Guatemalan Independence Celebrations
Have A Happy Independence Day everyone! Guatemala has one really strange celebration for the Independence Day festivities: Freedom Torches or Antorchas de …
Light and flowers at the mercado
If you go to el mercado on “market days” you can get an ever larger selection of flowers at lower prices than …
Guatemalan Parrillada FTW!
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Parrillada or Charbroiled Meat Sampler As I have explained before, parrillada is a …
Yellow Flowers at el mercado, Antigua Guatemala
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring …
Tres Leches Cake in a Jar from Los 7 Caldos
Just when you think you have covered every single corner of La Antigua Guatemala, you come across something that you should have …
Street Food: Elotes Asados
How can something so simple, a charbroiled corn on the cob, be so delicious. In Guatemala we simply add salt and lime …
Guatemalan Freedom Torches
Here’s a picture of the first Freedom Torches, Antorchas de Libertad, leaving from the Palacio del Ayuntamiento. With all the political scandals …
Juices and Smoothies Lovers Paradise
La Antigua Guatemala is the heaven on Earth for those who love juices, smoothies or licuados with an ever present supply of …
September Days are Flag Days
As I have explained in previous years, during the first two weeks of September, you can find street vendors selling all kinds …
Guatemalan General Elections 2015
Starting at 6am Guatemalans went to the voting booths to cast what their choices for president and vice-president, congress people, mayors and …
Simple Photo Tips to Capture The Essence of La Antigua Guatemala
Here’s one more post with simple photo tips to improve your images from Antigua Guatemala. Let’s start with this simple photographic recipe: …
Typical Street Vista from Antigua Guatemala
This is a typical vista from the streets of La Antigua Guatemala. If you get up early you can catch antigüeños on …
Political Forecast for Guatemala: Almost Clear
This morning Guatemala awoke without it’s president as Otto Pérez Molina, the former president, resigned before sunrise, to face the allegations of …
Sweeping Changes in Guatemala
Zero violence! Only love, happiness and peace while Guatemalans are changing the country forever with their manifestations and rejection of corruption at …
Doing Laundry by Hand in Antigua Guatemala
Often photography enthusiasts and photographers taking a photo walk with me ask if the people still do laundry at the public lavaderos …