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Tranquility at Parque Central of Antigua Guatemala by Rudy Girón

Theme Day: Tranquility

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. —Thomas Jefferson As most firsts of the month …

AntiguaDailyPhoto Turns 6-year Old

Today AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is celebrating its sixth anniversary. Also, the CityDailyPhoto community around the world is having the monthly theme day which is …

Theme Day: Electricity by Rudy A. Girón

Theme Day: Electricity

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. —Earl Wilson I …

Theme Day: Animals

Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If …

Theme Day: Mysterious Objects

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world …

Theme Day: Perspective

As every first of the month, AntiguaDailyPhoto is participating on the DailyPhoto community theme day. Perspective was voted as the theme for …

Theme Day: Color Green

As every fist of the month, the Daily Photo community has a theme day and the color green is what was chosen …

Theme Day: Under Construction

La Antigua Guatemala is one of the areas undergoing more development per square inch than any other city in the Guatemala according …

Mailbox: Letters Wanted

Today AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Also, the CityDailyPhoto community around the world is having the monthly theme day which is …

Theme day: Edges

This is the main entrance/exit for La Antigua Guatemala. A couple hundred meters ahead the road ends and the cobblestone streets begin. …

Theme day: Favorite Part of Town

It’s been a while since AntiguaDailyPhoto participates in the Theme day of the City Daily Photo community; since the theme bright colors …

Theme day: Bright Colours

August 1 marks the opportunity to participate in the theme day of the City Daily Photo community around the world and this …

Theme day: Reflections

Like every first of the month, today is theme day for City Daily Photo community around the world and this month’s theme …

Theme day: Funny sign

What kind of business do you think corresponds to El Cofre sign? Like every first of the month, today is theme day …

Theme Day: Red

The making of sawdust carpets, alfombras de aserrín, with its vivid colors and eye-catching patterns are among the most prominent elements of …

Theme Day: Passageway

What’s inside this passageway? The largest fountain in Central America Ruins of a monastery Mayan arches used in colonial architecture Access to …

Theme Day: Wood or Holly Wood

As almost every first of the month, AntiguaDailyPhoto is joining the City Daily Photo community in the orchestrated global effort to show …

Theme Day: Waiting

Since La Antigua is the wedding capital of Guatemala and very often used as wedding destination for couples the world over, it …

Theme Day: Contrast

As every first of the month, AntiguaDailyPhoto is joining City Daily Photo community in the orchestrated global effort to show you “contrast” …

Theme Day: Big

127 cities around the world orchestrated a global effort to show the different manifestations of the concept of BIG. I could have …

Theme Day: Night

Night is the subject for the Theme Day of the City Daily Photo community, which every first of the month synchronizes over …

Theme Day: Empty

Today is theme day for the City Daily Photo community around the world. You may not know it, but La Antigua Guatemala …

Theme Day: Feet

Once again AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com will be participating in the Theme Day of the City Daily Photo community, over 500 cities around the globe. …

Follow Up to Façade Facelift

Since I showed you, just the other day, how the façade of house from La Antigua Guatemala was being repaired and painted …

Theme Day: Circles/Spheres

“I miss playing tenta, el botecito, escondite, kick-ball, cincos, trompos and all the good old games kids play…” —MO It was only …

Theme Day: Lines

I have decided to participate on the monthly theme of the City Daily Photo sites again. You may not know it, but …

Theme Day: One Way to the Decisive Moment

As I negotiated my acrobatic skills over the stone, looked back so I don’t get ran over or splashed by one of the uncivilized drivers, looked at the camera so I don’t ruin it with the running dirty water, composed the shot to include both elements, I took a couple of shots to get the best composition. As I was ready to put away the camera and moved away from the center of the street because two vehicles were using their horns to alert me that they were close and they had no mercy; this lady entered the frame; I did see her with my own eyes as I was looking down to the twist-out viewfinder paralleled to the floor; I had but fleeing second to take the shot and this fraction of a second my mind went through all countless photographs warehoused in my memory so fast that I must remember over thousand images until my brain did a full stop at one my favorite images ever: The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson. With that image in my head, I pressed the shutter release. Next, I pulled away from the centre of the street just in time as the vehicle behind me went by making a big splash (I did not get wet), pulled my eye sight to see that the lady did not fall and was already walking away in the opposite direction.

Theme Day: Typical Breakfast

Basically, the Guatemalan breakfast includes black beans, eggs, coffee and maize tortillas or bread; it may also include fried plantain, cream, creese and chirmol sauce. The black beans can be served parados or whole, revueltos or refried and licuados or liquified. The eggs can be served sunny side up like the picture above, boiled or scrambled.

Theme Day: Men at Work

Architecture arose from man’s necessity to shelter from the environment. First, he used the caves where he left registered scenes from his daily life, to then build, with the materials found in nature, his home. As humankind organized socially and the jobs became specialties, the first masons appeared and transformed the natural materials such stone and wood, and invented others like adobes and bricks from clay. (fragment from La mano de obra en la arquitectura from JM Magaña in Recrearte Magazine, page 8, available in Spanish as a PDF download)

Theme day: Taxis only

The taxi service in La Antigua Guatemala is anything but reliable. Taxi vehicles come in all colors and makes, mostly Toyota and …