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City Hall arches 2003-2004

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Another shot of the arches in the City Hall (Municipalidad) building. As you can see this was photographed near the end of 2003; not much has changed since, except for the City Mayor. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Guatemala / Antigua / Arches / City Hall building

Lenten Decorations at Palacio del Ayuntamiento

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PHOTO STOCK: Lenten Decorations at Palacio del Ayuntamiento in Antigua Guatemala

Just because we are not having processions during Cuaresma [Lent] or during the Semana Santa [Holy Week] it doesn’t mean we are not going to decorate our balcanies, doors and windows with the emblematic purple flowers and banners. By the way, The purple color is a sign of penitence. Today I share with you the … Read more

Colorful Christmas Decorations at Palacio del Ayuntamiento

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Colorful poinsettias are the most popular Christmas decoration in and around Antigua Guatemala. Here you can see the vibrant scarlet bracts of the pascuas, as we know poinsettias in Guatemala, decorating the second floor corridor of the Palacio del Ayuntamiento, city hall building, of Antigua Guatemala.

First Ever Desfile Bufo of the Huelga de Dolores in Antigua Guatemala

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How about a satirical parade about a procession? As I said before, in Antigua Guatemala the two most popular form of manifestation are parades and processions. Today I give both for the price of one with the first ever farcical parade in Antigua Guatemala organized by the students of Guatemala’s only public national university better … Read more

Antigua Guatemala’s Mayor at Work

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This morning we were awaken by very strong tremors, a 5.4 earthquake at 5:30am. The epicentre was quite close to Antigua Guatemala, in neighbouring department of Escuintla. Later in the morning I was leading a photo walk and we visited Palacio del Ayuntamiento, the city hall building, and that’s when we noticed Susana Asensio, the … Read more

The Independence Flame is Ready for the Torches

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Since last Saturday, September 10, the “Flame of Independence” was set out at the doorsteps of Palacio del Ayuntamiento of Antigua Guatemala. That’s the Muni for short or city hall building for those monolinguals. As in previous years, people run marathons, zig-zaging the entire country, to pick the flame of independence to bring back to … Read more

Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park at Night

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This picture was taken from the second floor of the municipal palace, around 7pm, even though the City Hall building closes its doors around 5pm. So, how does one manage to get access to the second floor of the Muni after the doors are closed? Well, if one happens to know that the days the … Read more

Voting Location Desk

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As the national general elections are getting closer the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE, Supreme Electoral Tribunal) is making every effort to speed up the election process, this include helping the voters know where they’re supposed to vote and providing printed slips with the address and instructions on what things are needed to vote. This TSE … Read more

Bienvenidos a La Antigua Guatemala Sign

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With new Municipal government in 2008 came some rather obvious nice things that were missing from the main entrance to La Antigua Guatemala, like two large giant flag staves with the Guatemalan flag and Sacatepéquez Department flag, similar arrangement as found in the Municipal City Hall building. There is also a very colorful, especially at … Read more

La Antigua Guatemala’s Webcams

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Believe it or not, in over 451 entries or 442 days, which ever way you prefer, not once I have mentioned that there are some public webcams in La Antigua Guatemala that you can use. I found the webcams around La Antigua and Guatemala City over three years ago, but the web site that publish their output was awkward and difficult to use, to say the least. So I pick the output of four webcams that I liked, two for La Antigua Guatemala and two for Guatemala City and put them in a webpage in the Revue Magazine website. There is still the problem that the cameras go offline often, but I have no control over that. Here is the link to the web page that collects the output of the four webcams.

Voters Registration Campaign

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A new roller-coaster ride has began in Guatemala: it is once again election year. Guatemala has election every four years. Normally people in office do very little or the bare minimum the first three years of their period and they do a lot visible in-your-face work the last year of their term. Do they this … Read more

A Place to Rest

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Inspired by Pamela’s A Place to Rest, which shows a lovely resting area, I decide to follow up with a resting area in the City Hall building (Municipalidad is what people call city halls here, or la muni for short). This bench is on the second floor of this building —seen from the Parque Central—, … Read more