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After Detroit I dropped by Chicago for 2 days. These are some of the images I took on the street.

Special thanks to Lorne Darnell and his family for letting me stay in their home. Thanks to all members and neighbors of Goldengate community. And another thanks to members of couchsurfing that hosted me.

Birthday party at the Wild Dawgs motorcycle club. This is the last picture post from this trip to the USA.

Detroit Motorcycle club “The Wold Dawgs”. I was supposed to photograph another motorcycle club in Detroit, but that connection didn’t work out. So at certain point I met another guy that could make an introduction. Generally those clubs are not very accessible, mainly due to the nature of their business. After this evening I was…

One of the last posts from the Golden Gate. You can see a picture here of Bob, his wife Tashima and their baby. That was born just 2 days after the birth of the kid. Tashima gave birth at home. Detroid kid.

Most of the images were made from inside the monorail train that goes around downtown Detroit. It’s called  ”the people mover”. I had one image earlier with a iPad add in the back. You can see on one of the images the new “ipod mini” poster is half ready.

Just a few more images from the Golden gate.

Youmacon is a “nerd” convention Where people dressed as their favorite anime character or game character come to socialize, play computer games and party. I went to the first day of the convention when it was open for public. Most people were standing in an endless line in anticipation to get their badge.

Dumpster diving is one of the ways to get free food. Supermarkets in the USA throw away a lot of products. Sometimes they are not even over the date. As soon as they get a new shipment of products the old one goes into the dumpster. “We eat like kings here in Detroit” to quote…