Bougainvillea Desktop Wallpaper from Antigua Guatemala
Tomorrow the La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP) will be two years old. About 744 consecutive daily photographs and descriptive narratives of …
Fish Farming in Antigua
If I had been told when I was a little kid that they would “grow” and “harvest” fish in a farm around …
Tres Volcanes Honey Spread Project
The Departamento of Sacatepéquez (State or Province), where La Antigua Guatemala is located and to which is the Department’s Capital, is very …
Big Guatemalan Smile
Can you guess what’s in the big bag?
Fresh Produce at the Farmers’ Fair
The fresh produce available at the Farmers’ Fair and at the market are so irresistible. As you can see in the picture …
Farmers’ Fair in La Antigua Guatemala
On my way to work I came across this small farmers’ fair at the Alameda of El Calvario Church. This fair is …
The Body Puppets Show of Rodolfo de León and Larraitz Iparragirre
It is so good to have friends who are artists; they keep you cultivated and entertained. Such is the case of Rodolfo …
Guatemalan Police Anecdotes
One of the benefits of living in a third world country is that you don’t need to read Cien años de soledad …
Happy Earth Day! Desktop Wallpaper
Today’s is Earth Day and to celebrate it, I am posting a desktop wallpaper photo for your computer which shows the harmony …
The Loud Voices of the Guatemalan Writers of the Post-War
L-R: Ronald Flores, Ana María Rodas, Javier Payeras, Julio Serrano, Francisco Alejandro Méndez As I have shared with you, last Saturday I …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Mixtas
Guatemalan mixtas (mixed) are basically hot dogs which come with tortillas instead of a bun. Simple and great tasting. There are other …
Tortilla Making Lessons for Manolo
Since Manolo needs to improve his tortilla making skills, I am posting this image to help him in the process. Even Carmen …
Did Anybody Say Jocotes?
There are some Guatemalan fruits that are impossible to translate into English; jocotes is one of them. Jocotes is the little round …
Guatemalan Granizadas or Shaved Ice Snack
Granizadas is the Guatemalan Spanish word for shaved ice snacks. Basically, you take shaved or crushed ice and add any combination of …
Guatemalan Fresh Fruit Snacks
Since you guys are having the cravings for Guatemalan fresh fruit snacks, I decided to show you the current options. All you …
Guatemalan Cuisine: La Enchilada
If tostadas had a kingdom, La Enchilada would be the queen of the tostadas. Good, you say, I’m glad to know, but …
Guatemalan Alligators in the Brink of Extinction
That’s right, these poor fellas will be history pretty soon! This variation of the Guatemalan bread is known locally as lagartos (alligators) …
Green Mango for MO
Boy, do I sacrifice for you guys, or what? MO (Mario) asked for a shot of green mangoes and here I am …
Canto por los Derechos Humanos Concert in La Antigua Guatemala
The poster above is about a concert promoting the Human Rights in Guatemala. The concert was held in La Antigua Guatemala’s Central …
Surf’s Up Dudes!
Last year I showed you one of the Surf Shops in La Antigua Guatemala and talked about surfing in Guatemala in general. …
Church of San Bartolo in La Antigua Guatemala
The church of San Bartolo village has to be very new since its design is sober and simple, as opposed to the …
Private Property Not For Sale
As the U.S. real estate market plummets, especially the sub-prime real estate, the Guatemalan real estate market grows even healthier, especially in …
Pruning the Gravileas Trees
There is nothing like rain water to make all the flora grow and in Guatemala we have a very copious rainy season …
The Rellenito Transaction
Last time I showed rellenitos here, was a photograph taken at home with control conditions of light and presentation. The photo was …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol Blanco, Anyone?
Atol blanco is one of the most emblematic drinks of the Guatemalan Cuisine. Very few meals or drinks can define or identify …
José María Magaña Juárez Sign
Sometimes just showing a sign can be considered a political act. Today’s photo about one particular architect’s sign falls under the political …
Don’t Laugh At Me!
“… Nothing became Something. For many in the community this Something is the realization that their kids, who barely had touched a book, can read something because they like it. The biggest change we see it in the problematic children, those who can hardly stay put. We let them read laying down on a carpet, aloud or in silence, right-reading or backwards, or we give them audio books, and little by little they end up reading all of them…” —Kyle Passarelli (fragment freely translated from the article Biblioteca Caldo de Piedra as it appeared in Spanish in the latest issue of Revista Recrearte)
I read to my little brother
Kids reading to kids; now we are onto something! While reviewing the wishlist for the Caldo de Piedra Library Project, I occurred …
Caldo de Piedra Library Project
Boy, do I have a soft spot for libraries! Often I highlight library projects like the Bibliobús of Probigua, which I nicknamed …
Hooyab Fine Jewelry Sign
Today we resume the sign fetish series. How do you get this vigorous red color? First you find red wall looking west …