A flood of tears over the colonial town
Llanto sobre la ciudad colonial. About four weeks ago I declared that this is The Rainiest Year Ever out of frustration with …
Anti-Rabies Vaccination Campaign
There’s a free anti-rabies vaccination campaign every year during September around La Antigua Guatemala. Cats and dogs are vaccinated for rabies and …
Remittances from Los Angeles
“Walijoq caewaj!” she yelled over and over in Quiche. Wake up, my love. Wake up, my love. This is the story of …
Stairway to Coffee Heaven
This staircase leads to coffee heaven, also known as the tostaduría, the roasting room. Or maybe not. I guess you will have …
Antigua’s Color Palette: Rojo Antigüeño
I normally don’t like red, however, I make an exception for antigüeño red. In fact, I make an exception for any color …
Antigua’s Photo Club Coffee Exhibition
Saturday, September 25, 2010 was the successful inauguration of the photo exhibition “Con sabor y aroma a café” by the members of …
Calle de la Tostaduria
I want to live on Calle de la Tostaduría. Do you know why? Club Fotográfico de Antigua Photo Exhibition: Once again I …
Guatemalan Robocops in Antigua Guatemala
The Guatemalan antiriot police unit provided me with much needed images for my photographic bank. This in particular turned out to work …
Antigua’s Tuk Tuk Taxis Revolt
Today I was driving around Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park and I was not allowed to continue towards the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Municipal …
Let Me Out!
I would also want out with such a gorgeous day. This beautiful dog was so peaceful and enjoying the breeze that it …
Héctor’s Restaurant Third Anniversary
I can’t believe Héctor’s restaurant will be celebrating its third anniversary already on Tuesday, September 21. That’s quite an amazing feat for …
Tanque de La Unión Revisited
While Arturo was playing with his camera mounted on a tripod to take his signature sunsets, I decided to look in the …
Fuego showing off…
While some people prefer to make an extra buck, or a lot more extra bucks, here in La Antigua Guatemala some of …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Frijoles blancos
Frijoles Blancos, white beans, are another classic staple of the gastronomy of Guatemala. Frijoles blancos are often prepared with espinazo (spine) costilla …
Acatenango ahumado
After being away for so long in El Petén, and dealing with a lot of archaeological photography. Anyway, in one of those …
Guatemala’s 189th Independence Day
Once again Leonel “Nelo” Mijangos is sharing his photographs with us. Yesterday Nelo showed us some his photos for the student parades …
Guatemala’s Independence Student Parades
Most people in Guatemala often say that Guatemalans are not very “patriotic” and immediately mention how patriotic the Mexicans really are: “that’s really patriotism!” Heck I even heard an hour long radio show today discussing it.
Perpetuating A Nation
Guatemalans are not known for being patriotic; yeah Guatever! Nevertheless, we do have our patriotic symbols like El Quetzal, our most beautiful …
Guatemalan Vegetables Bouquet
I found this bouquet near the juice bar at the breakfast buffet in Finca Filadelfia. It looks like a creative chef and …
Breakfast Buffet at Finca Filadelfia
Among the zillion things you can do inside Finca Filadelfia, you can also have breakfast and lunch buffets on the weekends. This …
Framed Fuego
Now, this is how I like my weather conditions. Talking about the weather, Guatemala’s Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, …
Guatemalan Coffees Are Truly Green
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for …
The Ages of Coffee
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
The Hands That Rock the Coffee
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
Coffee Colors
In Spanish we use the word café to mean coffee and brown. Coffee berries, however, begin their color palette lifecycle as green …
Coffee Pickers from Antigua Guatemala
Today I took a photo tour with other members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua inside Finca Filadelfia. The idea behind the tour …
Festival Foto>30 2010 Opens in Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala’s largest photo festival Foto▸30 was inaugurated tonight in La Antigua Guatemala with two photo exhibits: Tribu and Que los muertos hablan. …
The Rainiest Year Ever
This has to be the rainiest year ever in my entire life. I had never ever seen so much rainfall. After several …
Forged Metal Door Knocker
How can one find beauty in such a rustic forged metal knocker? I don’t know, but the instant I saw it I …
Antigua Style Street Lighting
I promise to stop whining about the rainy season and its washed and gray skies if I am allowed to capture a …