When I saw Michelle’s new theme ‘Juxtaposition’, I immediately remembered these few pics from my archives. We quite often see most unexpected pairings, and whilst travelling in Peru, I came upon this rather unlikely combination, near to the Temple of Wiracocha in Raqchi.
Just below Machu Picchu is a market, with a railway line running right through the middle of it.
On our Costa Rican tour, we stopped for lunch at a roadside restaurant, and I found this pair of sculptures really odd, and wondered whose idea it was to place them there. They seemed to bear no relation to one another at all.
Lastly, here are two very different modes of transport. In Sarchi, the most famous crafts centre in Costa Rica, I noticed this modern day bicycle leaning up against the ancient ox cart on display there.
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Love them all. Fascinating and exciting places and images. The market got me really curious. Reminds me of the street market in the Philippines.
Thanks so much, IT. I think street markets around the world, are all very similar, but did yours in the Philippines have a train running though it? 😕
Too hilarious. You have so many interesting pictures, and you do capture the unusual. I love it. 🙂
Thanks Marsha. I love quirky. 😀
Yes, you do, and we love it, too! 🙂
Ha! I love your first pic and last pic totally appropriate for the theme. Ha! Good ones.
Thanks so much, TG. 🙂
The sculptures in the second picture are racing somewhere. Great examples.
Thanks, Lynne. yes, I suppose those sculptures do represent something significant, but can’t work out what it is. 🙂
The face on the horse next to the woman priceless. Nice entries for the challenge, they fit in very well.
Thanks so much, Issy. 🙂
That first shot is just so perfect!
Thanks so much, Emilio. 🙂
What great examples of juxtaposition! My favorite is the toilet/satellite…definitely makes one think WTF…
Thanks so much. Your favourite is mine too. 😀
Great choices for the challenge Sylvia. 🙂
Thanks, LuAnn. 🙂
Great photos that are perfect for the challenge! 🙂
Thanks so much, Linda. 🙂
You did such a great job with this challenge my friend!! The tracks running through the market is a hoot!
Hahaha. Loved the hooting train too, Laurie. 🙂
I have to say the toilet image is the one that spoke to me!
Thanks, Suzanne. I didn’t speak to me! 😀
lol!
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Perfect choices for the juxtaposition challenge. Very nice! No one else has these images or anything close. 😉
I love these. The human runner beside the running horse struck me especially!
Thank you. Yes, it’s almost as though they’re lined up for a race. 🙂
That first photo really names the theme. Great photos.
Thanks so much, Sue. 🙂
Interesting when the past & the present meet like that.
Yes it is, RoSy. It begged for a photo. 🙂
Superb! Stunning! Absolutly peertinent for the subject!! Bravo!
Thank you so much. 🙂
Your pictures are perfect for the challenge ad 🙂
Thanks so much, Hopestar. 🙂 xx
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Yesterday I learned a new word: juxtaposition. Thank you for showing exactly what it means through your photos, Sylvia. Great!
Thanks, Marion. Glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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Great shots and entry Sylvia. That first photo made me smile. 😀
Thanks, Sonel. It made me smile too, when I saw this place. 🙂
The first picture is my favorite, Sylvia 🙂
Thanks, Chris. 🙂
These are brilliant AD… the top one is classic…
Thanks, bulldog. I also thought it was perfect for the challenge. 🙂
Did the first solar panel power the loo?
Quite possibly, Tandy. 🙂
Love the first shot…nice post.
Thanks so much. 🙂
I especially love the top two photos, the top being my favorite. I suppose this setup is for those who like to keep in touch wirelessly while taking care of “business”. Probably not, but that’s what went through my mind when I saw it. Great capture.
Meanwhile, come check out my Crossed Wires Juxtaposition:
http://fstopfantasy.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/weekly-photo-challenge-juxtoposition-crossed-wires/ 🙂
Thanks so much for your comment, Cris. You made me smile. 🙂
🙂
Great series Sylvia !
Thanks, Max. 🙂
So what is that outside the toilet, a satellite to read your Kindle?
Now that’s a great idea, Dawn. 🙂
Lol
What an array of juxtaposition 🙂 Great selection, Sylvia!
Thanks so much, Amy. So is yours. 🙂
Probably the loo door is padlocked because they found a Live Cam in there broadcasting repeats of Flash Gordon to the world 😉 xox
Now there’s an interesting thought, Ralph. 😀
It certainly is 😉
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Quite a selection! Love the train. 🙂
Thanks so much, Madeleine. 🙂
The first photo is a classic Sylvia. Now I wonder why do you need solar power in a loo????
Well I suppose it’s always best to wash your hands with hot water. Maybe there’s a shower in there too. 😕
Ahhh yes. Did you venture inside????
Not on your life. 🙂
🙂 🙂
Love that!
Thanks, Stefan. 🙂
You always come up with the most amazing contributions to any challenge!
Thanks, Gunta. I have a good memory for strange things I’ve seen. 🙂
Hehe… I have a strange memory that seems stuck on some fingernails! 😀 😆
Still giving you nightmares, Gunta? 😀
Perhaps not quite to nightmare levels, but definitely gives me the willies whenever you remind me of them!
No, Gunta! You reminded me. I’d quite forgotten about the fingernails and the implications thereof, but now they’ve been brought to my attention once more, I might just have to post them again. Just kidding. 😆
I remember the train in Aguas Calientes in Peru! I think that is what that little town is called.
Yes, you’re right, Nicole. Thanks for reminding me of the name. We stayed for two nights in a hotel there.
All very clever photos, especially the bike and the cart. Did you use the loo in the first photo? It doesn’t look very inviting.
Thanks so much. No, I think the loo belonged to a house there, and luckily, I didn’t need to go. 🙂
I meant to ask you, where did you get the cool photo challenge badge from? I want one too…
I really can’t remember, but you can easily copy mine. 🙂
I will try! thanks.
The sculptures in front of the restaurant are really odd and they mess up your brain a bit.
I agree with you. I couldn’t work them out either. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your collection of images ….different from most publicity shots we see from these countries. I can only imagine the horror Australian Workplace Health and Safety bureaucrats would express at the idea of the train motoring through the market with no protective fence ten feet high and a safety buffer zone of twenty yards. 😉
You’re welcome, GOF. Lots of people were walking down the train tracks, but I didn’t see any squashed ones. 🙂
All perfect for the challenge. I rather like the train line through the market 🙂
Thanks, Jude. That pic reminds me of this old song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgvQiBjVS-s
Spot on, Sylvia! Those sculptures made me smile…thought-provoking 🙂
Thanks, Ese. Glad you enjoyed these. 🙂
I don’t know if it was suppose to but that pair in Costa Rica gave me a good chuckle. No offense intended and a much needed laugh.
Thanks for sharing, ad.
They are really funny, aren’t they? That’s why I had to get a photo. I knew it might come in handy one day. 🙂
Love that desirable residence TO/LET with satellite TV and solar heating laid on!
Hehehe. All mod cons, Col. 🙂
The railway by machu pichu is awesome! what a great idea 🙂
Thanks, Andy. 🙂
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These are all great images that speak for themselves!
Thanks, Annette. 🙂