Comments on: Book fair in Antigua http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/ Antigua Guatemala's number one multimedia resource in English for everything about La Antigua and the Guatemalan people, culture and traditions with a brand new web page every day! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo » Blog Archive » Spinning tops http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-5639 Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo » Blog Archive » Spinning tops Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:13:28 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-5639 [...] Some of you who have been following the photos at this site might remember these arches from the Book Fair in Antigua, back in July 22nd, 2006. Also, there is a great perspective of the hallway and the arches back in [...] [...] Some of you who have been following the photos at this site might remember these arches from the Book Fair in Antigua, back in July 22nd, 2006. Also, there is a great perspective of the hallway and the arches back in [...]

]]> By: Passante http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-357 Passante Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:14:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-357 Rudy -- What a coincidence! I posted on the same day on my non Daily Photo blog, <a HREF="http://mondopassante.blogspot.com/2006/07/la-vieille-bourse-ii.html" rel="nofollow">Passante's World</a>, about a book market in the cloisters of the Vieille Bourse building in Lille, where I was a couple of weeks ago. Rudy — What a coincidence! I posted on the same day on my non Daily Photo blog, Passante’s World, about a book market in the cloisters of the Vieille Bourse building in Lille, where I was a couple of weeks ago.

]]> By: rudygiron http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-356 rudygiron Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:42:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-356 Kate, I am glad you noticed the arches. I saw two repetitive patterns, the arches and the stacks of books. On the other hand, I do not try to educate anyone here, I am simply trying to <strong>share the information</strong> I come across. Sarah, there are probably 6 or 7 public libraries in Antigua. In most of them, you have to read the materials on site; they don't have check-outs. The library at the <a HREF="http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/05/compaa-de-jess-fountain.html" rel="nofollow">Compañía de Jesús building</a> which belongs to <a HREF="http://www.cifantigua.org.gt/" rel="nofollow">Centro Iberoamericano de Formación</a> (Cooperación Española) does have check outs, so that is the one my wife and I use. Carol, 12% is the sales tax in Guatemala. We have really high <strong>sales taxes</strong> in Mexico and Central America. Income tax is low though, somewhere between 5% and 10%. Irony is that Guatemala is the only country in Mesoamerica that taxes books. Gerard, you are right, the people that do read here have a better and larger universal knowledge of literature. Kate, I am glad you noticed the arches. I saw two repetitive patterns, the arches and the stacks of books. On the other hand, I do not try to educate anyone here, I am simply trying to share the information I come across.

Sarah, there are probably 6 or 7 public libraries in Antigua. In most of them, you have to read the materials on site; they don’t have check-outs. The library at the Compañía de Jesús building which belongs to Centro Iberoamericano de Formación (Cooperación Española) does have check outs, so that is the one my wife and I use.

Carol, 12% is the sales tax in Guatemala. We have really high sales taxes in Mexico and Central America. Income tax is low though, somewhere between 5% and 10%. Irony is that Guatemala is the only country in Mesoamerica that taxes books.

Gerard, you are right, the people that do read here have a better and larger universal knowledge of literature.

]]> By: Gerald England http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-355 Gerald England Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:31:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-355 I remember the poet John Whitehead who lived in Antigua [and maybe still does] saying that people there appreciated literature more than is so in some other countries. I remember the poet John Whitehead who lived in Antigua [and maybe still does] saying that people there appreciated literature more than is so in some other countries.

]]> By: Carol http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-354 Carol Sun, 23 Jul 2006 04:55:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-354 That's a really high tax for books! The arches are very beautiful. Good questions, Sarah! Do you have any libraries? That’s a really high tax for books! The arches are very beautiful.

Good questions, Sarah! Do you have any libraries?

]]> By: Sarah http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-353 Sarah Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:14:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-353 The arches are beautiful...and of course I love books. Do you have a local library? The arches are beautiful…and of course I love books.

Do you have a local library?

]]> By: Kate http://antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-352 Kate Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:16:00 +0000 http://wp.antiguadailyphoto.com/2006/07/22/book-fair-in-antigua/#comment-352 The arches are a real focal point in the photo. I appreciate the way you always try to educate us on your photo and country. The arches are a real focal point in the photo. I appreciate the way you always try to educate us on your photo and country.

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