Although I don’t believe farmers are happy at all at having a very dry rainy season, those of us who don’t farm are enjoying an entire year of beautiful sunshine and breath-taking dawns. This is what makes Guatemala the land of the eternal Spring, don’t you agree?
This photo was taken around the basket ball court of the public school of San Juan del Obispo shown a few days ago in AntiguaDailyPhoto. At the University of Michigan I came across this summary of why PE is so important: It is a known fact that physical activity improves overall health. Not only does … Read more
The lady in the picture was selling camotes, sweet potatoes and elotes, corn on the cob, for Q5/$0.60 and güisquiles, pearl squash, for Q3/$0.38 a piece. There’s a mouse and cat chase around Antigua Guatemala between the street vendors and the municipal street vending regulators. Street vendors want to be left alone and be allowed … Read more
There are many hangouts in Antigua Guatemala such cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, parks, ruins, etc., but Parque Central or main plaza is still the preferred venue for locals and foreigners alike. Don’t you agree?
Sometimes it seems that antigüeños only celebrate with parades and processions. I say this because almost every month you encounter a procession or a parade and on special occasions you find both. The celebrations of Santiago, Saint James, are a very good example. Here’s another short video clip showing one of the marching bands of … Read more
As I have mentioned before, Guatemala’s school year begins in January and end in October. So even though in many places of the world right now is summer vacation, in Guatemala we’re about 70% into the school year. Yesterday there was a break in Antigua Guatemala because on 25th of July, antigüeños celebrate their patron’s … Read more
July 25 is La Antigua Guatemala Patron’s Day; otherwise known as the fair day of Saint James. Why is Saint James the patron saint of La Antigua Guatemala? La Antigua Guatemala used to be the capital city of Guatemala (Central America to be precise) and at the time its name was La Muy Noble y … Read more
Basically, the lechero, milkman, guides a herd of goats, cabras in Guatemalan Spanish, around town selling the drawn-on-the-spot glass of milk for Q5/$0.60. Some people drink the milk directly from the glass, while others boil it first. I remember that when I was a kid, having warm milk ordeñada, harvested, on the spot was a … Read more
Volcanic soil, the perfect amount rain and sunshine and shadow, temperate weather, 5,000 to 6,500 feet altitude above sea level and to start with the best possible coffee berries. That’s all, give or take. Any other suggestions or things that I might have overlooked?
Here's another wallpaper for your iPad, tablet or laptop of volcanoes Fuego and Acatenango taken from a coffee plantation in San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala. What you're seeing In the foreground are the branches of the gravileas trees which provide shadow to the coffee bushes. Enjoy!
Let me share with you this image of Volcán de Agua taken from the village of San Gaspar Vivar at the mid-point of the rainy season. You can use it as wallpaper for your iPad, tablet or computer. Enjoy!
Lots of small mom-and-pop enterprises in Guatemala follow this time-tested diversification approach. I have cover this diversification previously extensively and I believe to have coined the term Zaguán Business for it, Here I will showcase two such examples: Interesting Signs Found in Antigua Guatemala in which I highlighted a zaguán business across the street selling … Read more
Very often I see women on their way to the maize mill to turn nixtamalized maized into masa dough to make tortillas. As I have mentioned before, in Guatemala freshly baked/cooked tortillas are sold three times a day (los tres tiempos). Yet, there are many people who still like to prepared their own tortillas at … Read more
Yes, this is the rainy season in Antigua Guatemala. If you have followed AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while you would know that I don’t like the rainy season too much, except for this gorgeous temperate rainy season with clear skies and agreeable weather in the morning and some light rains in the late afternoons or nights. … Read more
I know I have shown street repair crews before, but I don't think I have mentioned that most streets in and around Antigua Guatemala are built and paved by hand, one cobblestone or block at a time. In the picture above we are seeing adoquin stone tiles as they were being layout on one of … Read more