Tourists strolling through Parque Central
As I have mentioned before, often when people think of tourism to Antigua Guatemala, they think of foreigners travelers who visit Guatemala …
Sights of Our Times — Hot Tourist Spots Sans Visitors
Finally we have a gradual re-opening date for Guatemala: July 27. The re-opening will be gradual and by municipalities [counties] using a …
Street Vendors Waiting for Tourists
Today you write the caption. Be creative!
Ambulant Vendor Waiting for Tourists
Ambulant vendors are one segment of the tourism industry who is really hurting this pandemic where tourists pretty much vanished from the …
Tourists from Chichicastenango in Antigua Guatemala
We continue our series of tourists visiting Antigua Guatemala with this colorful portrait of a family from Chichicastenango. Follow the white rabbit …
Tourists from San Juan Comalapa
As I said a few weeks ago, often in Antigua Guatemala people when they think of tourists, they think of foreigners who …
Tourists waiting for their bus in Antigua Guatemala
Often in Antigua Guatemala when people think of tourists, they think of foreigners who visit Guatemala while in reality the largest number …
Maya tourists visiting the Aldeas of La Antigua Guatemala
Here’s a portrait of a K’iche’ family from Xela visiting the different villages of Antigua Guatemala. I captured them here while posing …
Future Tourist Guides
I saw this group of students right outside the building of former Universidad de San Carlos de Borromeo, now Museo de Arte …
Antigua Guatemala Tourists
This has to be the high season for tourism during the dry season; everywhere you walk, there are tourist groups. Of course, …
The Tourists and The Ambulant Vendors
One of the most often seen stamps around the main plaza of Antigua Guatemala is the groups of tourists and ambulant sellers …
Asian Tourists Have Arrived to Antigua Guatemala
…it feels sooo good to know that I’ll be back in one of my favorite cities in the world !! ( though for me it’s more like a nice little village actually, cause people are so kind and open, everyone says hello, you can always find strangers to chat with in Parque Central and when you’re there for two weeks, you always seem to meet the same people all over town almost every day. I so love
Tourists Enjoying A Stroll Around Antigua
The winter weather in Antigua Guatemala has been wonderful: a little chilly, a little windy and a little warm, all in the …
The Tourists Wear Thongs
The devil wears prada and many young tourists wear thongs. I have shown these sandals before in several photos, but just now …
Uniformed Tourist Queue
Often, around La Antigua Guatemala, you see long lines of tourist in uniforms; sometimes is just a t-shirt, sometimes is the everything. …
Tourists and shoe-shining boy
Kids should be in school. In Guatemala there are laws for everything you can imagine, including laws against child labor. Yet there …
Quotidian Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Cathedral Ruins Entrance
This is the entrance to the ruins of the former cathedral complex of Antigua Guatemala. It’s located on the side of 5a calle oriente. I believe this is only the second time I share this vista with you… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Antigua Makes Me Happy — Take 16
During this afternoon’s photo walk, I was teaching how to capture candid pictures of strangers. The woman on the left was giving water …
Street Portrait of Town Criers and Visiting Girls
Today I am sharing with you a street portrait I made of the pregoneros, town criers, and visiting girls with the façade …
Sights of Our Times — Doing Errands
Back in May 2006 I set out to share with y’all images of daily life from Antigua Guatemala and its surroundings even …
Sights of Our Times — Face Masks and Tuk Tuk Bars
Face masks are obligatory to use outdoors in Guatemala at present time. I imagine it is the same, more or less, all …
Antigua Guatemala Signs: Ceramic Stop sign
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Alto for Stop.
Antigua Guatemala is the Premier Destination for Cruise Ship Passengers
Once again the location of Antigua Guatemala has proven to be strategic and beneficial for yet anothe type of tourism. Antigua Guatemala …
Quinceañera Photo Session in Antigua Guatemala at Night
Johanna, 15 year olds, from Puerto Barrios, Izabal received for her fifteen birthday photo sessions in Antigua Guatemala, Lake Atitlan, Quetzaltenango, and …
Antigua Guatemala’s Hidden Spots
Through the Antigua Photo Walks I am able to share some hidden gems of Antigua Guatemala with visitors looking to go beyond …
Police Patrol Bicycles at Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala
These new bicycles bring a lot of attention to the tourists police as they patrol the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I have …
Unusual vista from Antigua Guatemala
Can you tell me why this is an unusual picture for Antigua Guatemala? Interesting enough, about 12 years ago I started AntiguaDailyPhoto.com …
Antigua Makes Me Happy — Take 4
You have to live to believe it… walking around Antigua Guatemala you come across people with a big smile on their faces. …
Cheers and Happy New Year Wishes from Antigua Guatemala
Thanks everyone for a wonderful 2017; cheers and Happy New Year wishes from Antigua Guatemala.
