Holy Week Temple Decorations in Antigua Guatemala
The pandemic has disrupted life in Guatemala in so many ways. The religious and cultural manifestations that brought together huge crowds are …
Sights of Antigua: Jacaranda Blooms at Parque Central
Today I share with you a panoramic vista of the Parque Central of Antigua Guatemala taken from the rooftop of the Palacio …
Façade of Parroquia de San Pedro Las Huertas
Have you ever visited the village of San Pedro Las Huertas? If not, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. From the …
Enjoy the Bright and Colorful Sights from Antigua Guatemala
Winter is coming! Fortunately,Winter in Antigua Guatemala is very comfortable with its temperate weather; blue volcanoes skyline; plentiful supply of freshly harvested …
Good Friday in San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala
Even though Antigua Guatemala is the top destination in the world for the Holy Week celebrations, many destination through out Guatemala also …
Almost a Ghost Town
I could have never imagined desolate streets during the most important week of the year: the Holy Week of Antigua Guatemala, how …
Jacaranda Trees Are Blooming Now in Antigua Guatemala
Jacaranda trees bloom during Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy Week] and this year is no exception. All activities for Lent and …
2020 Special Sunday Cuaresma Photo Walks
Lent and Easter are coming, get your camera ready! Book one of my Lenten photo walks to have unprecedented access to the …
Foodie Fridays — Tacos from Cactus
One of the better ways to celebrate Día del Cariño is with a taquiza, a meet up to eat tacos. Cactus Taco …
Antigua Photo Shoots — Beautiful Vacation Mementos
Antigua Photo Shoots are an excellent way to take beautiful vacation mementos of your trip to Antigua Guatemala. These Antigua Photo Shoots …
Escudo del Estado de Guatemala en La Federación del Centro
This was an updated version for the coat of arms for the equivalent of The United States of Central America or Federación …
The emblem of the Catholic Kings of Spain is found everywhere in Antigua Guatemala
For 297 years what we now know as Guatemala was part of Kingdom of Spain and there’s plenty of proof about it …
The Last Semana Santa Vistas — Waiting for the Procession
This intimate photograph of a mother and her cucuruchito son was captured as they waited for the La Merced procession on Good …
Woman Timonel of the Santísima Virgen de Dolores
Most photographers point their cameras towards the “anda” of Jesús Nazareno during the processions. I believe the float of Virgin Mary can …
Jesús Nazareno float from Iglesia de La Merced on Palm Sunday
Here’s a vista of the Jesús Nazareno float from Iglesia de La Merced on Palm Sunday as it made its way through …
The Creation of Alfombras
Today’s photographs were made while I was teaching a street photography workshop during Easter & Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Take home …
Little girls waiting for their turn to carry the processional float
Today I shared with you an image of three little girls, sisters, waiting for their turn to carry the processional float. This …
Semana Santa Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
Take home extraordinary images of the once-a-year traditional and colorful processions from the intricacies of carpet building, to the coordination required to …
Santa Ana’s Men Processional Float at Calle del Arco
The fourth Sunday of Lent is the turn for the Santa Ana Procession to serpent through the streets of Antigua Guatemala and …
Santa Ana’s Women Processional Float at Parque Central
Cuaresma [Lent] and Semana Santa [Holy Week] are equal-opportunity religious events where everyone gets a chance to participate. Here we caught the …
Quotidian Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Office with a View
As I have said before, coffee houses had been and still are the premier co-working spaces in Antigua Guatemala, especially when there …
Foodie Fridays — Salads from La Escalonia
Antigua Guatemala has plenty options for eating deliciously healthy and peacefully. Café La Escalonia is among the top options with tables surrounded by a vibrant and luscious garden area; part of a nursery with a menu full of delectable and wholesome dishes from sandwiches to soups and salads that accommodate meat-lovers and vegetarians alike.
