The view above of Volcán de Agua is from our studio’s window and balcony.

I said before, in many listings for rent or sell of houses around Antigua, you often find the “panoramic view of volcanoes” among the top selling arguments.

In our home we can brag about having more than a room with a view.

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Some people have to wait until special occasions like Independence Day to see a fireworks show. Here in La Antigua Guatemala, thanks to Volcán de Fuego or Fire Volcano, quite often we get the opportunity to see a real fireworks. To me, it does not matter how often I see Fuego volcano erupting, every time it takes my breath away.

You may have to click on the image above to get a larger view of the beginning of an eruption. The electric power lines are there for the benefit of MO.

Day one of year four.

On the first anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala I shared my goal with you:

My idea was to show the good, the bad and the ugly of this colonial town. I did not want to make a touristic site for the most popular touristic destination in Central America. La Antigua Guatemala is photogenic, so my goal has been a bit difficult. But I have tried to show other aspects of life which I did not see cover in other sites. Also, I wanted to ‘own’ a venue for practicing my inadequate written English and amateur photographic skills. Three hundred and seventy-six posts later I have improved neither; it’s so pathetic. On the other hand, I have gained a great deal of knowledge about this town and many good friends (even if they don’t see eye-to-eye on the issues we talked about here). What can I say, they’re are all wrong!

On the second anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala I reflected upon the concept of milestones:

Every time humans arrive at a milestone, we tend to review what we have traveled thus far. Two years of consecutive blogging is not much or even important in the big scale of things. Nonetheless, it is a big achievement for me since I have never done anything like this before. I am very happy to have reached this time mark and to have helped others in the process. I thank all my regular visitors for your support, comments, feedback and donations.

For the third anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala, I have come to the conclusion that I am too wordy and nobody cares for long entries anymore… so from this point forward I will make short entries.

One more thing, I have some questions for you, what does AntiguaDailyPhoto mean to you? What kind of themes you care for? Do you prefer entries with lots of information or just the picture and its caption? Do you care for the music or videos that show up every once in a while? Are you tired of food shots? Should I leave out all the controversial and politics out? Should I focus more or less on the people, landscape, animals, idiosyncrasies of Guatemalans? What else should I be asking?

Too bad MO does not come by here anymore. He would definitely appreciate a photo like today’s; full of power lines. If you don’t believe, just check his comments below any time a power-line entered the picture. MO, if you still out there in the interwebs, please come back to add your comment about the power lines.

MO says:
Great shot Rudy!! You have redeemed yourself with this shot. You have exorcised the electrical wire demons out of your camera with this superb shot. Well done.
In: Wonderful Sunset and Power Lines

MO says:
Very nice picture Rudy. I like how the left and right roof lines of the EORM building matches the natural volcano lines. I agree with John S about the darn electrical wires ruining the picture a bit.
In: Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta and the Volcanoes

MO says:
Those darn electrical wires! They they are again…getting in the way. Son tan metiches! Nisperos? Wow, all along I thought they were Misperos.
In: Nispero Tree in the Garden

MO says:
I am curious to know what’s on the left interior wall? Paintings? Wood carvings? they look like Mayan hieroglyphics. I’m 100% sure they are not electrical wires. (~:
In: Hotel Posada San Vicente Sign

Now, for sure, I would really like to know how many photos with electrical wires I have posted so far… I quite positive I could create a category for power lines. You do something often enough and eventually something good comes out of it, like in Electric Wire Grid and Volcanoes Wallpaper; don’t you agree?

Yesterday’s shot of the Arch of Santa Catalina was taken from the South looking towards the North, with the main dome of Iglesia de La Merced being framed by the arch itself.

Today’s vista shows you a view in the opposite direction. From underneath the Arco de Santa Catalina looking South, towards Volcán de Agua and most of the stretch of the 5a avenida norte known as Calle del Arco (Street of the Arch).

Can somebody tell us how long in blocks is Calle del Arco?

Peak-a-boo!

Boy, today was for sure a good day to be on a tree since the land kept on shaking all day long. I believe there were over 7 tremors over 20 tremors that felt around Guatemala City and La Antigua Guatemala.

Check out the #temblorgt trend in Twitter to see all the seismic activity reports.

There is really not much to say about the panoramic view of La Antigua Guatemala you see above.

Except, perhaps, I can explain that the Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano) is on the left and it was responsible for burying the second Capital of Central America; thus the Santiago de los Caballeros de Goethemala (now La Antigua Guatemala) was moved to its present location. Volcán de Fuego (Fire Volcano) is on the right and it is currently active and provides us with wonderful fireworks, constant tremors and seismic activity as well as growls and roars. Volcán de Acatenango shows a fraction of one of its two craters. Last but not least, the small colonial town you see in the foreground is La Antigua Guatemala, top travel destination. That’s it, that’s the only things I can say about this panoramic photograph from Antigua.

What are you waiting for to visit?