I guess we can continue a mini series of signs… here’s the most common sign seen in La Antigua Guatemala. Sometimes you come across the lonely sign, but most often they gang up together on bulletin boards around Antigua. Bulletin board advertising is quite popular in La Antigua Guatemala as you can see in this … Read more
Somethings or their absence, really, make the lifestyle of La Antigua Guatemala very pleasant. The absence of billboards, banners and large signs make the whole colonial experience more enjoyable and authentic. Large advertising is another huge contrast between the ‘new’ Guatemala City and the ‘old’ Guatemala City (La Antigua Guatemala for you). As Manolo said … Read more
Spanish classes can be exhausting, especially full immersion classes, so make sure you take breaks often… your dog will be glad too. 🙂
It looks like both teacher and student were having a great time while learning to weave the Guatemalan textile using the back-strapped loom.
If I started a series about the NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) headquartered in La Antigua Guatemala, one per day, I could probably go a full year without repeating once. Once I called this town the NGOs Capital of the World. This is what I grabbed from the ninosdeguatemala.org web site: The goal of Niños de … Read more
Pues, what better way to explain one of the most confusing word-expressions in the Spanish language than to tell you about Manolo, alias El toronteco? Pues, El toronteco (from Toronto), alias Manolo, was the famous commenter that began each comment with ‘Pues‘ before he decided to finally open up his own space, pues. Pues, like … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala’s sidewalks were not meant for walking. Sidewalks in La Antigua Guatemala are narrow and uneven, with so many 2 or 3-feet inclination ramps and potholes that you can easily fall down. On top of that, in the rainy season, you have be careful with the colonial house drains; both, the ground level … Read more
I wonder if the blue cap you see on top of the lamp’s pole is actually a sensor to turn on and off the lamp or if it is indeed a sun-powered cell to provide the electricity for the colonial-style lamp; what do you guys think? As you can see, just because you are living … Read more
Did I miss a fútbol (Soccer) game today, or what? I know Bistrot Cinq is a French bistro on 4a calle oriente in La Antigua Guatemala, but what’s with the French flag? I am sure they left the ladder next to the flag so it is easier to put it down. No big signs or … Read more
As much as I like to photograph arches, signs, churches, food, et-cetera; honest, my favorite subject is people. That’s it folks, I’ve said it aloud: I like to photograph people’s interactions like Kids Enjoying Ice Cream, Ice Cream Row, The Heigh Scale on Calle del Arco and Contemplating the Heavy Rain; just to name a … Read more
The wooden texture from beam which appeared in Holding Up the Heavens. Sometimes you just need to let time do its magic.
An interesting find in La Antigua Guatemala, a town full of arches at every turn; but how often one comes across an arched door and doorway in arched building? After more than 30 arches photographed in LAGDP, I ask: what are your feelings about arches, anyway/anyhow?
When I was eighteen I worked for a senile old man who had been a famous race driver in the 1940-70. Very often he was able to describe with crystal-clear detail events from those decades as it was yesterday morning. Seldom, he was able to tell you what he did that afternoon. However, in his … Read more
Somethings are changing in the Guatemalan lifestyle. Others, luckily, remain the same, like hot-just-out-of-the-oven bread delivery in the rainy afternoons in La Antigua Guatemala. Here we see an indigenous woman purchasing some pan frances and sweet bread to prepare the afternoon “refa” (short for refacción or snack break), the only refacción some people got in … Read more
I am the Walrus… I am Fofo… I am the Walrus. Honest. Fofo is short in Guatemalan Spanish for Rodolfo, which is Rudolph in English and German (I think) and Rudy is diminutive for Rudolph. So there you have it I am Fofo… But Fofo is not me because I am the Walrus. This portrait … Read more