Santa Catalina fountain with goldfish
The water looks dirty, but isn’t. You can see the goldfish clearly enough after all.
A wall in a courtyard in Santa Catalina
The Santa Catalina Convent in Arequipa is an astonishing city within a city. In spite of the noise and bustle of the city outside, it manages to maintain a quiet calm. The nuns who lived here (and a small number who still do) may have led an ascetic and simple life, but they also had a very beautiful place to live as well. Fantastic light, colours and views.
A nun's cell in Santa Catalina
The colours here just knocked me out. They say that mid-day isn’t a good time to take photos, especially in the tropics, but you can’t really go wrong when the subject matter is so good.
Not everyone takes their convents seriously