Jardín Antigüeño: Hortensias
Sometimes you live so fast that before you know it, life is over. Life is not a race that you want to …
Free Culture
In La Antigua Guatemala we are so lucky to have plenty of free culture. The Festival Internacional de Jazz en Antigua and …
Split-second Catch at Tanque de La Unión
I pass by Tanque de la Unión at least twice a day. Lucky me. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that …
Antique Decoration Elements: Treasure Chest
What kind of treasures would you keep in a antique chest like the above? I would keep my treasured memories. 😉
Selling Heliconias on the Streets
It seems like this corner is good for the sale of exotic flowers, such as heliconias. Last time I reported on the sale …
Volcán de Fuego Welcomes You
It doesn’t matter how many times I see Volcán de Fuego erupting, I can never get tired of it or get accustomed. …
Guatemalan Aprons for Sale
The world-famous Guatemalan apron is going places, you know. Just like you can find mothers and daughters selling gabachas, aprons, on any …
Day Care
Market day in La Antigua Guatemala is much more than just getting your weekly produce or enjoying a photo moment of local …
Antique Decoration Elements: Violoncello
When we talk about antique items to be used as decoration for Spanish colonial architecture we don’t necessarily mean mint contidion things. …
Antique Decoration Elements: Rusted Metal Sun
Rust is yet another desirable aspect of antique decoration elements for colonial houses. Sometimes the artisans and blacksmith artists speed up the …
Antique Decoration Elements: Metal Cross
In the next three days, I will show you some antique decoration elements that I found at ElCurandero.Com offices. Also, I will …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ejotes Envueltos Recipe
Back in January Rudy marked his 1000th post with a pic of pacaya cooked in egg batter and duly polled readers for …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tamalitos de frijol
Certainly some of you can help us determine the differences between chuchos and chuchitos, which were both mentioned yesterday in Guy Howard’s …
Red Lantern District
Not a farol left over from last year’s posadas. Nor indeed a house of ill repute, except perhaps with regards to the …
Antigua Oasis
I can remember everything about this Antigua moment except exactly where it is. All the recent discussion about water reminded me of …
Guatemalan Water Wells Wet Wealth
First, Blame the trabalenguas, tongue twister, title on emromesco, who said that water will be the oil of the 21st century. Second, …
The Venerable Colonial Pila is Now Used as Decoration
The venerable colonial pila from La Antigua Guatemala finds a new use as decoration in a fast food restaurant. What’s a pila …
Abundant Water for Fountains Around Antigua
The Panchoy Valley, where La Antigua Guatemala is located, used to be a lake at the time the Conquistadores arrived and when …
Local Bottled Water Station Hunapu
In Guatemala exists a near monopoly of bottled water called Salvavidas; surely you remember the photo of the pile 5-gallon jugs known …
Water Tanks and Colonial Style Social Networks
Today, as in colonial times, these public water tanks and washbasins serve as the places for doing the laundry and for water …
Public Water Faucets Are Today’s Fountains
These recently renovated colonial-styled public water faucets can be found in and around many of the villages of La Antigua Guatemala. Like …
Who owns the water in Guatemala?
All Guatemalans, of course, just like the air. Water belongs to the Guatemalan people and it’s managed by the government; national and …
Above and Beyond the Clouds
Can you have too many shots of La Antigua Guatemala’s volcanoes? I think not. This one was taken from the rooftop view …
Framing Balconies…
La Antigua Guatemala, LAG, draws a large part of its identity from its grid rows of picture-perfect edifices that line the calles …
Little Charms of LAG
Visitors can easily spot the Maya people dressed in rainbow colors weaving their way throughout the renowned colonial architecture of La Antigua …
Market Pick-Me-Up
Sweet. Juicy. Succulent. Happy. Fresh. Inviting. These are just some of the words that come to mind whenever I spy the overflowing …
Canine Character
Back in Canada we have a Boxer—cross (… with a Disappointer as my husband is fond of saying). I miss him when …
The Nun and The Limousine
It is quite common to see nuns and priests walking around La Antigua Guatemala since this town is basically almost 100% Catholic. …
Cake-like Baroque Column Details
Well, almost a year ago, I presented you with the new paint job of the Iglesia de San Pedro Apostol San Juan …
Fusion Sign
Continuing with the night photography thread from the Theme Day, we also add number 101 sign to overflowing Sign category. If you …
Theme Day: Night
Night is the subject for the Theme Day of the City Daily Photo community, which every first of the month synchronizes over …