Señoras or Women’s stain glass marker
Back on March 5th, 2007 I showed you the stain glass marker for the men’s bathroom at La Fuente strip mall. It …
Kings of Spain Visit Antigua Guatemala: Photos, Video and SlideShow
In 1492 the Spaniards came to the Americas and traded their tiny mirrors and beads for all the wealth available in gold, …
Even the Sidewalks Get a New Look
Even the sidewalks get a new look for the visit of King Don Carlos and Queen Doña Sofía from Spain this Friday. …
Kings, Queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers Wanted
Just yesterday I told you about the paint jobs that many houses and buildings undergo for the Holy Week Celebrations. Also, every …
New Paint Jobs in Antigua for the Holy Week
Many houses and business buildings get a new paint job right before the Holy Week. The streets of La Antigua Guatemala get …
Even the Windows Wear Violet
Back in March 6th I showed to you the entry doorway of Hotel Santo Domingo (Holy Sunday, by the way) with violet …
Purple Cone-Head Cucuruchos Are a Big Attraction
Purple cone-head “Cucuruchos” are a big attraction around Antigua Guatemala in the Lent Season. Although Cucurucho’ dresses come in many colors, bright …
Weekend Procession in the Lent Season
Yesterday I told you I was going to have a sample of the sorrowful tunes play by the processional musicians that are …
Processional Musicians Play Sorrowful Tunes
One characteristic which I enjoy about processions is the sorrowful tunes that are played by the mournful marching bands that follow the …
Children’s Procession in La Antigua Guatemala
Back on Ash Wednesday, February 21st, 2007, I said that in the Catholic Realm the Holy Week celebration had begun with Ash …
The Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás Sign
The sign above is at entrance doorway of the Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás de Aquino, School of Saint Thomas, and you …
Inside the School of Saint Thomas in Antigua
At present this building still goes by the name of Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás de Aquino and still belongs to the …
This is where Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) was founded
This humble building is where Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, USAC, was founded as part of Francisco Marroquín’s wish and will. …
Francisco Marroquín at School of Saint Thomas
No, this is not the bust of Lenin. This is the sculpture of Francisco Marroquin, Bishop to Guatemala in 16th century, and …
Good bye Doña Nacha
You will be missed greatly.
Why do We Love Our Land?!
We don’t love our land because of its great size and power, because of its weakness or tiny size, because of its …
Malo Mori Quam Foedari
No, they are not Ku Klux Klan as you might be inclined to believe at first glance. They are cucuruchos which is …
Name All the Tropical Fruits
One of the things I like best about La Antigua Guatemala is its location. One hour or less from Guatemala City and …
Escuela de Cristo Church in Antigua
The photo above shows the façade of the Escuela de Cristo church in La Antigua Guatemala, which is located to the southeast …
Taking a break from Spanish Classes
I had said it before, La Antigua Guatemala is tiny town —barely a 10×10 block grid— yet it manages to host well …
Bush is coming, Bush is coming!
I can almost hear the crow grackle yelling Bush is coming, Bush is coming! What a nightmare. Poor bird, it is so …
Saturday for Lunch
Sometimes there is no better lunch than a great book. Now I am having Saturday from Ian McEwan for lunch. The prologue …
Enjoying the Sunset at the Park
One of the best things to do in La Antigua Guatemala is to enjoy the sunsets at the parks or in a …
Glimpse into a Guatemalan Bicycle Repair Shop
Normally, I try to publish clean, with almost no visual noise, photographs as in Shadow Casting Lamp, the wallpaper series, Palo de …
Inside a Bicycle Repair Shop
I have posted many photos of bicycles in and around Antigua Guatemala and I even said that bicycles are among the most-widely …
Violet or Purple bands mark the Lent Season
During the Lent period (Cuaresma in Spanish) many houses and businesses are decorated with purple or violet strips of textiles and bands …
Stain Glass Señor or Mister
Even simple details like the marker for the men’s bathroom is done with style in many places around Antigua Guatemala. Here you …
Guatemalan Textiles Market at La Fuente
Here is a better shot showing how the Guatemalan textiles literally carpet the garden around the fountain (fuente in Spanish) at La …
Guatemalan Textiles at La Fuente
On the weekends the center garden around the fountain in La Fuente strip mall and restaurant is carpeted by Guatemalan textiles on …
Tuk Tuk Meeting
Is it motorcycle or automobile? The meeting of the tuk tuk drivers and the police was to define the tuk tuk as …
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)