Giant Mermaid from San Francisco El Grande Church
Yesterday I shared with you an overview image that shows the pillars where these mermaids are carved in. Did you know that …
Inside Patio of San Francisco El Grande Church
This vista of San Francisco El Grande church was made from inside the museum and ruins adjacent to the south of the …
Arched Entrance to San Francisco El Grande Church
The arched entrances of Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande are so majestic and elegant. Needless to say, this is among the …
Rear end of San Francisco El Grande Church
This is the rear end of San Francisco El Grande Church as you walk south, following the Stations of the cross. As …
Details of San Francisco El Grande Church
Without a doubt Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande is one of my favorite churches to photograph. There’s always so much going …
The San Francisco El Grande Church
A year ago we went to Café Sky to celebrate a friend’s birthday and all of a sudden I glanced to my …
Dome of San Francisco El Grande Church
Normally, the cathedral is the most important church in a town, but in La Antigua Guatemala, a colonial town full with so …
Monk in San Francisco El Grande Church
It is not unusual to come across monks or nuns in La Antigua Guatemala. This morning as I was driving past the …
Pillars of the Lateral Aisle of Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande
The dome is gone, but the pillars adorned with giant mermaids remain of the lateral aisle of the San Francisco El Grande …
Detail of the Façade of Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande
The Franciscans were among the first religious orders to arrive to Guatemala, 1530. The construction of this church began in 1579, through …
Rainy Season Vistas: Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande
Did you know September is Hurricane Month! That’s right, usually the ninth month of the year has more hurricanes than any other …
Nativity Scene Inside Iglesia San Francisco El Grande in Antigua Guatemala
The nacimiento or pesebre, Nativity scene, at the San Francisco El Grande church in Antigua Guatemala is even bigger than the one …
Over the wall view of Iglesia San Francisco El Grande
As I was saying a couple of days ago, you could taking a walk by any given street of Antigua Guatemala when …
-12 Days to 9th Anniversary: The Rellenitos Vendor
So what are rellenitos pues? Rellenitos (little fillings) is the name given to a food made from plantain dough which is molded …
San Francisco El Grande Wall Revisited
Here’s another take on one of my favorite wall in Antigua Guatemala. If you’re in town, don’t miss this wall on the …
Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande as seen from the sky
We revisit the beautiful complex of San Francisco El Grande church which shared a black and white photograph taken at night of …
Black and White of Escuela de Cristo, aka Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
One more entry on our black and white series of the churches in and around Antigua Guatemala at night. This is the …
San Francisco El Grande Façade in Black and White
Here’s one more doses of the black and white series of the churches in and around Antigua Guatemala. Today’s turn is for …
Helicopter Crashes in Antigua Guatemala
I just received these photos from my dear friend and AntiguaDailyPhoto consultant and eye witness Christian Van Der Henst who happened to …
San Francisco El Grande Niche
This niche and statue of San Francisco (Saint Francis) can be found at the entrance of the façade looking north of Iglesia …
Antigua Lent Processions: Santa Ana
We continue our series Antigua Lent Processions thanks to the wonderful imagery of our friend and collaborator Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos who has …
Antigua Churches: Iglesia de Guadalupe
Yes, believe it or not there is a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe church in La Antigua Guatemala. Interesting enough, though, for the …
Esquisuchil Tree in San Pedro Las Huertas
What’s so special about the Esquisuchil trees around La Antigua Guatemala? For starters, the esquisuchil trees (bourreria huanita) are very old and …
Candles on Sale, Candles for Santo Hermano Pedro
At the entrance of the San Francisco El Grande Church, burial home of Santo Hermano Pedro de Betancourt, you can find this stall of candles. We visited the entrance of this church before with with Monk in San Francisco El Grande Church and The Guatemalan Chever Hot Dog Cart.
Huge Bougainvillea Tree at El Pensativo River
Believe it or not, the dry green river bed is El Pensativo River. The other day while driving on Calle Chipilapa, which takes you to La Ermita de la Santa Cruz Ruins, I saw this huge bougainvillea tree on the other side of El Pensativo River, dry now but soon it will have running water. I never seen a bougainvillea tree so big; my girlfriend and I saw a midget bougainvillea tree—about 1 meter in height— in Tapachula, Mexico.
Saint Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt illuminate us!
