Typical Vistas of Antigua Guatemala: Municipal Police Officer at a Corner
Antigua Guatemala is served by so many different police officers: Here are the one that come to mind right away: Policía de …
Antigua Guatemala is served by so many different police officers: Here are the one that come to mind right away: Policía de …
These new bicycles bring a lot of attention to the tourists police as they patrol the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I have …
How many different kinds of police do we have in Antigua Guatemala? Let’s see if I can recall all of them. Policía …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Policía or Police. If you have ever wonder why police cars in Guatemala are …
Point 1: I guess the police want you to come and relax in Antigua Guatemala so long as you do it naturally; …
Police patrol trucks, really? I am sure that’s a normal question asked when people are told that all police patrol units in …
Fortunately, La Antigua Guatemala is still mostly a pedestrian town, but it gets its share of vehicular traffic and before it gets …
Aspirante PMT printed in t-shirts means ‘aspirant’ for the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT abbreviation in Spanish). The proper word for traffic, as …
One of the benefits of living in a third world country is that you don’t need to read Cien años de soledad …
So you wanted to know what happened to the Indigenous singers from February 2nd, right? Well the municipal police told them that they also needed to work and that if they did not have a permit to sing on the streets their supervisor would get on their case. Sure enough, less than a half of block away, these two tourist police were stopped by their supervisors. The Indigenous singers were told to go to the ‘Muni’ to get a permit to sing on the streets. I am not sure such permit exists, not for the Indigenous people, for sure.
In this tiny office of this building, the Captains’ Palace, two police officers take crime reports, charges and denounces, all under the …
Tuk Tuk police, arrest this man, he talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge, he’s like a detuned radio Tuk Tuk …
This photo was taken the same day as the previous entry on the Teachers demonstration. It is funny how there never seems …
Arches in the Police and Government Building. This is in the south side of the Central Park. In the north side of …
Yesterday I noticed how the municipal transit police closed completely the one block where the Arco de Santa Catalina is located. Honestly, they should have turned the entire strip of 5a avenida, from Parque Central to Iglesia de La Merced, into a pedestrian pathway, don’t your agree?
Face masks are obligatory to use outdoors in Guatemala at present time. I imagine it is the same, more or less, all …
When the President of Guatemala is in Antigua Guatemala we also get to see Army patrols, SAAS [presidential guards] and Kaibiles on …
As I have shared before, there are three designated [painted] parking sections in the streets of Antigua Guatemala. White is for motorcycles …
Today I will begin a new series and category: Panza Verde Portraits. As many of you know, Panza Verde, green belly is …
There are three designated [painted] parking areas on the streets of Antigua Guatemala. Blue is for handicap-marked vehicles. White is for motorcycles …
As part of the XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana, 26th Ibero American Summit of Heads of States and Government, Antigua Guatemala will be in …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Cepo or wheel clamp. Cepos are used to immobilize vehicles parked in the no-parking …
The parking regulation of La Antigua Guatemala are not confusing once you know all the wrinkles of it all. The problems arise …
What are your thoughts regarding the militarisation of Antigua Guatemala? Do you think it is appropriate for the Municipal Police to have …
I remember having read in Gandhi’s autobiography that truth was not absolute, rather more like multi-faceted diamond; meaning truth had many points …
It blows my mind how easily people get disoriented in Antigua Guatemala and that’s when even using a map. La Antigua Guatemala …
There you have it, the first tuk tuk food truck has appeared in Antigua Guatemala. It was only a matter of time …
Día del Ejercito is a Guatemalan holiday observed on June 30. Even though the holiday actually commemorates the Liberal Revolution of 1871 …
Zero violence! Only love, happiness and peace while Guatemalans are changing the country forever with their manifestations and rejection of corruption at …
The long dispute over the control of the Palacio Real de los Capitanes Generales of Santiago de Guatemala by the different ministries …
The Holy Week Is Officially Over! Yes, it’s official, the Semana Santa is over. Now, it is time to ponder over the …
A much needed light right arrived on the afternoon of Thursday in and around Antigua Guatemala. Hopefully, enough to wash away all …
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Retén or check point. We are a bit slow to implement stuff in Antigua …
Alright, we will finish the first part of the Real Guatemala series with portrait of two police officers who were deployed during …
