A journey

I am going to take you with me, on a journey around the park where I walk. It’s just across the street from our condo.

Mind you, as I am typing this it’s the beginning of December, and we are in the midst of another season of blooming plants. So very different from the growing cycle of the US.

As a matter of fact, last month all of the jacaranda trees were in bloom. Google jacaranda, and then look at some of the older posts I have with photos of them. They’re everywhere here, and they add an exceptional beauty to the city.

There are places in the park, however, that are clearly sparse, without any ground vegetation whatsoever. First, I’ll show you a photo of the Google map of El Parque de las Montañas. Then, I’ll follow with several photos I took a while ago, when I started walking again. (Actually, I took these on 12/06/23.) The sky was overcast so you won’t get much color punch, but you can see how I saw these amazingly beautiful plants. IN DECEMBER. (Sorry. I get a bit carried away with the vegetation here.)

Our condo is just to the left of the green (park) area. It says Home, in blue.
This tree is at the beginning of my walk in the park.
Bougainvillea, just at the end of the second stretch of my walk around the park.
I had to show you the contrasting Christmas decorations, and the blooming bougainvillea. The bougainvillea is everywhere in the park; actually everywhere in the city.
One of my favorite rest areas. As I look up, holding onto the palm tree on the right, I do a minute, or so of a stretch. These are on the 4th leg of my walk.
Here you can see the 2 palm trees from the above photo. This is close to home, but looking back at where I was walking. Another bare bark eucalyptus tree on the right. The jacaranda petals are on the ground on the left.
One of my favorite areas is this one. The bare bark trees are eucalyptus trees, two of many in the park. The whole area smells of eucalyptus.
A beautiful aloe vera plant blooming in December.
Most of you will recognize this as an airplane plant, with more offshoots than I have ever seen. IN DECEMBER. OUTSIDE. This is just across, and down the street from our condo.
This is a form of a cactus, I think. Also across the street from us.
Jade plant. Out of doors, in December. Just across from our condo.

As I go through this blog, and edit it, it brings such a smile to my face. Looking at the park, from your perspective, makes me want to get over there, and take more photos, or even a video of the magnificence I see when I’m there.

Would you be interested in seeing a video of the park while I’m walking through it? It takes me anywhere from 11 to 15 minutes to walk through it, depending on how often I stop to take photos, or stretch.

Until next time.

Stay happy, healthy, and safe. Wash, cover, and protect yourselves.

Post script: at some point I’ll video the walk around, post it, and if you don’t want to watch it, you are certainly not obligated to do so.