Meetings At the Park: Friends
Believe it or not, after 500 years, the Plaza Mayor, also known as Parque Central, still is the most popular venue to …
Post Card From The Past
A creative framing on a quiet afternoon with just the right amount and kind of people and we get a post card …
Flyers Launch Pad
What a creative way to distribute volantes, flyers, don’t you think? By the way, I believe it’s time to go out at …
Rainy Season Break
Eveyone needs a break every once in a while. Today will be my break. However, before I head for the beach, I …
Old Man Thinking
What is he thinking about? The most creative answer for what the old man is thinking will win this photo as a …
Street Photography Is Like Hunting
We street photographers are like hunters; often we roam the streets, stalking the city for candid, naturally looking, images. Other times, we …
Earphone Usage is Up in Antigua Guatemala
A few years back LD ranted about all the people she came across wearing earbuds while riding the public transit buses in …
Braid My Hair
It’s incredible how long it takes me to show you the most common vistas from La Antigua Guatemala. See, one of the …
An Old Automobile for An Old Town
The weekend is the perfect time to catch the classic automobiles in La Antigua Guatemala. You can catch classic automobiles near churches …
The Tortillas Transactions
We are men of maize! It is impossible to think the Guatemalan, Mexican and Mesoamerican diet without maize. From the Popul Vuh …
A Room With A View
Don’t we all would love to have a room with a view? Even though this is not my daily view, I can’t …
A Room With A Window
Arched windows are quite common in La Antigua Guatemala; I am sure I have shown you one arched window before, but I …
Arches Are Us
El Palacio de los Capitanes building has to be one of my favorites edifices with lots of arches; and you know I …
Sweet Bread from Panaderia San Antonio
Since I noticed there were a lot of interest about the sweet bread and Panaderia San Antonio shown on the 4th Year …
San Jerónimo Ruins Fountain
I wonder how many fountains there are in La Antigua Guatemala. Everywhere I go, even in fast food restaurants, there is at …
Hector’s Carpaccio
Today’s a good day to have a carpaccio at Hector’s restaurant in La Antigua Guatemala, don’t you agree? Even though Héctor’s restaurant …
Mother’s Day A La Antigua
To all the visiting mothers, please, let me share with you the Guatemalan classic marimba Un vals para mi madre (A waltz …
Antigua Churches: San Juan del Obispo
San Juan del Obispo (Francisco Marroquin) has one of the most beautiful churches along with a bishop’s palace. For now I am …
Antigua Churches: Santa Catarina Bobadilla
It’s incredible that even the small, tiny villages with little over 500 people have churches. Although the temples are smaller and simpler, …
Antigua Churches: Iglesia San José El Viejo
Some of the former colonial churches are now used as venues for events like graduations, weddings, quinceañeras, etc. Such is the case …
Antigua Churches: Iglesia de Guadalupe
Yes, believe it or not there is a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe church in La Antigua Guatemala. Interesting enough, though, for the …
Antigua Churches: Capilla de Belén
Santo Hermano Pedro de San José de Betancourt introduced the Nativity scenes and rituals to the American continent so it is only …
School Girls Gathering
As I mentioned yesterday, more often Antigua Guatemala is becoming a gathering venue. Any excuse is good enough to form a crowd …
Chucho Gathering
Everyday that passes by Antigua Guatemala becomes more social, a gathering place. I wonder if the chuchos used Twitter or Facebook to …
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: …
Inside El Calvario Church
I have been accused by some close friends of never showing the inside of churches in AntiguaDailyPhoto. Okay, they might be partially …
Animals Have Rights Too…
I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated …
Squeezing A Corner
Today’s photo and Colonial Church Ruins Within My Fingers were the result of fortunate accident. Let me explain. I was playing around …
Colonial Búcaro Fountain
One or more búcaro fountains are found along a patio or corridor away from the main fountain normally found in the center …
Colonial Corridor
Historically, colonial corridors have always been long and wide, and have always faced out onto a central patio, garden or fountain. Often …
Antigua Colonial Patio
What better way to enjoy a Sunday morning than to bring a freshly brewed cup of the best coffee in the world …
Antigua Colonial Niche
This has to be one of the more elaborate niches I have seen around Antigua Guatemala, except for the niches on the …
Plaza A La Paz
Plaza a la Paz or Peace Plaza was designed and built in July 1986. Unfortunately, it took another decade for the Peace …
Earth Day Wallpaper From Antigua Guatemala
Today is Earth Day so I am sharing with you a wallpaper for your computer from a typical green vista of Colas …
Guatemalan Family Ties
Most Guatemalan families are very tight with several generations often interacting with one another. It is not unusual to have at least …
Chepito, Let Me Show You…
I like to photograph old people. I like to photograph young people. I like to photograph people, regardless of their age, really. …
Colonial Church Ruins Within My Fingers
Win a custom-made post card from one of the photos from AntiguaDailyPhoto by providing the correct name and exact location of the …
Not A Quiet Sunday Morning
This morning, at 7:31, we were awaken by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake near the Mexican border. Later we were kept on alert by …
La Antigua Guatemala sí es Guatemala
