33rd Book Fair of Antigua Guatemala
Once again, as part of the Día de Santiago festivities, the patron saint of Antigua Guatemala celebrated weeks prior and after July …
Book Fair at Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala
Every July a book fair is set up at Parque Central as part of the patron saint festivities in Antigua Guatemala. Incidentally, …
Book Fair at Main Plaza
As every year, there’s a book fair as part of the festivities of Santiago, Saint James, La Antigua Guatemala’s patron saint. As …
Book Fair for Saint James Celebrations
As part of La Antigua Guatemala’s town fair celebrations of Santiago, there are books stands right on Central Park. These book fairs …
Book fair in Antigua
La Antigua Guatemala was founded as Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Saint James of the Lords of Guatemala) on July 25th, …
Ferris wheel in the town fair of San Pedro Las Huertas
Of course, it wouldn’t be a town fair with out a Ferris wheel, mechanical games, all kinds of street food vendors, live …
Torito Burning in the town fair of San Pedro Las Huertas
As I mentioned earlier, as part of the Feast of Corpus Christi in the town fairs of Antigua Guatemala all kinds of …
Corpus Christi Procession in the town fair of San Pedro Las Huertas
The Feast of Corpus Christi marks the start of the town fairs of the villages in La Antigua Guatemala and surrounding communities. …
Artisans Town Fair in Antigua Guatemala
Once again there was an artisans town fair around Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala. Unlike previews town fairs, this time the tents …
Guatemalan Town Fair Pizza
We get a lot of things from our neighbors from the big white north like remittances, retired chicken buses, junk cars, and …
XXXV Feria del Libro de Antigua Guatemala
Once again, as every July, the annual book fair has set up at Parque Central as part of the patron saint festivities …
Día de Santiago Decorations
As part of the Día de Santiago celebrations on July 25th, or Saint James Day, La Antigua Guatemala has been hosting all …
School Parades on Día de Santiago
Once again we are celebrating Saint James Day in La Antigua Guatemala, or Día de Santiago, as we call it in Spanish. …
Panoramic vista of the things to do in Antigua Guatemala this weekend
There is plenty to do in Antigua Guatemala this weekend. The weekend kick off with the Señorita Antigua beauty pageant on Friday …
Spinning tops
Trompo is the Spanish word for spinning top. Here you can see the Guatemalan wooden handicraft version and one of them at …
First Historic Exhibition of Religious Artifacts in San Pedro Las Huertas
The brotherhood of the parish of San Pedro Las Huertas put together the first historic exhibition of religious artifacts found in the …
Things To Do in Antigua Guatemala — The Avocado Tour
The Avocado Tour is fairly new, a couple of months or so, yet it is one of the most fascinating and interesting …
Capturing El Sombrerón on the streets of La Antigua Guatemala
Often times we get lucky during the photo walks that I lead in La Antigua Guatemala because it seems that there is …
The Capture vs The Pose on Ash Wednesday in Antigua Guatemala
I love doing street photography and capturing candid images from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. In the almost eight years I have …
Guatemalan Christmas Kitsch
The market in Antigua was a bit mad last night. There’s a whole little enclave of Xmas kitsch at the rear that …
Market Marchers Manifestation
La Antigua Guatemala sí es Guatemala after all. I hate to admit it, but Manolo was right! Just when I think Antigua …
The War of the Worlds
Play this song before continuing: We know now that in the early years of the twentieth century this world was being watched …
Haves and Have-Nots: Recycling the World Over
A simple photo of the doorway to Licuados Claudia in La Antigua Guatemala generates over 15 comments; I take one as the …
Coffee Break from Spanish Classes
Yes, Spanish Classes in La Antigua Guatemala is a very touchy subject, you know. The next post will definitely raise a few voices and hurt some feelings. I just hope to come out slightly bruised from this affair. But before we open the book on this unpredictable topic, we should take a coffee break.