Enjoy the Warm Winter season in Antigua Guatemala
That’s right, the gorgeous sunshine in Guatemala makes visitors happy; especially if they come from places experiencing 0ºC or less around this …
Hostel Life in Antigua Guatemala
As I have said many times before, if you need nicer weather to hibernate or to enjoy the Winter season, like we …
Antigua Makes Me Happy — Take 1
La Antigua Guatemala is always full with buenas vibras, good vibes, and that is why you often see visitors and locals with …
Ambulant Vendor at Parque Central, Antigua Guatemala
Here’s a window into the daily life at the parque central of Antigua Guatemala. A stool and a box and this ambulant …
Daily Life Vistas — Using Maps and Guide Books
The simple grid of avenues and streets and the limited official colour palette are what make Antigua Guatemala so easy to navigate …
Maya Portraits — Young Woman on the Move
The streets of Antigua Guatemala are full with people on the move, the Mayas not excluded. So, often times, it’s best to …
Ambulant Food Vendors Feed the Workers and Students
Two or three baskets show up around lunch time, the pots are open to show the food options of the day. Within …
National Police Patrolling in Antigua Guatemala
How many different kinds of police do we have in Antigua Guatemala? Let’s see if I can recall all of them. Policía …
Parque Central Sights — Shoe-shining
One of the most common vistas around Parque Central, the main square, is that of shoe-shiners. Here we see a tourist family …
What do Guatemalans look like?
If you look at the photos of many tourists, Guatemalans only look like the Maya. I, however, have been making portraits of …
The Art of Street Portraits of Strangers
If you would like to learn the art of photographing strangers, you should book a street photography photo walk through my www.AntiguaPhotoWalks.com …
La niña de Guatemala
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Consecutive Day 3641 — Swim Suits in Antigua Guatemala?
Climate change denier Sarah Palin might benefit by a visit to the highlands of Guatemala, specifically the city of Antigua Guatemala, located …
New month, new street signs in Antigua Guatemala
To say that the street signage is deficient in Antigua Guatemala is an understatement. Often times I see tourists and visitors trying …
Let Lent Season Begin
Here’s you Spanish word of the day: Cuaresma or Lent. Once again, from the early morning reports started to pour in, around …
Horse-powered Carriages in Antigua Guatemala
From feet to pedals, from scooters to mini vans, we have shown the most common means of the transportations found in La …
Let Lent Begin in Antigua Guatemala
Blip, blip, blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programming to bring you this important news update. From early in the …
Boyhood in Guatemala
We recently watched the film Boyhood, one of the film with more nominations and awards and a good contender for the Oscars. …
Hurry, Light, We have Beautiful Light Now in Antigua Guatemala
I believe I have mentioned a few times before through the years, we have the most beautiful and incredible light around Antigua …
Good News from Guatemala: Helping The Shoe Shine Kids Prepare for a Better Future
One week after I started AntiguaDailyPhoto on May 1, 2006 I pointed out how kids should be in school instead of working …
Army Day Holiday in Guatemala
Today is observed the Día del Ejército (Army Day holiday) in Guatemala, and tomorrow’s the Día del empleado bancario (Guatemalan Banker’s holiday); …
Vista of Daily Life Around Antigua Guatemala
Almost eight years ago I set my goal to bring you daily life imagery from Antigua Guatemala on a daily basis. For …
Guns on the Streets of Guatemala
I do’t believe that more guns on the streets make a place safer. For instance, more guns on the streets of the …
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 …
Fish-eye view of a colorful bus from Antigua Guatemala
Here I was able to capture the three of the four most popular means of transportation around Antigua Guatemala. Walking and cycling, …
Enactment of the Guatemalan Nativity Scene
The other day I had the opportunity to make a couple of photos of the Nativity scene enactment or Nacimiento as people …
Happy Days in Antigua Guatemala
If you really want to charge yourself with good vibes and energy, simply head over to Parque Central where you will always …
Taking Pictures in Antigua Guatemala
It’s quite common to see people taking pictures of themselves and things around Antigua Guatemala. This is especially true for tourists as …
First Vigil of Lent in Antigua Guatemala
This is the first vigil of the Lent season with its traditional stalls of chicken sandwiches, the batido drink and other meals …
The sun does not rise the same for everyone
Over six years ago I pondered about the future of Guatemala and its child labor force: The future of a society is …
Iglesia de la Merced in Black and White
Since one of the goals of AntiguaDailyPhoto is to bring you new fresh vistas from the same hackneyed places I have decided …
La Antigua City Tour Bus
There’s a new tourist circuit bus service in La Antigua Guatemala. The two-hour tour circuit takes you through the main landmarks and …
This is a place for prayer
I guess too much tourism can be invasive or at least that’s the message I inferred from reading the sign, “Este es …
Typical Vista from Antigua Guatemala
My commitment has always been to bring you typical quotidian stamps from Antigua Guatemala. Unfortunately our beautiful enchanting little town also happens …
Cucurucho Handicrafts
The fear of photography is real in Antigua Guatemala. More often I am finding signs which prohibit photography. That’s kind of ironic …
Vistas of Palm Sunday in Antigua Guatemala
Once again, as in previous years, my dear friend and colleague Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos takes the steering wheel of AntiguaDailyPhoto during Semana …
What should I eat today?
