Holy Week Play in Antigua Guatemala
You think Antigua Guatemala is just processions for the Semana Santa? Wrong. There is more… there are also plays, like this one. …
The Cucurucho and The Photographer
Okay, we have a new dialogue game. Those of you who have followed AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while know the rules. This simple …
Cucurucho Tsunami
I confess that you have to click on the image above to understand the title. I confess I have never in my …
Earth Hour 2010 in Antigua Guatemala
An hour for the Planet… An hour of no light for the planet; it was celebrated worldwide. Antigua Guatemala did its share, …
Exotic Flower Arrangements
This was the second time I was alerted about the exotic flower arrangements placed on the fountains prior to a procession or …
The Economics of the Holy Week
As Semana Santa, the Holy Week before Easter, approaches, the historic colonial town of Antigua sees almost daily processions. These processions include …
Show Me What You Paint
Sure, no problem. This is what I paint…
Have Balls, Will Travel
Guatemala is a colorful country. What, you don’t believe me? Well, Why not check out the Color palette category to see for …
Holy Week Percussionist
The unmistakable thumping that accompanies the processions comes from percussionists beating huge drums with this hummer-like sticks. Do you know the name …
The Aromas of the Holy Week
I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video clips, but I can’t transmit or transfer you …
Girls Procession
Transference: the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred. With these processions not only the heavy floats are being …
My Turn is No. 11
The Cuaresma and Semana Santa season comes with its own set of garments; from the Romans to the Cucuruchos to the Dolorosas …
The Broom-head Romans Are Back
I have honestly tried not put as many Cuaresma/Lent and Semana Santa/Holy Week photos here. I could, in theory, have a Lent/Holy …
Here, Take My Photo
On the weekends Calle del Arco is turn into a pedestrian strip and several business bring out benches, carts and flowers and …
Taking A Short Break
Often we hear that Guatemala is a country of contrasts. Even I try to show it often and what better way to …
Guatemalan Weekend Fashion
The people from Guatemala City are known as capitalinos; residents of the Capital city. Women from Guatemala City would be capitalinas. La …
Guatemalan Smile
Last Monday 8 of March was celebrated the International Women’s Day through out the world. I believe women should be celebrated everyday, …
Prensa Libre Sponsors Semana Santa
I noticed that Prensa Libre, one of Guatemala’s largest and oldest newspapers, was also sponsoring a processional band this past weekend. I …
Sponsoring The Holy Week
I don’t know if sponsoring the processions for Cuaresma and Semana Santa (Lent and Holy Week respectively) was already common practice in …
Espresso Xing Sign at Cafetenango
One of the things I enjoy very much of visiting my dear friend Pascu, manager of Antigua Canopy Tours, is having a …
Studio C Sign
Stucio C took part in the realization of visual effects for more than 350 shots for the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: …
Blue Skies Are Us
Definitely, blue skies are us during the dry season. During the rainy season, the sky line remains white and gray most of …
Everybody Walks in LAG
Oh leave it to the French and their Je ne sais quoi, yo no sé que in Spanish, to describe something the …
The Nexus One has arrived to Antigua Guatemala
Modernity has arrived to the quincentennial Antigua Guatemala. AGAIN. It was nearly 18 months ago that I reported the arrival of the …
Guatemalan Dessert: Flan Antigüeño
Wow, I can’t believe it took me 1,420 days to show you the world-famous caramel flan antigüeño. Bad Rudy, bad. Well, as …
Santa Clara Ruins Garden
The Santa Clara ruins is among the most popular wedding destination venues. And even if folks don’t decide to celebrate inside Santa …
Photographing Antigua Corners
It looks like I am not the only one who enjoys photographing corners. Here I captured a fellow photographer who was photographing …
La Esquina Sign
La esquina means the corner so what a fitting name for this restaurant and shop located on a corner house one block …
Contrast: Red and Green
Guatemala has very creative names for their chilies. For instance, diente de perro, dog’s tooth, and diente de caballo, horse’s tooth, come …
Contrast: Orange and Blue
Okay guys, today’s game is very simple: find as many kinds of contrasts as you can in this image of the San …
Theme Day: Passageway
What’s inside this passageway? The largest fountain in Central America Ruins of a monastery Mayan arches used in colonial architecture Access to …