La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo

The bubble maker, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

The people need to survive which way they can. Here you see a woman making bubbles because she is selling bubble makers: a wire ring a plastic cup with soapy water. Now that I see how much fun she is having, I wish I have bought a bubble maker. Oh well, c’est la vie!

Charly García in Antigua, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

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Yesterday I mentioned that often Antigua is used as backdrop and great location by professional photographers and film-makers. Well, they are not the only ones. Antigua is also used as a natural venue for concerts, jazz festivals, classical music recitals and much more.

Lisi, from Hong Kong Daily has been posting a delightfull series of night photography; it inspired me to post photos taken at night time.

Here is a photo of Charly García, an Argentinean Rockstar from Buenos Aires 1 / 2 taken at Santa Cruz Ruins in Antigua Guatemala. This guy is really famous and his music is awesome. If I had to classify him, I would put him in the unclassifiable category. Here you can see a few more photos (f1, f2, f3, f4).

Painting Antigua, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

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Antigua’s streets are used for many things. Often you can see people water-coloring and oil-painting on the streets. Some of them do it for pleasure, others make a living selling their artworks to tourists. Believe me when I say that this city has many motives for amateurs painters and photographers alike.

Antigua is also used as backdrop and great location by professional photographers and film-makers. Actually, there are quite a few movies which have been shot in Antigua; I don’t have a list now, but I will post it later on with some movie-making photos.

Unplugged knife sharpening, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

Antigua is a modern city with cutting-edge technologies like wireless internet, satellite television, direct tv, wifi cafes, partial underground electric cabling, broadband internet access, and a very long et-cetera. Nevertheless, in Antigua certain things are still done the old-fashioned way: sharpening knifes is one of them. Although, you can argue it is done wirelessly.

Exotic flowers for exotic Lu!, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

The slogan of this blog says that Antigua has flower farms, but I have not yet published a flower photo. Well, believe it when I say there are flowers farms around town. Soon I will go to one of them to give further proof; in the mean time, I leave this shot of a truck and its exotic load. This one is for Lu! and to all that might benefit with the sight of flowers on the “boot up” day of the week.

Mac and Windows in Antigua, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

Something ‘light’ for the weekend. I know I am really stretching it with the association of Mac and Windows. In case you are wondering, yes there is a McDonald’s and Burger King in Antigua.

Best wishes to all the regular visitors!

Panadera’s arch, originally uploaded by rudygiron.

On the west side of the Central Park in Antigua you can find the Portal de las Panaderas (bakeries), which represented the business side at the main square. Nowadays, you can find two good coffee shops, two banks, two restaurants, two bookstores, an electro-domestic store and a few other stores. It is the less flashy side of Parque Central, yet you can have good coffee at Café Condeza and have the fabulous Flan Antigüeño at the restaurant by the same name, buy the newspaper, withdraw some money, but a Guatemalan Literature book, make a phone call, have your shoes shine; all within one block and in less than 30 minutes.

Antigua is such a human-friendly city; you can walk and do most ordinary life chores and pleasures within four short blocks. Match that L.A.!