Since Antigua Guatemala is the tourism capital for Central America, it’s quite common to see tourists, local and foreign, window shopping for …
Making the Sale
If you spent any time on Parque Central, this will be one of the most common vistas. If you spend too much …
Tough Future!
How can we expect a better future as a country if our future is on the streets working instead of in school preparing to make a better nation?
Invent A Tour Guides Conversation
Every once in a while, the readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto participate in a creative exercise: to invent a plausible dialogue or conversation among …
Mailbox: Letters Wanted
Today AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Also, the CityDailyPhoto community around the world is having the monthly theme day which is …
The Antigua Guatemala Brand Launching Event
In my humble opinion, I believe that La Antigua Guatemala is among the best places in the world to live, don’t you …
Antigua Guatemala Fire Department’s Tuk Tuk Unit
I don’t recall exactly when tuk tuk motorcycles arrived in Guatemala, but they were absorbed as part of the Guatemalan traditions and …
Coffee Tours in Antigua Guatemala
Coffee spawns a new industry around Antigua Guatemala: Coffee tours. It was only a matter of time before the coffee plantations open …
Bike Riding in Antigua Guatemala
Bike riding is among the best ways to get to see all of Antigua Guatemala and its villages. For a long time …
“Los Abuelitos” Guatemalan Tamales Shop
Question: If La casa de Los Abuelitos has already a red lantern signaling that they sell tamales, then why on earth would …
Paper Travel Guides
In my quest to bring you the most complete photographic library of the people, things and events that you may encounter while …
New Closing Time City Ordinances
There is new seismic activity in La Antigua Guatemala’s grapevine. For a while now, I’ve been hearing rumors about new closing times …
Crater of Volcán de Agua Wallpaper
Wow, time flies by; I just realized I have not shared a wallpaper with you since the Earth Day Wallpaper From Antigua …
Tuk Tuk Toy
Believe it or not, the tuk tuk motorcycles which are used as short-run taxis, tourist police patrols units and grocery delivery vehicles …
4th Year Anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com
Cutting a cake for an anniversary is quite commom through out the world, including Guatemala, however, here we also have an alternative: …
Taking A Short Break
Often we hear that Guatemala is a country of contrasts. Even I try to show it often and what better way to …
Top View of Iglesia de La Merced
One of the goals of AntiguaDailyPhoto is to bring you new fresh vistas from the same hackneyed places. Today’s is an example …
Weekend en (La Antigua) Guatemala
Here are the elements of a weekend photo of LAG on a weekend afternoon: The Bride and Groom The SUV The locals …
Constructing a Canopy Course
“We could see the topography was just perfect,” Victor Gallo confidently asserted. Victor Gallo is the expert Antigua Canopy Tours hired to …
The UNIMOG Hog
What a beast. The journey of “flying through the forest” with Antigua Canopy Tours begins with a ride in the unique UNIMOG, …
Beauty and the Beast
Normally, every photo at AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com comes with a caption, a narrative or even a story. Not always, the story is about the …
Antigua Abstracted #3
One of Antigua’s many attractions is slowly discovering the piled and jumbled beauty of ruined buildings scattered throughout the old city. The romanticism and nostalgia of shattered architecture has always drawn traveler’s and tourists to places such as these- from the 19 Century grand tours taken by Europeans through Ancient Greece and Rome- to present day seekers of lost cities in the Guatemalan jungles.
Antigua Tours
If you walk around La Antigua Guatemala, quite regularly, you come across groups of tourists taking tours of the city to learn …
Cuddling Couple at the Cross
I wonder if the lookout point has been dubbed “make-out point.” This couple is certainly enjoying the ambience of the hilltop vista. Can’t say I blame them…
Mayan Child of Maturity
This little girl, who looks to be no more than five-years-old, is calmly sitting by herself watching the daily activity and buzz on the cobbled street before her.
Colorful Guatemala
Colorful Guatemala, I tell you, colorful Guatemala! Si ni los mismos guatemaltecos logramos entender la complejidad cultural en la que vivimos… —Ale …
Watercolor Painters from Antigua
Watercolors from La Antigua Guatemala can be found and bought in just about every tourist town in Central America. In Calle del …
Rear View Mirror Vistas
Some people like photos without people; aseptic and sterile images pues. I am the opposite. To me what makes the image interesting …
3rd Year Anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com
Day one of year four. On the first anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala I shared my goal with you: My idea was …
Shoe-shining at Calle del Arco
Shoe-shinning is quite inexpensive in La Antigua Guatemala, about Q2/US$0.25 so there is no reason not to have one’s shoes shinning and …
I wish you were sitting here
For a long time I did not want to take the same shots from Antigua Guatemala that everybody else does. Also, I …
Breaking News: Ash Wednesday In Antigua
pushwigh#@%&?¿… blip! Alert, alert, we break from our regular programing Details, details, details to bring you this important news update. From early …
Guateflora: Jacarandas
Interesting enough, last year when I published the Guateflora series, I overlooked the jacaranda trees, which are omnipresent in and around Antigua …
Petting My Dear Friend, The Chucho
If you come to this web site looking for artistic or touristic photographs from Guatemala, you’ve come in vein because here you …