Real Guatemala: Las tortilleras
Of course, these ladies who prepare us our daily tortillas can not be missing in series about the real Guatemala. Here we …
Real Guatemala: El Zapatero
Here’s a Guatemalan idiom for your ever-increasing Spanish vocabulary: “zapatero, a tus zapatos” Ne sutor ultra crepidam — “Let the shoemaker venture …
Real Guatemala: The Tortrix Grandma
We continue our series Real Guatemala series with a photograph of a grandmother from Ciudad Vieja buying the eggs and salchichas at …
Real Guatemala: The Typical Rural Women
These women from Ciudad Vieja are wearing what I would consider the typical dress code for rural Guatemala women, except, of course, …
Real Guatemala: The Acolytes
We continue the Real Guatemala series with some Spanish words for your ever-increasing Spanish vocabulary. First acólitos, that’s the closes translation for …
Real Guatemala: Football Days Around Antigua Guatemala
Today we begin a new mini series: The Real Guatemala. Claudia she was bringing back some long lost memories from her dear …
Colorful Guatemalan Town Fair Booth
This image of a stand of the typical Guatemalan sweets was captured in the little market on the main square of San …
Búcaro Fountain And Vertical Garden
Whoever came up with the idea of pairing the omnipresent bucaro fountain and a vertical garden is pure genius. Imagine a vertical …
Are They Sirens or Mermaids?
I ask because it seems that somehow we are drawn to them and I am not sure if it is just the …
Parking prohibited, motorcycle exit
It’s been a while since I shared an interesting sign. In this case, the sign is found everywhere, generic really, but the …
The Typical Tienda Vista
As I’ve explained before, a tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition …
Guatemalan Longanizas FTW!
I can easily explain longanizas as the Guatemalan white sausages which have chopped onions and yerba buena, mint, along the ground meat. …
The Tiny Planet of Ciudad Vieja’s Main Square
I’ve continued with my experiments of creation of stereographic projections, commonly known as tiny planets. Here is the MiniMundo of the Parque …
Meet Suerte y Fortuna
Luck is nothing more than opportunity meeting preparation. So, I have to be ready when opportunity comes along. Can anyone tell why …
Can You Imagine Guatemala Without Chuchos
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. —Mahatma Ghandi One …