Have you ever ridden on a tuk tuk taxi? I don’t recall exactly when tuk tuk motorcycles arrived in Guatemala, but they …
Here are some of the answers to the questions asked on the previous posts regarding gated communities. Occupy Antigua Guatemala? Definitely not …
The first phase of the Antigua Guatemala security camera surveillance system, sort of the chapín Skynet, came online on February 2012 with …
As I have mentioned before, motorcycles are on their way to become the most popular vehicle in Guatemala. So mucho so that …
The chicken bus barely stopped while crossing over 4a calle oriente; the main artery that becomes the exit to Guatemala City. A …
You don’t have to give your soul to the Devil as as Robert Johnson did at the crossroads to enjoy the quotidian …
I don’t recall exactly when tuk tuk motorcycles arrived in Guatemala, but they were absorbed as part of the Guatemalan traditions and …
Oficina de atención al ciudadano P.N.C. or Citizen desk of Civil National Police (P.N.C. in Spanish acronym) was written in the back …
There’s never a dull moment in La Antigua Guatemala. Let me explain. The other day as I am driving back home, I …
“Walijoq caewaj!” she yelled over and over in Quiche. Wake up, my love. Wake up, my love. This is the story of …
The Guatemalan antiriot police unit provided me with much needed images for my photographic bank. This in particular turned out to work …
Today I was driving around Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park and I was not allowed to continue towards the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Municipal …
Believe it or not, the tuk tuk motorcycles which are used as short-run taxis, tourist police patrols units and grocery delivery vehicles …
Often I have said that La Antigua Guatemala is not Guatemala. I still hold this thought, mostly. However, there are cases or …
Women. They are the subject of these pictures. Why? The gruesome brutality hasn’t stopped. In fact, it has barely dipped. The Latin …
Se empieza cediendo con las palabras. —Esperanza, mi novia We begin to yield with words. —Esperanza, my girlfriend Psychology 101: we begin …
Once again AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com will be participating in the Theme Day of the City Daily Photo community, over 500 cities around the globe. …
Oh how I wish I could be like Truman Capote and take this avalanche of twits, news, videos about a scandal developing …
Surely you remember the photo of Clamping the automobiles on the No parking zone, right? Or how about the story of two …
In my quest to bring to you ‘new’ vistas of the same ‘old’ places around La Antigua Guatemala, I present to you …
Greed and ambition do not know of any limits. That’s how we got ourselves into the present economic crisis… sure the free …
Central Park and the streets nearby were militarized for about 10 hours, beginning around 5 a.m. because El Señor Presidente of Guatemala …
Maybe we will get it right this election. —The Brunscheon, Oregon We hope so. —The rest of the world Well, as some …
That’s my opinion; what’s yours?
The poster above is about a concert promoting the Human Rights in Guatemala. The concert was held in La Antigua Guatemala’s Central …
I find the singing of the indigenous people extremely haunting and touching, even though, they are singing evangelical hymns. To me this singing has another layer of pain and denouncing which is above the meaning of the words they sing; something much older and more mystical than the religious hymn brought by the European Christianity.
We resume the library tour right where we left off last Thursday. This corridor reading area is a nice place to catch …
Just about all the streets in La Antigua Guatemala are one-way venues and you can only park on one side of the …
This shot could be anywhere in the world, except for the fact of the blue in the sky can only be Guatemala; …
Many artisans come to La Antigua Guatemala to sell their crafts. The streets are for anyone who wants to sell, just watch …
Is it motorcycle or automobile? The meeting of the tuk tuk drivers and the police was to define the tuk tuk as …
Cobblestone streets are yet another characteristic of La Antigua Guatemala’s life-style (see photos 1, 2, 3). They are hard on the automobiles, …
Since several of the Daily Photo Cities are publishing images with low-light or taken at night, I decided to continue with other …
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and nowhere is awareness, new legislation and law enforcing need …
One way to tour La Antigua Guatemala is through the horse-powered carriage rides around town. If you can obviate the buses, the …
Lately blue has come my way. First time it came as blue house with blue doors and a blue sky. Now, it …
That is right, the three-word slogan belongs to Guatemala’s transnational company Pollo Campero (Country Chicken) which is now in the United States, …
The taxi service in La Antigua Guatemala is anything but reliable. Taxi vehicles come in all colors and makes, mostly Toyota and …
Shoe-shining is not out of time as some people commented on Nuno’s Shoe shiners. Well, shoe shining is not a forgotten trade …
Buying a house in Antigua is a proposition beyond the economic means of most Guatemalans, sometimes, even so for foreigners. On June …