Guatemalans Make Me Happy
I really enjoy spotlighting the fact that Guatemalans are so eager to share smiles at every chance they get. So, take advantage of …
Full Moon Over The Candelaria Ruins
Last week I came across a shot of the full moon above the ruins of Candelaria taken with a cellphone camera where …
Street Photo Shoots — Capturing life in motion
Almost every street in Antigua Guatemala provides excellent background and photo opportunities for a photo shoot. Here we captured a couple strolling …
Street Photography in Antigua Guatemala — The Students’ Kiss
During one-on-one street photography workshop with Liz, a British living in Honduras, we captured candid shots of these students kissing at Pilas …
First Historic Exhibition of Religious Artifacts in San Pedro Las Huertas
The brotherhood of the parish of San Pedro Las Huertas put together the first historic exhibition of religious artifacts found in the …
Close Encounters of the Third Kind in La Antigua Guatemala
During the photo walks I lead I make a lot of emphasis on keep your eyesight half a block away or more …
Antigua Makes Me Happy — Take 10
In these 12 years of photographing the people whom I’ve came across in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding area, I have been …
Street Portraits of Strangers — I am Guatemala No. 10
As I mentioned yesterday, procession give us a window into the full spectrum of the Guatemalan identity. Here’s a Maya woman with …
Street Portraits of Strangers — I am Guatemala No. 9
Lent processions provide so many opportunities to capture the essence of the Guatemalan identity as well. Here’s a street portrait of a …
Purple is in style again in Antigua Guatemala
Today I share with you a photograph of a little cucurucho boy wearing what could be his first purple robe and his …
Let The Processional Season Begin
This past Sunday the first Lenten procession hit the streets of Antigua Guatemala. Here’s procession from Santa Catalina Bobadilla as it passes …
Today’s Día del Cariño y La Amistad in Guatemala
Here’s Guatemalan illustrated word of the day: Cariño for sweetie, honey, darling, tenderness, affection, etc. Cariño is such a versatile Spanish word; …
Street Portraits of Strangers — I am Guatemala No. 3
Young Guatemalan men work the streets selling nuts, floss candy, ice cream, whatever people would buy. We have to make a living. …
Guatemalan Smiles Are Free and Abundant
I never get tired of spotlighting the fact that Guatemalans are eager to give you smiles at every chance they get. You …
The Authentic Diet of a True Panza Verde
The myth of why people from Antigua Guatemala are called panzas verdes, or green bellies, states that the reason is all the …
The End of the 2017 Holy Week
Domingo de resurrección or Easter Sunday marks the end of the Holy Week. We wave goodbye to the processions, the carpets and …
Holy Week Vistas — Processional Marching Bands
The Processional Marching Bands provide the sonorous aspect of Lent and Holy Week processions with the sorrowful notes. The music touches every …
Holy Week Vistas — Cucurucho kids having an ice cream break
One of the most important lessons we can take from experiencing the Holy Week in Guatemala is the many different ways of …
Holy Week Vistas — Photobombing a Grandmother during the Holy Week
Here’s the short story, this grandmother poses on the other side of a procesional carpet, or alfombra in Spanish. A relative is …
Holy Week Vistas — Palm Sunday Virgin Mary Procession
The Palm Sunday procession kicks off the Holy Week 2017. The Jesús Nazareno “La Reseña” and Santísima Virgen de Dolores procession leaves …
Sunrise over Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes
Does anyone know why lenticular clouds always pose themselves on top of the volcanos. I believe that if you browse the Volcanoes …
Architecture of Antigua Guatemala — Baroque Temple Façades
We continue the mini series about the Moorish baroque architecture of La Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los …
Best Wishes for Día del Cariño y La Amistad
As I have shared with you before, cariño is a very versatile Spanish word; it can mean honey as ven cariño, come …
This is what Winter looks like in Antigua Guatemala
We continue the indiscreet window series with an image of two Maya girls playing hide and seek at the parque central, main …
Guatemalan style fish and chips
Fresh mojarras fritas, or fresh fried tilapias can be found anywhere in Guatemala. Mojaras fritas are the Guatemalan equivalent of fish and …
New Year, New Faces
Let there be plenty of quality time and light in your life this 2017. I send you my very best wishes for …
Here comes Noche Buena to Antigua Guatemala
Here’s your illustrated Spanish words of the day: Noche Buena, literal good night, for Christmas Eve. Noche Buena is such an important …
Guatemalan Daily Lunch Special — Pollo Empanizado
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish phrase of the day: Menú del día for daily lunch special. Even though there are plenty fast-food restaurants …
LA style tacos and burritos now available in Antigua Guatemala
That’s right, finally we have Los Angeles style tacos and burritos available in La Antigua Guatemala at California Tacos, right across from …
Oktoberfest in Antigua Guatemala
Oktoberfest is celebrated in many venues in Antigua Guatemala. Here’s the 2nd Oktoberfest from Chermol, one of the restaurants betting the house …
Who said newspapers are dead?
