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The Old Man and The Saint

I was able to capture a portrait of this old man taking the sun next to the San Pedro monument in San …

An old man with a good face by Rudy Giron

An old man with a good face

More than anything else, I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. —Sean Connery

Each Second Counts by Rudy Giron

Make Each Second Count

In Guatemala the cellular telephone companies advertise that they charge phone call by the second. To be honest, I am not sure …

Stop Pacaya, Stop!

I can easily hear a lot of Guatemalans asking just that: Stop Pacaya, Stop! For those who don’t know, Pacaya is the …

Old Man Thinking

What is he thinking about? The most creative answer for what the old man is thinking will win this photo as a …

What Was the Old Man Thinking?

I wonder what was going through the old man’s mind while watching the young tourist with flip flops (thongs) and short shorts. …

The Old Man and the Band

This old man and the band are the tail of the procession. There goes Semana Santa 2008… we are at end of the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. Just one more day!

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.