AntiguaDailyPhoto’s Top 12 of 2010
12. Colorful Guatemalan Balls, 11. Cathedral Spot Lights Zooming, 10. Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers, 09. The Ages of …
Meet Pinar Istek from XelaDailyPhoto
Meet Pinar Istek, the photojournalist behind XelaDailyPhoto.com with her omnipresent Cabro beer; her favorite from Guatemala she claims in An irresistible fact …
Colonial-style Marketing Gimmicks
Casa Escobar resturant is known for having people dress up like colonial-times Spaniards to cry out the specials and menu options to …
Guatemalan Cotton Candy
Algodones are another very popular Christmas comfort candy found in town fair, church atriums and around plazas and parks. Algodón is the …
The Giant Guatemalan Tamales from Oriente
Believe it or not, not all the Guatemalan tamales are created equal. Some tamales are bigger than others. This is a self-evident …
Guatemalan Christmas Kitsch
The market in Antigua was a bit mad last night. There’s a whole little enclave of Xmas kitsch at the rear that …
Guatemala Is A Pyromaniac’s Hell
Guatemala’s a pyromaniac hell or paradise, what is it? I remember reading earlier this year a tweet from Xeni Jardin, one of …
Feliz Noche Buena
Merry Christmas Eve! In Guatemala, Christmas Eve is as important as Christmas. People stay up all night waiting for midnight to have …
Poinsettias Everywhere
In Guatemala poinsettias are known as Flor de Pascua, Flor de Noche Buena or simply Pascuas. Poinsettias are native to Guatemala and …
Scenes From The Upcoming Film “Polvo”
There’s never a dull moment in La Antigua Guatemala. Let me explain. The other day as I am driving back home, I …
Colorful Guatemalan Balls And Full Lunar Eclipse
These plastic balls are the most popular and thus the most often seen balls in Guatemala. They are very inexpensive and very …
Behind the scenes of a commercial shooting
Just yesterday I was mentioning how La Antigua Guatemala is often used as a backdrop for films, concerts, paintings, photos, festivals, religious …
Antigua’s Wedding Season Is Here
The dry season could also be called the wedding season since it is the time of the year when La Antigua Guatemala …
New Look of Palacio de Los Capitanes
After two and half years and Q16 millions/$2 millions spent in renovations Palacio de Los Capitanes has finally opened again. The new …
Black Pupusas Now Available in Antigua
Pupusas are better known in Guatemala as tortilla con chicharrón or tortilla con queso, et cetera. I called them Mayan pizzas. Pupusas …
Nine Days of Posadas
We interrupt our regularly scheduled December comfort foods series to bring you the following special bulletin. Since yesterday night, December 15, there …
Buñuelos: Guatemalan Comfort Foods for December
Guatemalan buñuelos are kind like round French toast and they are served with a lot hot syrup made from water, sugar, anís (anise), cinnamon sticks, all-spice just to name the main ingredients.
Buñuelos are one of the most popular Guatemalan comfort foods for December. If you follow the white rabbit, you can browse some of the other comfort foods found at town fairs in December; of course, some of these comfort foods are found all year round.
Unmounting the Christ Figure from the Cross
At the end of the mass service for the Feast of Out Lady of Guadalupe while I was trying to get out …
Eucharistic celebration on Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, 2010 in La Antigua Guatemala began at midnight with firecrackers, firebombs and …
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
This year’s Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been the best one I have covered in La Antigua Guatemala thus far. …
Antigua Guatemala Is A Ghost Town
Since Eric mentioned the fantasmas (ghosts) in the comments of San Agustín Ruins by Night, I figure I ought to share a …
San Agustín Ruins by Night
I believe this is the second time I share a photo of Ruinas de San Agustín with you guys. Interesting enough, both …
Cathedral Spot Lights
I have been meaning to do a mini series about the churches and ruins which are beautifully lit by spot lights place …
Fresh Fruits All Year Round
We are so lucky in Guatemala that we can have fresh fruit every day of the year. Often times the fruit has …
Diablo Piñatas for Burning of the Devil
La quema del diablo (Burning of the Devil) used to be this tradition, little known outside of Guatemala. I say “used to …
Merry Christmas Decorations
Even though you may seem Christmas decorations as early as September in Guatemala, the official Christmas season celebrations begins with the Burning …
Driving down from Acatenango Volcano
Sometimes one is force to pump up the ISO (raise the film sensitivity) in order to be able to get a photograph. …
Acatenango Volcano Saga
It’s very enjoyable to look at how the condensation concentrates on vegetation on the volcanic slopes. Probably it would have been nicer …
Volcanic Colours Around Antigua Guatemala
If you ever decide to hike the volcanoes around La Anttigua Guatemala, don’t ever forget to pay attention to the colors you …
Coffee and Volcanoes Around Antigua Guatemala
On the road to San Juan del Obispo you can find this view, where you can see a coffee plantation in the …
Sunrise on top of the world
About three years ago while doing a job with the terrible weather conditions I was able to capture this sunrise vista which …