The world over newspapers are disappearing or reducing their operations to bare minimums. Guatemala is no exception, yet for a brief moment …
Coffee Shops Are The Original Co-Working Spaces
Coffee houses had been and still are the premier co-working spaces in Antigua Guatemala, especially when there’s a plentiful supply of delicious …
Double Arch Frame Inside Compañía de Jesús, Antigua Guatemala
As I often mention during the photo walks, my two favourite buildings are Compañía de Jesús and Casa Santo Domingo. Each represents …
Consecutive Day 3650 — The City of the Perpetual Roses
Did you know that the slogan for the city of La Antigua Guatemala is “La Ciudad de las Perpetuas Rosas” or the …
Consecutive Day 3643 — We’re made of maize
We are men of maize!. As I have said before, it’s impossible to think the Guatemalan and Mesoamerican diets without maize. From …
Consecutive Day 3639 — Antigua Guatemala Patios
Often during the photo walks I lead around Antigua Guatemala, I encourage people to enter every hotel, restaurant, shop and building to …
Things To Do in Antigua Guatemala — Antigua Photo Walks
Of course, we could not leave out on the list of things to do in Antigua Guatemala the TripAdvisor top-rated www.AntiguaPhotoWalks.com, lead …
Holy Week Vistas: Maya Selling Palm Sunday Bouquets
So, finally we have arrived at Domingo de Ramos, Palm Sunday. Even though I have shared a few photographs and posts during …
Conquering Your Fears of Photographing Strangers
One of the things I enjoy the most about leading the Antigua Photo Walks is to share my approach to photographing strangers …
Things to Do in Antigua When You’re Bored
People watching at the park. Having an ice cream while having your shoe shined. Talk to locals about anything and everything. Visit …
Street Portraits of Strangers — Tiny Cucurucho Boy
As I mentioned yesterday, Lent and Holy Week are an equal-opportunity events where everyone can participate, including little boys and girls barely …
Boys Procession in Antigua Guatemala
Lent processions are for everyone, men, women, boys and girls. Some processions have floats for everybody, but other times the processional floats …
Jocón, The Green Mayan Curry
Jocón is Guatemala’s most famous green stew. We could also call it green mole if we use the wide definition of the …
Corozo palms on sale at the Antigua market
Copal incense and corozo palms provide the main aromas of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Corozo palms are sold in …
Young Cucuruchos in Antigua Guatemala
Lent and Holy Week are traditions for everyone, including children, where boys and girls have processional floats that they can carry. I …
Bella Vista Baristas
Well well, well if you think baristas are all men, then you got it wrong. As you can see here, the baristas …
Coffee Refugees Here’s Your Refuge
Those coffee refugees looking for shelter from bad coffee, look no more, Antigua Guatemala is the coffee lovers refuge with its many …
Fat Cat Coffee House in Antigua Guatemala
Fat Cat is yet another excellent coffee house run by extremely passionate baristas. Make sure you stop by to refuel your caffeine …
Antigua Sandwich Week: Guatemalan Torito Burger
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Hamburguesa or burger. I guess a hamburger is a kind of sandwich right. …
Planets and Constellations at Compañía de Jesús Building
This first week of December has been a week full galaxies, stars, planets, and such at the Compañía de Jesús building, La …
Doing Bicycle Errands Around La Antigua Guatemala
A bicycle ride at the golden hour of the morning is a healthy and one of the most rewarding therapeutic activities one …
Street Fashion in Antigua Guatemala
As I mentioned on the entry Guatemalan Fashionistas in Antigua Guatemala, the city is the excellent destination for fashionistas who are looking …
Have ice cream any time of the year in Antigua Guatemala
That’s right, that is Antigua Guatemala, the land of the ice cream. Even with the heavy rains, we eat ice creams. During …
What Makes Guatemalans Hot? Part 2.
