Colonial Washbasins from Guatemala
The venerable colonial pila from Guatemala is often in my focus, don’t you agree? Now, if you can tell exactly how many …
2012: Myths and Facts about The Mayan Prophecy
Last Friday night at 7 p.m. AntiguaDailyPhoto guest contributor and professional photographer Arturo Godoy, Kara Andrade from HablaGuate and I attended the …
The Modern Maya
The Maya represent a culture that demonstrates how tradition and technology can thrive together. This Maya woman, dressed in the traditional Mayan …
Smoke Signals from Volcán de Fuego
Have I told you how much I love the dry season in Guatemala (November through April)? Well, I do for so many …
RENAP Is Retiring Guatemala’s Old ID Cards
Guatemala’s National Registry of Persons, Registro Nacional de las Personas, RENAP began retiring the old Guatemalan identification card known as Cédula back …
Antigüeños Love Processions
I don’t know about the rest of Guatemala, but in and around La Antigua Guatemala it seems there is at least one …
Colorful Guatemala Revisited
I am completely ruined. After having spent so much time around rich, intense colors, textures, idiosyncrasies, how could I ever live again …
It’s Coffee Time!
In La Antigua Guatemala we are so lucky to be able to get excellent coffee just about everywhere. Cafetenango in Finca Filadelfia …
al Macarone Pizza y Pasta Sign
Trust me, do no trust your nostalgic memories; they will mislead you. 🙁 Today’s sign of al Macarone is a very good …
What time is it?
Yo creo que es hora de regresar a nuestras clases de español (I think it’s time to come back to our Spanish …
Natural Texture from Escuela de Cristo Church
Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. —David Hume’s Essays, Moral and Political, 1742 (source: phrases.org.uk) I agree …
Life Is Good!
Split a life in two; then in decades; the decades in years; the years in days and so on. Life is just …
Close-Up View of Dome from La Merced Church
I wander what those dog figures are guarding. What do you think?
Guatemalan Cuisine: Carne Adobada, Longanizas, Viuda
We continue with tortillas con carne adobada and longanizas. I can easily explain longanizas as Guatemalan white sausage which has chopped onions …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tortillas con Carne
Tortillas con carne could be the Guatemalan equivalent of the Mexican taco. Tortilla con carne is basically a piece of charbroiled steak …
