An old man with a good face
More than anything else, I’d like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso. —Sean Connery
One must make a living in an honest manner
Often I walk by this garden, previously shown in It’s Always Ice Cream time In Guatemala, so I was happy to see …
Why is there a Ronald Hubbard plaque at Antigua’s Parque Central?
The Plaza Mayor better known as Parque Central is full of plain-view secrets and interesting trivia. For instance, did you know there …
Recicladora Antigua – Reduce Reutiliza Recicla
There are many recycling approaches that people use in Guatemala. Interesting enough, at first glance it may seem that there are NO …
Walking Is Still The Best Way to Get to Know Antigua
As I mentioned in “Nobody walks in LA…” in Antigua Guatemala is the opposite. People enjoy walking and with such small grid …
Textured Red Wall with a Window
If you have followed the daily updates of AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while you would know that here we only served rich saturated …
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 …
Casa de los Gigantes sign
It’s been a while since I posted something to the sign category, today, I break from the hiatus with a very fine …
Colorful chicken bus stamp from Guatemala
Here’s an unusual and interesting bird’s eye view of the typical public transit bus which is used in most of Guatemala. In …
Typical street of rural Guatemala
Here’s a simple vista of a typical street of rural Guatemala. This photo was taken in the Antigua Guatemala village of San …
Antigua Guatemala Back Roads
Antigua Guatemala is full of back roads and shortcuts that can take you to new scenery such as a bougainvillea-lined roadway, paths …
Phone for Rent
Following the typical Guatemalan approach to doing business which is don’t put all your eggs in one basket, here they sell freshly …
Make Each Second Count
In Guatemala the cellular telephone companies advertise that they charge phone call by the second. To be honest, I am not sure …
Typical Rooftop Vistas from Antigua Guatemala
Pots and flowers are so typical of the rooftop terraces of Antigua Guatemala, present as often as you cupolas. Chayes are also …
Stencil Art On The Streets of Antigua Guatemala
This is the latest piece of stencil art I have found on the streets of Antigua Guatemala. What’s your opinion regarding stencil …
August 17 is Guatemala’s National Flag Day!
Free into the wind, your beautiful flag! Guatemala’s National Anthem in English Happy Guatemala, may your altar Never be trampled by the …
Guatemalan Easy Rider
Bicicles has to be the most popular means of transportation of people in and around Antigua Guatemala. People use bicycles to go …
Walking on High Heels and CobbleStone Streets Don’t Mix
After having watched this woman and countless others take baby steps while walking very carefully over the cobblestone streets of Antigua Guatemala …
Setting up the charcoal grill
If you travel between the U.S. and Guatemala often one thing you are bound to notice immediately is the size of portions. …
Mosaic Mural by ‘Pasión por los Mosaicos’ at César Brañas Cultural Center
This mosaic mural is located on one the main wall of the César Brañas Cultural Center. Pasión por los Mosaicos, passion for …
The south end of 5a avenida sur in Antigua Guatemala
Here is your Spanish word of the day: Alameda, a tree-lined avenue or boulevard. La Antigua Guatemala has three official alamedas, Alameda …
Making Chocolates in Antigua Guatemala
If you want to learn how to make chocolates now you can in Antigua Guatemala if you stop by Chocomuseo, a chocolate …
Antigua Guatemala’s Security Camera Surveillance System Overview
The surveillance system monitoring center is a room without windows, but, boy oh boy, the have some of the best views in …
Have A Peek at Antigua Guatemala’s Security Camera Surveillance System
The first phase of the Antigua Guatemala security camera surveillance system, sort of the chapín Skynet, came online on February 2012 with …
Antigua Guatemala is a hide-out for the comfortably off and the harmlessly dotty…
This is quite possibly the best description I have ever read about La Antigua Guatemala and it comes from the pen of …
Dish ware, Pans and Pots Ambulant Vendors
In Guatemala the door-to-door ambulant vendors are still very popular. They walk all day selling all kinds stuff, but dish ware sets, …
Fruit and Vegetable Ambulant Vendors
As mentioned before, if we are what we eat, then this is what Guatemalans are made of. The fruits and vegetables in …
Sunday Morning Bicycle Rides With Family and Friends Around Antigua Guatemala
As I mentioned before, If you are the kind of person that enjoys jogging or riding a bicycle, the roads around Antigua …
Marching Band Rehearsals
I stumbled upon these kids going to their marching band practice and asked if I could take a picture because I noticed …
The Canícula Is Over
La canicule terminé ! ¡La canícula terminó! The heatwave is over! Call it what you want, but canícula even though elsewhere it …
How would you like your W.B.C. Guatemalan coffee prepared?
