting 🥰
That's how it is!... They are small towns full of life and things constantly happening in their small spaces, so everything is easy to perceive and record... Thank you very much for stopping by and appreciating my work, have a great week!
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The pleasure was all mine 🙏 have a beautiful week ahead!
Amo, respeto y admiro profundamente tu trabajo, amigo @jlinaresp pues me pasa que siento hasta el ambiente del lugar plasmado.
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Woww that's an amazing small town. Your journey is like a story with some nice pictures. That old church and the chapel looks interesting, it shows the history. That village change a lot from a tourist spot to facing hard times, which it reflects bigger change.
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I love how you took photos not only of the architecture but also the trees that stood the test of time.
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Beautiful what we create together as humans in place we call home. Peace and the love we daily hope to share and experience.
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These villages are beautiful and quiet by day, but at night they are the inspiration for horror and ghost stories.
An expert eye is able to see beauty where another sees only ruins.
P.S That thought just occurred to me, it's original.
Greetings friend beautiful post @jlinaresp
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"An expert eye is able to see beauty where another sees only ruins"
Wow!... a quote that can be applied to thousands of things in life besides places!... Thank you very much for this and congratulations for the inspired phrase!...
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😆 during the time I've been on hive, there are few posts that have inspired me phrases, I should write them down and use them from time to time.
The others I already lost them, I'll keep this one, it was a pleasure thanks. @jlinaresp
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