Bicicles has to be the most popular means of transportation of people in and around Antigua Guatemala. People use bicycles to go to work or to work, to run errands, to play, to have fun, to tour the colonial city and villages, as publicity gimmicks, to ride with the family on the weekends, and to … Read more
After having watched this woman and countless others take baby steps while walking very carefully over the cobblestone streets of Antigua Guatemala one can conclude that these two things don’t mix. Can any of the women readers who have walked on high heels over the cobblestone streets share any tips or your experiences? Feria de … Read more
If you travel between the U.S. and Guatemala often one thing you are bound to notice immediately is the size of portions. For instance, in the United States the small soda on most fast-food combos now is what used to be the large size soda. In Guatemala, the opposite is happening, per example the size … Read more
This mosaic mural is located on one the main wall of the César Brañas Cultural Center. Pasión por los Mosaicos, passion for the mosaics, is group of mosaic artists based in Argentina who through AntiguaDailyPhoto loyal reader and supporter Shelley Rozell, organized, created and installed this mural pyramid of mosaic plaques created by several artists. … Read more
Here is your Spanish word of the day: Alameda, a tree-lined avenue or boulevard. La Antigua Guatemala has three official alamedas, Alameda del Calvario, Alameda Santa Rosa (near La Merced on 1a calle oriente) and Alameda Santa Lucía, which most people mistakenly call calzada; a paved road. There are not calzadas in Antigua Guatemala. In … Read more
If you want to learn how to make chocolates now you can in Antigua Guatemala if you stop by Chocomuseo, a chocolate delicatessen shop next door to Doña Luisa restaurant that has workshops that teach young and not so young how to prepare them. If you like chocolates a bit, stay away from Chocomuseo, listen … Read more
The surveillance system monitoring center is a room without windows, but, boy oh boy, the have some of the best views in town, I especially liked the dome cameras which rotate to see anything with a 270˚ rotating angle. I was told everything is ready to begin work on the second phase of the additional … Read more
The first phase of the Antigua Guatemala security camera surveillance system, sort of the chapín Skynet, came online on February 2012 with 60 high-definition cameras connected via a fiber optic network. Most of the cameras have a 36x zoom capability and are installed at fixed key intersection through out Antigua Guatemala. There are four dome … Read more
This is quite possibly the best description I have ever read about La Antigua Guatemala and it comes from the pen of Adrian Anthony Gill, better know by his nom de guerre AA Gill. Today it’s a miraculously beautiful, crumbly Spanish colonial town. Sometimes neglect is the best thing that can happen to a place. … Read more
In Guatemala the door-to-door ambulant vendors are still very popular. They walk all day selling all kinds stuff, but dish ware sets, pots and pans, blenders are especially popular. To think of it, anything that goes in kitchen or bedroom is popular among the door-to-door ambulant vendors. I suspect the conversion ratio must be very … Read more
As mentioned before, if we are what we eat, then this is what Guatemalans are made of. The fruits and vegetables in the picture are often found in the Guatemalan diet either at the mercado, the street booth or the mobile ambulant vendor truck. How many of these vegetable are part of the diet where … Read more
As I mentioned before, If you are the kind of person that enjoys jogging or riding a bicycle, the roads around Antigua Guatemala provide an excellent opportunity to exercise and enjoy the views of the volcanoes, the green lush vegetation, colorful flowers, the aroma of the coffee and gravileas trees while inhaling some of the … Read more
I stumbled upon these kids going to their marching band practice and asked if I could take a picture because I noticed they didn’t seemed too enthusiastic to be carrying their instruments to rehearsal. They agreed and I took three shots, this I believe shows clearly what I sensed from them. What do you think?
La canicule terminé ! ¡La canícula terminó! The heatwave is over! Call it what you want, but canícula even though elsewhere it is used for referring to a heatwave or the dog days, in Guatemala, or even in Central America perhaps, it’s used to mean an extended break in rainy season where we have dry … Read more
I don’t know if this is old news to you, but I will share it anyway just in case some of you might have missed it. A Guatemalan barista won the first place in the World Barista Championship with as special blend from Finca La Soledad from Huehuetenango. So, once again Guatemala’s has the best … Read more