Wireless Antigua Guatemala
Details, details, details. Oh boy, here are those ugly power lines again. But wait, what’s in the background? Sure enough, now everywhere …
Farol or farolito
Details, details, details. There are so many different street lamps or faroles, as they are known in Spanish, in La Antigua Guatemala …
Corner Window in Antigua Guatemala
Detalles, details, detalles. Take a corner window, add a forged iron crate and a few plants and you have transformed a boring …
Breaking News: Ash Wednesday In Antigua
pushwigh#@%&?¿… blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programing Details, details, details to bring you this important news update. From early …
Antigua’s Lamp Shadow
Details, details, details. I also believe that, some times, details are like opportunities: you blink and they are gone. So you always …
Antigua’s Metallic Owl
Details, details, details. I believe beauty manifests itself in the details. Correct me if I am wrong!
Antigua’s Door Knocker
Details, details, details. Gustave Flaubert believed that God was in the details. Other people believe the devil hides in the details. What …
Antigua’s Window Grate
Details, details, details. Often you find little windows on the doorways of the houses of La Antigua Guatemala and most often they …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Postre de Mora
Okay, here’s something sweet to end the work week. I came across this blackberry dessert at La Casa de las Mixtas; one …
Guateflora: Jacarandas
Interesting enough, last year when I published the Guateflora series, I overlooked the jacaranda trees, which are omnipresent in and around Antigua …
Tourists Enjoying A Stroll Around Antigua
The winter weather in Antigua Guatemala has been wonderful: a little chilly, a little windy and a little warm, all in the …
Internet Access in Every Corner of Guatemala
According to the statistics only 67% of the population has Internet access in Guatemala (source somewhere in elperiodico.com.gt or prensalibre.com.gt), but by …
Arches: Colonial Architectonic Design
This is crap! The four basic principles of graphic design are: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. It was Robin Williams, the graphic …
Guatemalan Green Mangoes For Sale
Although I think green mangoes can be found in Guatemala all year round, I believe they are better when in the mangoes …
Only in LAG: Homeless in One-Million Home
Every afternoon, the homeless man above walks slowly towards this corner house in Antigua Guatemala, one block away from the Parque Central, …
The Guatemalan Shuco Hot Dog
The Guatemalan shuco hot dog comes with guacamol (avocado sauce), boiled cabbage, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, mustard, hot sauce, and one or more …
Dr. Cascarón or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Eggshell
These colorful Guatemalan eggshells filled with confetti are known as cascarones and are the sure sign that marks the arrival of carvinal …
Casa Antigüeña: The Balconies
What better photo to wave goodbye to the Casa Antigüeña series than an image of the balconies against cloud-free deep blue sky, …
Casa Antigüeña: The Bedroom
We are just about done with the Casa Antigüeña series. Here you can see the master bedroom which basically has two large …
Casa Antigüeña: Tragaluz
The tragaluces (sky lights) are those crystal blocks you see at the far end. Craig was asking if the the light washing …
Casa Antigüeña: The Pila
The pila is basically a Guatemalan home staple. Normally the pila design has a water tank in the center and two sinks, …
Casa Antigüeña: The Niches
Of course, big part of the beauty of the Casa Antigüeña is found in its details, like the niches that can host …
Casa Antigüeña: Volcanoes Panoramic View
Well if the panoramic view of one volcano is astonishing, the view of two volcanoes, Fuego and Acatenango, is breath-taking, especially at …
Casa Antigüeña: Volcán de Agua View
It is quite obvious that when one lives in the land of the eternal spring, one would like to have a nice …
Casa Antigüeña: The Cupola
The cúpulas (cupolas) has to be among the most distinctive architectonic elements of the Casa Antigüeña. Originally design as chimney for the …
Casa Antigüeña: The Terrace
From the attic, it is only a matter of a few steps to reach the terrace or perhaps veranda would be more …
Casa Antigüeña: The Attic
Finally, we reached the loft in the second floor… oops, I meant the attic. Remember the building codes in La Antigua Guatemala …
Casa Antigüeña: The Spiral Stairway
In this escalara de caracol (winding staircase) you find the same repetitive azulejos (ceramic tiles) found in the stairway details photo from …