I don’t know if this is old news to you, but I will share it anyway just in case some of you …
El Cartero: The Postman of Antigua Guatemala (2012)
Finally Guatemala’s postal service is moving forward into to recent past, yes, believe it or not only four months ago a bar …
Sunshine in the Land of the Eternal Spring
Although I don’t believe farmers are happy at all at having a very dry rainy season, those of us who don’t farm …
Physical Education in Antigua’s Public Schools
This photo was taken around the basket ball court of the public school of San Juan del Obispo shown a few days …
The Street Vending Issues in Antigua Guatemala
The lady in the picture was selling camotes, sweet potatoes and elotes, corn on the cob, for Q5/$0.60 and güisquiles, pearl squash, …
Antigua Guatemala Hangouts
There are many hangouts in Antigua Guatemala such cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, parks, ruins, etc., but Parque Central or main plaza is …
Antigüeños Celebrate With Parades and Processions
Sometimes it seems that antigüeños only celebrate with parades and processions. I say this because almost every month you encounter a procession …
School Year Cycle in Guatemala
As I have mentioned before, Guatemala’s school year begins in January and end in October. So even though in many places of …
Saint James Festivities in Antigua Guatemala
July 25 is La Antigua Guatemala Patron’s Day; otherwise known as the fair day of Saint James. Why is Saint James the …
Got Milk?
Basically, the lechero, milkman, guides a herd of goats, cabras in Guatemalan Spanish, around town selling the drawn-on-the-spot glass of milk for …
What Makes Coffee from Antigua Guatemala So Incredible
Volcanic soil, the perfect amount rain and sunshine and shadow, temperate weather, 5,000 to 6,500 feet altitude above sea level and to …
Fuego and Acatenango Volcanoes Wallpaper
Here's another wallpaper for your iPad, tablet or laptop of volcanoes Fuego and Acatenango taken from a coffee plantation in San Pedro …
Agua Volcano Wallpaper
Let me share with you this image of Volcán de Agua taken from the village of San Gaspar Vivar at the mid-point …
Diversify to Survive Approach in Antigua Guatemala
Lots of small mom-and-pop enterprises in Guatemala follow this time-tested diversification approach. I have cover this diversification previously extensively and I believe …
Our Daily Bread is Maize-based Food
Very often I see women on their way to the maize mill to turn nixtamalized maized into masa dough to make tortillas. …
Yes, this is the rainy season in Antigua Guatemala
Yes, this is the rainy season in Antigua Guatemala. If you have followed AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while you would know that I …
Paving streets by hand, one block at a time
I know I have shown street repair crews before, but I don't think I have mentioned that most streets in and around …
Estadio Municipal de Fútbol Hunapú in Ciudad Vieja
If you took a trip through the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you will come to realization that fútbol is the most popular sport …
Welfare of working equines in Guatemala
Wondering who’s looking up for the welfare of working equines in Guatemala? I know of at least one organization, ESAP, or Equinos …
Visiting San Juan del Obispo
There are many reason to visit the village of San Juan del Obispo, but I will name three to begin the list: …
Walk This Way!
I have a fascination for bare naked walls that show the materials that are used to form them. Bricks, rocks, concrete, adobe, …
Different Shades of Blue in Antigua Guatemala
Yes, this is another picture taking in the middle of the rainy season. I take the opportunity to show you the beautiful …
Antigua Guatemala Rainy Season What, When?
This year the rainy season has been fabulous so far. Crystal clear skies and sunny mornings to mid-afternoons with some light rains …
Bicycle Tours Around Antigua Guatemala
Surely enough, riding bicycles is quite possibly one of the best ways to get to see all of Antigua Guatemala and its …
Tender Bonding Moments Between a Grandson and his Grandmother
Okay abuelita, I am ready, let’s go… The most creative caption for the image above wins a post card made from this …
Typical Antigua Guatemala Roof-top Details
Here we have the typical elements that you find on the roof-tops of Antigua Guatemala such as Spanish tiles, cupola, texture, and …
It’s Cake Time in Antigua Guatemala
You know what, I just realized that there are as many panaderías, bakeries, and pastelerías, cake shops in Antigua Guatemala as there …
Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Fountain Reflections
Here’s a follow up to yesterday post so you can see a little more about the surroundings of this lovely little park …
Iglesia Escuela de Cristo Reflected on a Fountain
I have not idea why La Escuela de Cristo church is so important in Antigua Guatemala. The two largest processions from Antigua …
Rear end of San Francisco El Grande Church
This is the rear end of San Francisco El Grande Church as you walk south, following the Stations of the cross. As …
Jogging Around Antigua Guatemala
If you are the kind of person that enjoys jogging or riding a bicycle, the roads around Antigua Guatemala provide an excellent …
Entrance to Iglesia El Calvario
El Calvario or Calvary (Golgotha) is the name of the mount on the outskirts of Jerusalem where it’s believed that Jesus Christ …
Typical Guatemalan Fairground Ferris Wheel
Here’s what the typical Ferris wheel look like at the fairground now in San Pedro Las Huertas. The theme is pirates and …
Mirror Mirror
I am sure I have shared this beautiful twist to the typical Narcissus story by Oscar Wilde since it’s among my favorite …
