Month: December 2017

Antigua Guatemala Farming Fields Photo Tours

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Antigua Guatemala Farming Fields Photo Tours with Rudy Giron

Today we added a new photo tour to the repertoire of Antigua Photo Walks: The Farming Fields Photo Tours. We get dozens of photo opportunities during the hours we spend exploring the farming fields around Antigua Guatemala. Of course, there’s always a chance to make portraits with the people we meet there. For this initial … Read more

Sunset Watching Season in Antigua Guatemala

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As I have mentioned many times before, the dry season is the best time to visit Guatemala, especially La Antigua Guatemala. The chilly winds clear up most of the clouds, the acute angle light brings textures, layers and colors not normally seen the rest of the year. On top of that, you can take terraces … Read more

Hostel Life in Antigua Guatemala

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As I have said many times before, if you need nicer weather to hibernate or to enjoy the Winter season, like we do in Guatemala, come to La Antigua Guatemala. Yes, there’s a makeshift swimming pool in the background and there were people inside enjoying a splash during the shortest day of the year, the … Read more

Ambulant vegetable vendor in Ciudad Vieja

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One of the benefits of the Guatemalan informal economy is the ambulant vendors. You can get all kind of things from fresh sea food caught the same morning to fruits and vegetables, meals or snacks and even the most diverse household items. In today’s picture, you see an ambulant vegetable vendor and a customer in … Read more

Television break after a making tortillas

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In Guatemala tortillas are always available freshly made, three times a day or los tres tiempos as it is usually posted outside a tortillería. Los tres tiempos are breakfast, lunch and dinner, which means tortillas made for 2 to 3 hours around each meal time. Of course, sometimes there is time for a television break … Read more

Christmas season festivities around Antigua Guatemala

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As I have mentioned many times before, the dry season is the best time to visit Guatemala. During the dry season we have so many festivities and events starting with Día de Muertos and ending with Semana Santa, Easter pues. Christmas season being right in the middle of the dry season provides so many events … Read more

Sharing buñuelos with the family

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Dónde come uno, comen tres. Where one eats, three can eat. Guatemalan buñuelos, one of the comfort foods for December, are kind like round French toast and they are served with a lot hot syrup made from water, sugar, star anise, cinnamon sticks, and all-spice. ¡Buen provecho! By the way, how would you translate “buen … Read more

Real Palacio de los Capitanes and Volcán Fuego Eruptions

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In the background you can see one of the many constant eruptions of Volcano Fuego adding some tension to a picture of tranquility. For 231 years the Real Palacio de los Capitanes was the headquarters of the Spanish army “defending” Central America. Built in 1543, as most edifies around the main square, the Palacio de … Read more

Ruins of Convento de Santa Teresa

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Some times I wonder what would’ve be like to walk around the streets of Santiago de Guatemala, now Antigua Guatemala, with all of its ruins being used and looking as pristine churches, convents and monasteries. I wonder if that was even possible any time since Santiago de Guatemala was always building and rebuilding after each … Read more