La Tienda de Doña Gavi Wall Textures
I believe the wall textures of the façade of La Tienda de Doña Gavi must one of the most often used backdrops …
The Benefits of Tiendas
One of the benefits of having convenience stores, or tiendas as we call them here, it is fact that if you need …
The omnipresent Guatemalan tiendas & chuchos
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Typical Tienda de Occidente in Antigua Guatemala
Poco a poco, slowly, all the traditional and typical tiendas and tienditas, borough convenience stores, have been bought and turned into abarroterías …
24 Frames of Film:Typical Guatemalan Tienda
Here’s another picture from the series “Pase Adelante” of 24 frames of film with the typical convenience store, tiendas we call them …
24 Frames of Film: La Tienda de Doña Gavi
We continue the series “Pase Adelante” of 24 frames of film with the iconic store La Tienda de Doña Gavi. This tiny …
The Tienda Transaction
I invite you to caption this photograph of an abuelita buying some soda bottles. The winner selected next Wednesday, will get photo …
Fashion Shoot at Tienda de Doña Gavi
I am sure this is not the first time nor the last time that la Tienda de Doña Gavi has been used …
The Typical Tienda Vista
As I’ve explained before, a tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition …
La Tienda de Doña Gavi Sign
We continue with “the sign fetish” and today’s turn is for La Tienda de Doña Gavi sign. Believe it or not, this tiny store is one of La Antigua Guatemala landmarks and it’s located on the street behind the Cathedral. Doña Gavi sells all kinds of organic stuff in this cozy shop including avocado ice cream. If you come to Antigua, you must visit this shop. If you don’t trust my recommendation, read the On the Road Travel recommendation below:
Decorate Your Walls with a Metallic Print of Ruinas de San José El Viejo
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Dress Your Walls with a Metallic Print of the Colorful Bus Terminal of Antigua Guatemala
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Decorate Your Walls with a Metallic Print of Full Moon Rising Over Ruins of Candelaria
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Dress Your Walls with a Metallic Print of A Man with Bicycle at La Merced Church
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Decorate Your Home with a Metallic Print of the Colorful Bus Terminal of Antigua Guatemala
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Convenience Corner Store in Antigua Guatemala
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Tienda for convenience store. Tiendas are so common in Latin America and Antigua …
Panza Verde Portraits — Doña Gavi
Today I will begin a new series and category: Panza Verde Portraits. As many of you know, Panza Verde, green belly is …
Antigua Guatemala’s Streets Without Cars
This week as part of the excessive security for the XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana, 26th Ibero American Summit of Heads of States and …
Wall textures and hand-made signs of Antigua Guatemala
Here’s another quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala that includes the classic ladder, wall textures and hand-made sign of Tienda de Doña Gavi, …
Ambulant Vendor at Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala
Here’s a window into the daily life at the parque central of Antigua Guatemala. A stool and a box and this ambulant …
Market Vs Supermarkets in Antigua Guatemala
Here are two different approaches to the distribution and sale of food. On one hand, the mercado is an agglomeration of small …
Kite Season Has Arrived in La Antigua Guatemala
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Barrilete for kite. Normally the kite season is the same as the dry season, …
Authentic Slices of Daily Life from Antigua Guatemala
I believe that I specialise in capturing authentic slices of daily life. That’s my forte, without a doubt in my mind. For …
Un Poco de Todo
I believe that the tienda or tiendita, the typical convenience store, is another Guatemalan institution. What’s the item you must often buy …
Guatemalan Sausages for Fiambre
The especially made sausages for fiambre can now be found in the supermarket, mercados and tiendas through October. If you don’t know …
Real Guatemala: Los mandados
Each morning the streets are filled with people of all ages going or coming from doing errands, as simple as buying fresh …
Real Guatemala: The Tortrix Grandma
We continue our series Real Guatemala series with a photograph of a grandmother from Ciudad Vieja buying the eggs and salchichas at …
Yet Another Gated Community Entrance
Here are some of the answers to the questions asked on the previous posts regarding gated communities. Occupy Antigua Guatemala? Definitely not …
Guatemalan Tienditas
Guatemala has taken the concept of convenience store to new levels. Tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer …
New Closing Time City Ordinances
There is new seismic activity in La Antigua Guatemala’s grapevine. For a while now, I’ve been hearing rumors about new closing times …
Feria Food: Plataninas
If you want to know what plataninas, papalinas, poporopos and churros are, just follow the white rabbit! Guatemala’s rich gastronomic heritage is …
Guatemalan Dessert: Espumillas
I wonder what would be a good translation for espumillas? A literal translation would be little sponges, but a proper word is …
Lines and Shadows
This warm light was the dry season. Although, I am sure we can get similar sunsets during the rainy season, I don’t …
Doorway Beam Texture Wallpaper
Not only in walls can you find textures in La Antigua Guatemala; sometimes even wooden beams can provide moth-eaten textures. If you …
Doña Gavi Store Wallpaper 2
I could spend a good hour photographing all aspects of La Tienda de Doña Gavi and perhaps bring you a series… but …
Doña Gavi Store Wallpaper
In September 2007, I brought to you the façade and sign of La Tienda de Doña Gavi, remember? Today I bring to …
Window Convenience Store
Everybody wants to have the recipe for the Guatemalan Identity. Adopting parents, ONGs, researchers, scientists, writers, poets and even Guatemalan bloggers want …
Guatemalan Carnival Cascarones for 25 Centavos
Cascarones are empty eggshells that are filled with pica-pica paper confetti and then covered up with another piece of papel china (tissue paper) and finally painted in colorful ways; like everything else in Guatemala. The final painted eggshells are reserved for the Carnaval as it is known carnival in Spanish which is the ‘Sad Tuesday’ before Ash Wednesday; why ‘Sad Tuesday’?, well carnival means “farewell to meat”, you can only be sad if you are going to keep a vegetarian lent. 😉
Kites On Sale
The Guatemalan word for kite is barrilete. Papalote is the most often heard word in Spanish for kite, but in Guatemala barrilete is what people use. The kites on sale at this convenience store or tienda are Q2/$.25. The kite that the little boy was holding yesterday was bought from this store.
You’ve Got Some Balls!
Guatemala is a football-playing country and thus it is obvious that balls are the favorite toy for young and mature kids . …