Invent A Tour Guides Conversation

Every once in a while, the readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto participate in a creative exercise: to invent a plausible dialogue or conversation among the characters that appear in the pictures. That’s right, that means YOU reading this text right now. I will help you get started by sharing with you that the three men above are … Read more

A Rough SUV For A Rough Town

Without realizing it I posted a mini series about vehicles. What do you know, my unconsciousness has been behind the wheel of AntiguaDailyPhoto in the last few days. C’est la vie! La Antigua Guatemala is a rough town with its cobblestone streets on pedestrians and vehicles. To be honest, I don’t think these colonial style … Read more

Much Ado About Nothing

The chicken bus barely stopped while crossing over 4a calle oriente; the main artery that becomes the exit to Guatemala City. A traffic cop was there. Furthermore, the bus pilot blasted the horns. Lastly, the bus parked in front of the Cathedral, next to the Main Plaza. Three traffic violations in less than 20 seconds. … Read more

CHiPs Antigua

These are my friends Nelo and Miguel. This candid portrait was taken with the iPhone and uploaded while we jested about who would play Poncherello and Jon Baker in CHiPs Antigua chapter? Who do think will make a very convincing Officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello?

At Guatemala’s RENAP DPI Station

RENAP stands for Registro Nacional de las Personas or National Registry of Persons. RENAP is the government institution in charge of replacing the old Guatemalan identification card known as Cédula for the new Guatemalan identification card goes by the name of Documento Personal de Identificación, DPI for short. The DPI is a plastic card, similar … Read more

Casa Antigüeña: Circular Staircase

A huge part of the beauty of the Casa Antigüeña is found in its details. Simple details like a rustic round staircase with natural spot lights to illuminate during the day, the wonderful filtered sun light is more than enough. Interesting enough, for the most part the style of the architecture of the Casa Antigüeña … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Tumbergia

These colorful and strange-looking flowers are the gift of a climber plant known locally as Tumbergias (tunbergia misurense is the scientific name). Tumbergias are quite popular in the gardens of La Antigua Guatemala. Tumbergias are also very popular with bees and bumblebees and the why is very obvious once you seen the amount of nectar … Read more

Jardín Antigüeño: Colorful Bougainvilleas

Jardín Antigüeño is also another series that needs to be awaken. Jardín Antigüeño is a photographic tour through the most often found flowers in the gardens of La Antigua Guatemala. La Antigua Guatemala is known as the Ciudad de las perpetuas rosas, the city of the perpetual roses. Well, surely you can find roses everywhere … Read more

Casa Antigüeña: Bathroom Details

Okay, I believe it is time to awake the dormant Casa Antigüeña series with fresh and new material. We’ll start slow with just some details that were left out last time we covered the architectonic elements that make up the enchanting Spanish colonial architecture found in La Antigua Guatemala. Let’s begin with the bathroom sink … Read more

Fotoimagen

Since my handle in the English language is not so good, I would like to request for you guys to help me understand what’s the difference between a photograph and an image? I’ll welcome all the answers and suggestions. Thanks!