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November 2013

Guatemalan Food: Pepián

How about celebrating Thanksgiving with Guatemalan Pepián de Gallina Criolla? As I have mentioned before, Thanksgiving is not a tradition from La …

Typical Guatemalan Diner’s Food

Most Guatemalan comedores (diners) serve either typical Guatemalan food or simply diner’s food as shown here. Often, both kinds of food are …

Antigua Guatemala Tourists

This has to be the high season for tourism during the dry season; everywhere you walk, there are tourist groups. Of course, …

Flowers of Guatemala

Perhaps this is why Guatemala’s slogan is “El País de la Eterna Primavera” or “The country of the Eternal Spring” for those …

Guatemalan Flowers: Varsovias

In La Antigua Guatemala, flowers bloom all year round. These white flowers actually bloom around mid autumn. We call them varsovias in …

Pilas de Santa Clara

I have always called this monument Tanque de la Unión because that’s what everybody calls it. However, I learned during my Antigua …

Macadamia Farm Tours

This is one of the two guides who give tours around the Valhalla macadamia farm just outside of Antigua Guatemala, on the …