Tamagochy Mime Makes People Laugh in Antigua Guatemala
This is why Parque Central still the most popular venue in Antigua Guatemala after nearly 500 years of existence: It’s Friday fun …
Waiting for the bus in Antigua Guatemala
Sure, often I bring you mundane vistas or things like signs, street stamps and whatnot. This is after all, a website that …
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 …
The Day Thor Visited Antigua Guatemala
Last night was the night. Thor, the hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and …
Wok this way…
Wokco is the new fast-food Chinese or Asian concept restaurant that opened recently in Antigua Guatemala. According to Daniela, one of the …
Free Coffee Plantation Wallpaper
This is what it looks like as you walk inside a coffee plantation from Antigua Guatemala. I thought some of you might …
Getting ready to prepare chicharrones
As I explained before, carnitas is the Guatemalan Spanish word for deep-fried chunks of pork meat. Chicharrones is the word for pork …
The Most Typical Guatemalan Morral (Satchel)
The satchel shown above has to be most typical and the most often found Guatemalan morral. You can find this kind of …
Colorful Rainy Season Vista
Whoever claims that you can not find rich saturated colors during the rainy season in Antigua Guatemala is lying to you. Don’t …
Typical Rainy Season Vista in Antigua Guatemala
In case you haven’t noticed, we embarked on a Rainy Season Vistas series starting a few days back. This whole week I …
Agua Volcano Natural Drain Canals
This is what the natural drain canals for Volcán de Agua look like once the rainy season is under way and the …
The Caretaker House and Family
Many farms, parcels and properties have a caretaker living on premises, this is what a house for guardian living on the premises …
Green Should Be the Official Color of Guatemala
Green is the most often found color in Guatemala. Green is our Quetzal. Green is also our quetzal bill. Green our Ceibas, …
Coffee Plantation Entrance in Antigua Guatemala
Green should be the color that identifies Guatemala more than any other. When you’re flying into Guatemala you know you have arrived …
It’s Always Ice Cream time In Guatemala
It looks like it doesn’t matter what season we are in Antigua Guatemala, rainy or dry, hot or cold, summer or winter, …
The Quality of Life in the Enchanting Antigua Guatemala
I’ve said it before and believe I don’t get tire of repeating it: Many Guatemalans take advantage of the peaceful and tranquil …
Limestone paint chipped textures of Antigua Guatemala
Because the high levels of humidity around Antigua Guatemala, people have to paint their walls often, sometimes in a yearly basis. Not …
Cupolas and Volcanoes are the Typical Vistas from Antigua Guatemala
Believe it or not, this also a typical vista from Antigua Guatemala during the rainy season. So, yes we often get pleasant …
Se venden jocotes con pepita sign
This signs reads, For Sale: Mangoes with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita o pepitoria), Tangerines (mandarinas) with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita), …
Making Alfombras for Corpus Christi Feast
The making of carpets from sawdust, pine-needles, flowers, vegetables, et cetera is a community-forming tradition. People get together by block or near-by …
Guatemalan Colonial-Style Washaterias
We call them lavaderos in Spanish, pila is also used, pila is actually the water tank. and I believe I have posted …
Go Chepe Go
The news that his grandmother had come to visit the family reached Chepe as he was getting out of school; his sister …
Guatemalan Corpus Christi Food
The Corpus Christi or body of Christ is celebrated the first Thursday of June, first on the cathedrals and then at the …
Guateflora: Clavel de cerco
Half jokingly I stated that I wish I had some Google Goggles with me every time I go out to take photos …
Please, take our photo instead!
I just love it when photographs walk or ride into my viewfinder. Better yet, when they even call on me to take …
Rainy Season Vista from Around Antigua Guatemala
As many of you know, I really really like the dry season because of the quality and color of its light, the …
Sunday Morning at San Gaspar Vivar
For this Sunday, we continue in a tranquil and relaxing mood with tone set by the theme day Tranquility. Once again, here’s …
San Juan del Obispo Main Square Fountain
This fountain in San Juan del Obispo was my second choice to show tranquility for the theme day of the Photo Daily …
Theme Day: Tranquility
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. —Thomas Jefferson As most firsts of the month …
Waiting #3 in Antigua Guatemala
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! We continue with the mini series on “waiting” and the win-a-post-card contest. Here’s …
Waiting #2 in Antigua Guatemala
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! We continue with the mini series on “waiting” and the win-a-post-card contest. Here’s …
Waiting #1 in Antigua Guatemala
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! Guatemalans are not known for their punctually so often you see people waiting. …
Zompopos FAQ
This year the May Zompopos actually did arrive in May. Even though the Guatemalan winged sompopo ant appears every year in May, …
Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
You know, I have toyed with the idea of giving one-day and/or one-week photo workshops in Antigua Guatemala taking advantage of my …
Presentation of the Ballet Nacional de Guatemala in Antigua Guatemala
Tonight we were very lucky in Antigua Guatemala because we had the rare opportunity to see the Ballet Nacional de Guatemala performed …