Traffic Jam at the Panadería
If you hate traffic jams and bumper-to-bumper situations, then, stay away from the panaderías between 5 pm and 7 pm; the afternoon …
New Traffic Police Officers
Fortunately, La Antigua Guatemala is still mostly a pedestrian town, but it gets its share of vehicular traffic and before it gets …
Antigua Guatemala Municipal Traffic Police Trainees
Aspirante PMT printed in t-shirts means ‘aspirant’ for the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT abbreviation in Spanish). The proper word for traffic, as …
Early Morning Vista at Calle del Arco
If there’s something I have learned from my Antigua Photo Shoots is that if you want to find the emblematic arch and …
Early Morning Vista of Calle del Arco
I much prefer the early morning for walks, photo walks and photo shoots in Antigua Guatemala and elsewhere when everything is more …
Decorations for the Day of the Holy Cross
Today is observed and celebrated the Día de la Santa Cruz, Day of the Holy Cross,in the Catholic world. As in previous …
Early Morning at Calle del Arco
The best time to take photos of Calle del Arco without pedestrians and traffic is early in the morning, around 7am. That’s …
Antigua Guatemala’s Flower Festival 2021
This past weekend Antigua Guatemala dressed up many of its façades, fountains and parks with flower arrangements. The photograph above show the …
Sights of Antigua — Ruinas de Santa Rosa and a Colorful Bus
This is rare vista of the Santa Rosa ruins as normally the public transportation buses do not go through this sleepy little …
Sights of Our Times: An Uneventful Día de Santiago in Antigua Guatemala
July 25th is the Day of Saint James, Día de Santiago, the patron saint of Antigua Guatemala, formerly known as Santiago de …
Sights of Our Times — Hot Tourist Spots Sans Visitors
Finally we have a gradual re-opening date for Guatemala: July 27. The re-opening will be gradual and by municipalities [counties] using a …
Morning Vista of Calle del Arco
With nearly 14 years of posting daily updates from Antigua Guatemala and with nearly 7 years of teaching others how to better …
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 …
Most of Antigua Guatemala Will Be Pedestrian for 3 Days
As part of the XXVI Cumbre Iberoamericana, 26th Ibero American Summit of Heads of States and Government, Antigua Guatemala will be in …
National Police Patrolling in Antigua Guatemala
How many different kinds of police do we have in Antigua Guatemala? Let’s see if I can recall all of them. Policía …
Guatemalan Independence Celebrations
Have A Happy Independence Day everyone! Guatemala has one really strange celebration for the Independence Day festivities: Freedom Torches or Antorchas de …
Lent Processional Figures Undergoing Repairs
As every Sunday during Lent, Antigua Guatemala gets dress of purple, the color of penitence and the streets become crowded with cucuruchos …
Guatemalan Smiles at The Park
This is what happens when you point your camera to Guatemalans, yes automatic smiles. I dare you to try it next time …
Rainy Thursday of February in Antigua Guatemala
A much needed light right arrived on the afternoon of Thursday in and around Antigua Guatemala. Hopefully, enough to wash away all …
Typical Weekend Vista at Calle del Arco
La Calle del Arco is La Antigua Guatemala’s most popular strip any day of the week, but on weekends is even more …
Taking Selfies at Calle del Arco, Antigua Guatemala
Ahh, selfies, what do your selfies say about you? Let’s see what this article on Psychology Today says about that: Ever since …
Día de la Raza or Columbus Day or Bartolomé Day or Francisco Marroquín Day?
