It was on May Day 2006 that I began sharing daily life vistas from Antigua Guatemala at my blog for the colonial city: AntiguaDailyPhoto.com with all of you and the rest of the world. The goal was to show how is daily life in the most emblematic colonial town located in the highlands of northern Central America.
Today, the photographic project AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is 5,845 days old and it hosts as many webpages as days. Along these 16 years AntiguaDailyPhoto has become the largest multimedia resource in English about Guatemala. To me there is no greater satisfaction than to have been given to opportunity to share with you my passion for Antigua Guatemala, Guatemalan culture and history through photography and written stories, to lend a hand whenever possible and to pass along all the interesting trivia I came across. Of course, none of it could had been possible without the support from my girlfriend, family and friends. A big THANK YOU for all your support as well; you know who you are.
Please, let me know your thoughts, I would really like to hear anything, good or bad, about the body of photographic work and information that I have shared with you through the years.
Now, if AntiguaDailyPhoto.com has been useful to you in any way, please INVITE me a beer or a coffee. Cheers!
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Beautiful image! Congratulations on your blog anniversary.
This 16 year achievement has been great indeed. There have been countless times I have stared at these pictures and fantasised about enjoying a meal from one of your foodie pictures, sitting in a Spanish corridor or on top of a roof terrace looking at the volcanos, imagining I am buying a house in La Antigua; walls with layers of plaster and paint revealing a long history through the different colours, gaining insights into all the colourful and talented artesans, workmen, industrious women who weave, sell, cook and people who visit just to soak up some of the wonders and beauty of this fabulous town. It is Guatemala, but it is also La Antigua Goathemala, a separate place within a place, a soul of its own that Guatemalans also recognize as unique and different. I know the town well, I have worked there, done my share of tourism, I got married there, but somehow never managed to claim my dream of living there in my retirement. Admittedly, “it’s not over until the fat lady sings”, but I will probably have to rely on Mr. Rudy Giron to get my Antigua fix every now and then! I don’t believe any city in the world has a better and more personable ambassador representing its best interests. I hope you continue for a long time to come….you are an intrinsic part of the history of La Antigua Guetaemala!!
Thanks Canche for your continued support and feedback through the years. I really, really appreciate it.