Once again, there you go again thinking I am going to share with you the recipe for Guatemalannes… wrong. However, I can …
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 …
Guatemalan Food: Kak’ik from 7 Caldos
Here’s your illustrated Maya word of the day: Ik or hot, spicy, or picante in Spanish. You find the word Ik at …
Yellow Flowers at el mercado, Antigua Guatemala
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring …
Juices and Smoothies Lovers Paradise
La Antigua Guatemala is the heaven on Earth for those who love juices, smoothies or licuados with an ever present supply of …
Typical Street Vista from Antigua Guatemala
This is a typical vista from the streets of La Antigua Guatemala. If you get up early you can catch antigüeños on …
Mochaccino Time in Antigua Guatemala
Cafecito anyone, anyone? As usual, La Antigua Guatemala is the premier coffee destination in Central America. Not only we can find excellent …
Guatemalan Fruits: Banana passionfruit
I wonder how many variations of the passion fruit we have in Guatemala. Let’s count the obvious ones: Granadilla, Chirimoya, Maracuyá, and …
Guatemalan Food: Sancocho from 7 Caldos
If you have follow the daily updates from AntiguaDailyPhto you may know that I enjoy taking the most innocent and harmless photograph …
Social Service: Adopt Juanita!
Juanita, a mestiza dog, was rescued and now she is being put for adoption. If you live in Guatemala and have space …
Guatemalan Food: Patín
Patín is quite possibly the most popular food found around the villages in Lake Atitlán. Hardly ever we can find patín in …
Arches R Us
Here’s a simple photograph of arches captured inside Ruinas de Santa Clara, Antigua Guatemala. Nearly 9 years ago I started sharing with …
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
The Holy Week Is Officially Over! Yes, it’s official, the Semana Santa is over. Now, it is time to ponder over the …
Holy Week Vistas: Palm Sunday Arrangements
Once again it is Domingo de Ramos, or Palm Sunday, in Antigua Guatemala. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the Semana Santa …
The Shoe-shine Transaction
Here’s one of my tips from the street photography walks: Anticipate your photos. In other words, visualize your picture before it becomes …
The Buñuelo Transaction
As I mentioned yesterday, Cuaresma [Lent] has street food that is sold at the booths outside the church where the velación, vigil, …
Indulging in the authentic taste of Antigua’s street food
One important aspect of Cuaresma, Lent, is the seasonal food that comes with it. There are many food stands that mushroom around …
Capturing daily life photographs in Antigua Guatemala
The Antigua Photo Walks is the best vehicle I have found to teach and shared my approach to street photography and capturing …
Ixchel Goddess of the Moon and Weaving
Here we have a tocoyales exhibit at Museo del Tejido Antiguo. I know, you are wondering what in the world is a …
Jacaranda Trees at Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala
Okay, I am going to come clean. We have not been suffering through Winter. I know I have complained about the harsh …
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 …
Colorful eggshells and confetti to celebrate carnival
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Carnaval, or meat festival, or carnival. As I have said before in previous years, the …
Día del Cariño / Day of Affection in Antigua Guatemala
Cariño is a very versatile Spanish word; it can mean honey as ven cariño, come here, honey, or sweetie and darling; it …
Meet The Giant Tamal from Guatemala
Did you know that in Guatemala alone, there must be over 100 different kinds of tamales if not more? Tamales are an …