As every Día de la Raza I would like to share with you the faces of cultural resistance in a world where …
Hands Free Helmet Phone
I don’t need NO stinking Siri or hands free earphones, I can imagine the woman thinking as she goes around making phone …
Guatemalan Independence Celebrations
Torches, marathons and student marching bands parades are the main activities Guatemalans do for celebrating Independence Day. These activities usually begin manifesting …
Lighting Up the Independence Torch
The Liberty Torches Marathons Have Began. As in previous years, people from all over Guatemala begin a marathon to go to another …
Fuego’s Pyromaniac Show
Almost a week later Fuego volcano decided to perform for us another pyromaniac show. This time I was near Tanque de La …
Typical rainy season vista from Antigua Guatemala
Almost every year I like to do a “typical rainy season vista” from Antigua Guatemala. Today’s photo was captured with the iPhone …
Antorchas de Independencia
As every year, on September 14, people from all over the Guatemala begin marathons to go to another part of the country …
Political Propaganda Creates Visual Pollution
I can’t wait for September 11 to arrive and not because it’s my birthday, but because that’s when Guatemala will hold general …
Arch Street Marimba Music
Every Saturday and Sunday the city closes 5a avenida norte, better known as Calle del Arco, to all traffic. Only allowing people …
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 …
For The Innocent
Today’s photo is dedicated to the innocent victims of the killings in Petén. The massacre in Guatemala that left 27 people dead …
Mother’s Day in Guatemala
Happy Guatemalan Mother’s Day! I especially wish a Happy Mother’s Day to my own madre. As Luna McCarthy mentioned in XelaDailyPhoto this …
On the Northern Side of Antigua Guatemala
As you may know, here in La Antigua Guatemala, like in many places, on odd-numbered avenues traffic runs North and on even-numbered …
Doble Vía Sign
I like the ceramic “doble vía” signs and metal frames in La Antigua Guatemala. To be honest, I like all the ceramic …
Antigua’s Tuk Tuk Taxis Revolt
Today I was driving around Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park and I was not allowed to continue towards the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Municipal …
Earphone Usage is Up in Antigua Guatemala
A few years back LD ranted about all the people she came across wearing earbuds while riding the public transit buses in …
La Antigua Guatemala sí es Guatemala
Often I have said that La Antigua Guatemala is not Guatemala. I still hold this thought, mostly. However, there are cases or …
Men at Work
The vista cotidiana (quotidian vista) of men working throughout La Antigua Guatemala is more and more refreshing and assuring each day. We …
Guatemala’s Independence Day Marathons
On September 14 10, people from all over the country begin a marathon to go to another part of the country to …
Open Schools: Registration
Finally something good for the communities in the rural areas of Guatemala. Escuelas Abiertas or Open Schools is a government program which …
Only in LAG: Motorcycle clamps
Surely you remember the photo of Clamping the automobiles on the No parking zone, right? Or how about the story of two …
Bunting at Palacio de los Capitanes in Antigua
I have other photos from the Guatemala’s Independence Day Celebrations which I would like to share with you and since September is …
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Billboards and Large Banners and Signs are Prohibited in Antigua
Somethings or their absence, really, make the lifestyle of La Antigua Guatemala very pleasant. The absence of billboards, banners and large signs …
Día de la Santa Cruz y el Albañil
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
New Paint Job for the Holy Week
Well, like always, not everything is bad about the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. If you can obviate the crowds, the …
Prepare your payment to enter La Antigua Guatemala
All the weekends of Lent (Cuaresma) and during the Holy Week La Municipalidad de La Antigua Guatemala (Municipality or City Hall) imposes …
Which Way to Turn?
Here’s a hypothetical question for you. In Guatemala, who has the right of way among these options: pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, car, bus, truck, eighteen-wheeler truck? If you plan to visit Guatemala, you must know the answer before you arrive.
Signs, Signs, Signs…
The above yellow corner is located on 1a calle poniente in La Antigua Guatemala. The Astoria delicatessen is just one of many delicatessen in La Antigua Guatemala. We are privileged in this aspect with access to some fine and exclusive ingredients. La Antigua Guatemala is a tiny town that wants to be a huge cosmopolitan metropolis, but without the traffic, rush hours, or smog. Let it dream!
Entrance to Finca Las Ilusiones
The photo above shows what a typical entrance to a coffee plantation looks like. Finca Las Ilusiones is just south of El …
Guatemalan Adoptions
I was lucky to capture this couple and their new baby just taking a rest and enjoying the beautiful light and atmosphere …
Guatemalan Cowboy Kid
Okay, enough of guns and cowboys. I leave you with an interesting portrait a little cowboy kid. Children always represent the hope …
Transnational: Send Money Worldwide
The money movers of the world are everywhere and yet they are invisible, very much like the undocumented worker who feeds it. …
Little old man
Eric, from Paris Daily Photo, has been publishing a series of photos linked by a ‘walking’ theme. We do not have traffic …
Independence Day: Come on baby, light my fire
School bands and parades were the norm to celebrate Independence Day before the December 29 signing of The Guatemalan Peace Accords of …
Rush hour in Antigua
On the weekends the traffic in Antigua quadruples. Here, it might not seem like much. But, if you consider that Antigua is …