Chapter 7: Architecture: Part One :Doors

Some of the best sights we experienced were architectural and art related. The next few blogs will focus on those areas. It did not matter what area of the city we were in, we found unique doors everywhere. The old forts and churches were always very large. Most doors were arched. The nicest areas were usually a tourist or government building. We could tell some of the crumbling architecture was beautiful in its day. Most homes and businesses that could afford them, had metal gates on their doors and bars on the windows. This building was 2 blocks from where we stayed and many people were living there.This was also across the street from the Malecon.This is the area we stayed in. We really immersed ourselves in the culture.