Guatemalan Cuisine: Pepián
The easiest way to get authentic traditional Guatemalan cuisine is to get a daily menu special at your local diner. For instance, …
Colonial Style Door Knocker and Knob
Lucky me that I learned to have new aesthetic values for things antique and old. Lucky me that I find beautiful and …
Antigua Guatemala As Wedding Destination
Almost a year ago I said that La Antigua Guatemala is the Wedding Capital of Guatemala. The term Wedding Destination Capital describes …
Thanksgiving in La Antigua Guatemala
Thanksgiving Day is not a tradition from La Antigua Guatemala or even from Guatemala or Central America for the matter since at …
Horseback Riding Through Town
Whenever you come across people riding horses or donkeys over the cobblestone streets of La Antigua Guatemala you feel like you are …
El Señor Presidente in La Antigua Guatemala
Central Park and the streets nearby were militarized for about 10 hours, beginning around 5 a.m. because El Señor Presidente of Guatemala …
Playing Football at the Local Basketball Court
It seems like Claudia and I are synching our thoughts lately. She makes a comment regarding her nostalgia and memories and I …
Guatemalan Fruits: Nisperos or Misperos, that’s the question
After MO confirmed the spelling for Misperos which Nadia had used in reference to this yellow fruit known in the English language …
A Weekend At the Ruins With the Family
Many Guatemalan families take advantage of the peaceful and tranquil atmosphere surrounding the church, convent and monastery ruins around La Antigua Guatemala …
Walls That Grow Benches in Antigua Guatemala
The already narrow sidewalks of La Antigua Guatemala get even narrower with benches that literally grow out of the walls. Even though …
Wonderful Sunset and Power Lines
This is the follow-up photo as requested by Matt and MO. Don’t you ever say I don’t cater to your wishes and …
What A Wonderful World!
… And I said to myself, what a wonderful world…
Chicken Bus Chronicles: El Ayudante
Ayudante is title for the guy in the orange shirt. El ayudante, the helper or assistant has in reality many jobs and …
Chicken Bus Chronicles: The Groceries
Sometimes things are so obvious that one doesn’t mull over them; that’s the way things are and you accept it. While taking …
Chicken Bus Chronicles: DVD Players
The world infamous chicken bus reinvents itself again. The chicken bus that was born out of a retired school bus from our …
Gas Tanks are Ugly Too
This is what Guatemalans think of when you utter Tanques de gas (gas tanks); it doesn’t cross their mind the fuel tank …
Those darn electrical wires…
… are ugly for sure. I agree with everyone that commented that Guatemala would so much nicer and beautiful if all the …
Antigua Guatemala Municipal Traffic Police Trainees
Aspirante PMT printed in t-shirts means ‘aspirant’ for the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT abbreviation in Spanish). The proper word for traffic, as …
Fake Door on Sidewall
I don’t get it, why would anyone would go through the hassle of building a fake door, then painting it to look …
Hugo’s Ceviches: Concha Seviche
You can tell Ceviche is my favorite Guatemalan Cuisine dish if you search for the word ceviche or just browse the five …
Citibank now In La Antigua Guatemala
Back in December 26, 2006 I wrote about the banking war in Central America between Citibank and HSBC Bank over the access …
Don Chobe Acuario Sign
Acuario is the Spanish word for aquarium and Don Chobe is the only shop in La Antigua Guatemala that caters exclusively to …
Hotel Posada San Vicente Sign
It’s amazing how creative are the sign makers around La Antigua Guatemala. A quick glance at the Signs category can show the …
Jocotenango’s Cathedral
Those darn electrical wires! There they are again… getting in the way. ¡Son tan metiches! —MO I agree, but what can I …
Nispero Tree in the Garden
I’m amazed by the abundance and variety of fruit in Guatemala. My chapín friends lament the relatively poor selection here, and miss …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Fiambre
How can we go by Día de todos los santos (All Saints’ Day) and Día de los fieles difuntos (All Souls’ Day) …
Habemus New President!
Even the grounds gave us good signs! The rest is history… and hope of a better future. 🙂 This time, I will …
The Kite Runner
Those of you, who have followed the daily updates of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, would know already how …
Giant Kites of Santiago Sacatepéquez
Here’s another quote taken from the article written by Ignacio Ochoa and published in Revue Magazine about the history of kite making …
Reuniting the Living with the Dead
Ignacio Ochoa has published a recent article about the history of kite making in Santiago Sacatepéquez under the name of Messenges in …