Trick-or-treating in Antigua Guatemala on Halloween
Don’t say I did not warn you before about how addicting ice cream in Guatemala can be. Well, as you can see …
Cemetery Cleaning Crew
For the past month the Antigua Municipality has had cemetery cleaning crews going around the graveyards of the villages of Antigua. Here …
Panoramic Vista from San Cristóbal El Alto
The views from the new restaurant Cerro San Cristóbal located at the entrance of the village of San Cristóbal El Alto are …
Let’s Celebrate Maximón Day
In Guatemala, Maximón is celebrated on October 28 by those who worship the Maya saint, also known as San Simón. Today, I …
Day of the Dead: Crown of Flowers
If you visit the mercados, markets, in Guatemala you will the the busy flower shops creating these flower crowns for Día de …
Entrepreneurial Meet Ups at Impact Hub Antigua
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to assist to the first entrepreneurial meet up sponsored by Heuristica UFM at Impact Hub Antigua, …
Rattle and Hum courtesy of Fuego volcano
I don’t know if I have mentioned before, but one of the “benefits” of living in Antigua Guatemala, so close to an …
Visual Guatemalan Guacamol Recipe
Here’s a simple visual recipe for the Guatemala guacamol or avocado sauce. That’s right in Guatemala we drop the final e of …
Jocotes Are in Season Now in Guatemala
Jocote or Ciruela Roja or Spanish Plum or Red Mombin or Hog Plum or Spondias purpurea or whatever it is called where …
Granadillas Are In Season Again in Guatemala
As I have shared with you before, granadillas (Passiflora ligularis) are often confused with Maracuya (Passiflora edulis) because they look similar, especially …
Acts of Kindness: Free Milk for Granny
If you have followed the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you already know Don Ezequiel, the goat herder and milkman from San Juan …
Acts of Kindness: Feeding the Street Dogs
I believe the majority of real heroes are anonymous. The real heroes do their work out of conviction and love. I spotted …
Nisperos Are in Season Again in Antigua Guatemala
Nisperos or misperos are known as loquats, sapodilla and naseberry in other countries. What about the flavour, what does it tastes like? …
The Tienda Transaction
I invite you to caption this photograph of an abuelita buying some soda bottles. The winner selected next Wednesday, will get photo …
Un Poco de Todo
I believe that the tienda or tiendita, the typical convenience store, is another Guatemalan institution. What’s the item you must often buy …
Lion Bucaro Fountain from Antigua Guatemala
If you have been following the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you guys know I have covered dozen of times the mermaids that …
Portrait of Strangers: Guatemalan Van Gogh
Another way of challenging myself with street portraits is to use an off-camera flash. This portrait of a campesino in one the …
The New Milpa Crop: Chuchos
I have mentioned many times of the different crops we get from the milpa fields, but I am sure I have never …
Dog Day Afternoon… at Calle del Arco
I believe I have said before that Calle del Arco is a catwalk on the weekends. I would like to expand my …
Have a Happy Día de la Raza!
As every October 12, Día de la Raza, I would like to share with you the faces of cultural resistance in a …
More smiling faces from Antigua Guatemala
Bollocks. It is not the water, they said. What do you think?
Pandemic of Happy People in Guatemala
Honest, I didn’t believe it when I read the articles in the USA Today and The Daily Mail which declared that Latin …
Portrait of Happy Guatemalan Children
I wonder what’s going in and around Antigua Guatemala, there is way too many cheerful people on the streets. I promise I …
Portraits of Strangers: An African Face in Antigua
He said he’s from Uganda. He was so jovial and well-humored, even chatty. He suggested I visit the African continent where I …
Marimba Music for the Weekend Masses
As I have mentioned before, most weekends in Antigua Guatemala are marimba days. There are quite a few places, private and public, …
The Wedding Selfies
Of course people still hire a professional photographer to capture their wedding ceremony, but many still use their mobile camera phone to …
The negotiation during a private photo walk in Antigua Guatemala
The negotiation. Of course, you already know who won. This is one of my favourite pictures from today’s private photo walk. We …
Peak Preview of Gorgeous Mornings During Dry Season in Antigua Guatemala
Here’s a panoramic vista of the three volcanoes Agua, Fuego and Acatenango captured this morning. This is a panoramic vista taken during …
The Trimming Goats of Antigua Guatemala
Goat Milk? Anyone, anyone? Of course, it is obvious it was Canela who decided that this wall was way over due for …
Guatemalan Food: The Shuco Hot Dog
This Guatemalan shuco hot dog is a mixto [mixed], meaning it has more than one meat, four meats to be precise here: …
Did you know that Antigua Guatemala is the birthplace for the California/Hass Avocado?
The chief agronomist of The United Fruit Company, Wilson Popenoe, took the local avocado variant to California and from it the California …