Saint Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancurt is Guatemala’s and Central America’s first saint. He was born in Tenerife, but soon …
Antigua Photo Walks
I am happy to report that the Antigua Photo Walks are a total success. It’s been among the TripAdvisor’s TOP 3 activities …
Finding New Perspectives to Photograph Antigua Guatemala
Believe it or not, this was one of the coldest mornings thus far during this Winter season, 8C/46F, yet one of the …
Orange and Green Wall Texture from Antigua Guatemala
I have to admit it to myself: I am a lucky guy. Let me explain. See, as I was driving towards Parque …
Street Photography Workshops in La Antigua
If you have follow my daily posts in AntiguaDailyPhoto for a few months or a few years, one thing would very obvious …
Not Your Typical Guatemalan Granizadas
As I mentioned before, Granizada is the Guatemalan Spanish word for shaved ice snacks. Basically, you take shaved or crushed ice and …
Please, take our photo instead!
I just love it when photographs walk or ride into my viewfinder. Better yet, when they even call on me to take …
Take My Photo or Simple Rainy Season Vista
Call it synchronicity or better yet, serendipity because that’s the story behind this simple rainy season vista. For a while now I …
Putting Up The Lent Season Decorations
Every week, many more houses and buildings are putting up their Lent decorations. This house located on Calle de Los Pasos, which …
Antigua’s Colorful Façades
I did it again. I spotted an image I like and then just waited for life to walk into the frame. You …
The Nexus One has arrived to Antigua Guatemala
Modernity has arrived to the quincentennial Antigua Guatemala. AGAIN. It was nearly 18 months ago that I reported the arrival of the …
Can you spot the Chevere Guy?
The two most famous Guatemalan hot dogs are shucos and cheveres. I have covered Guatemalan shucos hotdogs often enough that I believe …
Antigua Guatemala’s Grid from Above
La Antigua Guatemala is quite small city, or town rather. It is about 10×10 block grid. Could you believe that with three …
Rear View Mirror Vistas
Some people like photos without people; aseptic and sterile images pues. I am the opposite. To me what makes the image interesting …
iPhone 3G on Sale in La Antigua Guatemala
Modernity has arrived to the quincentennial Antigua Guatemala. Surely you remember all the talk about the cellular telephones available from Q100 with …
Instituto Normal para Señoritas Olimpia Leal Sign
More than once I have explained my method of taking photographs around La Antigua Guatemala. Back in April 23rd, 207, I explained …
Gringos Making a Holy Week Carpet
Gringos are now an integral part of La Antigua Guatemala and therefore many of them participate of the preparations of the world …
Making Palm Sunday Arrangements
Today’s Palm Sunday or Domingo de Ramos as today’s known in the Catholic Realm. Last year, Domingo de Ramos fell on April …
The Guatemalan Chevere Hot Dog Cart
“Chevere” is a Venezuelan Spanish word which means cool, fine, excelent, okay, just to mention a few of its meaning. Well, about the origin of the chevere word, I don’t know; perhaps it is not even Venezuelan. Nonetheless, the word is understood and used in Central America.
In Guatemala, a company of hot dogs decided to use as its name in the late seventies or early eighties. The company did things right and it was a total hit and the Chevere brand became almost as omnipresent as Coca Cola, Pepsi and the Gallo Beer. It was everywhere.
Ciudad Vieja Cathedral Dome
In the picture above you can see the dome of the Ciudad Vieja Cathedral; a town four kilometers away from La Antigua Guatemala. Now a little trivia information. Ciudad Vieja was the second settlement of Guatemala City right before they moved it to where La Antigua Guatemala is now. Thus, its name means Old City or Ciudad Vieja in Spanish (check the aerial shots of Ciudad Vieja).
Atypical Vista from Antigua Guatemala
I imagine lots of people are in need to visit their churches and have mass or religious services; especially catholics during the …
Let Lent Season Begin
Here’s you Spanish word of the day: Cuaresma or Lent. Once again, from the early morning reports started to pour in, around …
Let Lent Begin in Antigua Guatemala
Blip, blip, blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programming to bring you this important news update. From early in the …
The Capture vs The Pose on Ash Wednesday in Antigua Guatemala
I love doing street photography and capturing candid images from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. In the almost eight years I have …
The Nun and The Limousine
It is quite common to see nuns and priests walking around La Antigua Guatemala since this town is basically almost 100% Catholic. …
Framing the Volcanoes
Believe it or not, I like framing. It is one of things I like to do most while taking photographs around La …
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 …
Saint James Day in La Antigua Guatemala
Santiago was a very popular name for the conquistadors to use as they rechristen the new lands of the American continent. If you check the entry for Santiago in Wikipedia, you will there are over 60 cities and towns throught the world that carry that name and that is a very short list since you could probably find about 60 towns with the Santiago name, just in Guatemala. But why was Santiago such a popular name for the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors?
There’s nothing like a sunset
Cafe Sky roof-top, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Sunsets in Antigua are something special and even more so when you watch them from …