Often I have said that La Antigua Guatemala is not Guatemala. I still hold this thought, mostly. However, there are cases or …
Motorcycles Are Us
This is how street corners look like now that the strips near the corners have been marked as motorcycle parking only areas. …
Let It Rain, Let It Rain
Here’s the song thanks to our loyal reader Luis from SF. [audio:http://antiguadailyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/QueLlueva.mp3|titles=Que llueva, que llueva] Que llueva, que llueva Canción infantil Que …
Snow-capped Volcán Acatenango
Sometimes, often, I just feel lucky. Let me explain. Just four days ago I was telling you about the pruning of the …
Delicious Quiche from Hector’s
This has to be the best quiche anywhere. Although it is made from eggs, it could be considered a vegetarian dish, right? …
Vegetarian Pizza from Quesos y Vino
Here’s another cosmopolitan vegetarian menu option from Quesos y Vinos, one of the oldest Italian restaurants in La Antigua Guatemala. They serve …
Indian Cuisine Vegetarian Sampler
We continue our International Cuisine tour with a sampler of vegetarian food from India. As I said yesterday, here’s additional proof of …
Oriental Chicken with Coconut Curry
I continue my quest of showing you how cosmopolitan La Antigua Guatemala has really become. Today’s entry was listed as Oriental chicken …
Pruning the Gravileas Trees Again
Exactly two years ago I shared with you the biannual procedure of pruning the gravileas trees to keep a balance between shade …
LSGD – Guatemalan Style
In Guatemala everything has to be colorful. Life is good! Enough said.
Typical Patio from Antigua Guatemala
These are the very last days of the dry season. Soon, in May, the rainy season will begin and the sompopo flying …
Cosmopolitan Antigua Guatemala
Recently, in Living La Vida Digital in Antigua Guatemala, I mentioned how cosmopolitan La Antigua Guatemala really is while showing a Philly …
La Refacción, a Guatemalan Institution
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que participaron en este ritual conocido como la refa? When was the last time that you participated …
Búcaro Fountains Revisited
I believe this is the third or fourth time I shown you a búcaro fountain. Can you tell us now what exactly …
Holy Week Generations
Slowly, but surely the love, devotion and passion for the world famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala are being passed on to …
Theme Day: Red
The making of sawdust carpets, alfombras de aserrín, with its vivid colors and eye-catching patterns are among the most prominent elements of …
The Cucurucho and The Photographer
Okay, we have a new dialogue game. Those of you who have followed AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while know the rules. This simple …
Cucurucho Tsunami
I confess that you have to click on the image above to understand the title. I confess I have never in my …
Exotic Flower Arrangements
This was the second time I was alerted about the exotic flower arrangements placed on the fountains prior to a procession or …
The Economics of the Holy Week
As Semana Santa, the Holy Week before Easter, approaches, the historic colonial town of Antigua sees almost daily processions. These processions include …
Show Me What You Paint
Sure, no problem. This is what I paint…
Have Balls, Will Travel
Guatemala is a colorful country. What, you don’t believe me? Well, Why not check out the Color palette category to see for …
Holy Week Percussionist
The unmistakable thumping that accompanies the processions comes from percussionists beating huge drums with this hummer-like sticks. Do you know the name …
The Aromas of the Holy Week
I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video clips, but I can’t transmit or transfer you …
Girls Procession
Transference: the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred. With these processions not only the heavy floats are being …
My Turn is No. 11
The Cuaresma and Semana Santa season comes with its own set of garments; from the Romans to the Cucuruchos to the Dolorosas …
The Broom-head Romans Are Back
I have honestly tried not put as many Cuaresma/Lent and Semana Santa/Holy Week photos here. I could, in theory, have a Lent/Holy …
Here, Take My Photo
On the weekends Calle del Arco is turn into a pedestrian strip and several business bring out benches, carts and flowers and …
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 …
Guatemalan Weekend Fashion
The people from Guatemala City are known as capitalinos; residents of the Capital city. Women from Guatemala City would be capitalinas. La …
Guatemalan Smile
Last Monday 8 of March was celebrated the International Women’s Day through out the world. I believe women should be celebrated everyday, …
Prensa Libre Sponsors Semana Santa
I noticed that Prensa Libre, one of Guatemala’s largest and oldest newspapers, was also sponsoring a processional band this past weekend. I …
Sponsoring The Holy Week
I don’t know if sponsoring the processions for Cuaresma and Semana Santa (Lent and Holy Week respectively) was already common practice in …
Espresso Xing Sign at Cafetenango
One of the things I enjoy very much of visiting my dear friend Pascu, manager of Antigua Canopy Tours, is having a …
Studio C Sign
Stucio C took part in the realization of visual effects for more than 350 shots for the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: …
Blue Skies Are Us
Definitely, blue skies are us during the dry season. During the rainy season, the sky line remains white and gray most of …
Everybody Walks in LAG
Oh leave it to the French and their Je ne sais quoi, yo no sé que in Spanish, to describe something the …
The Nexus One has arrived to Antigua Guatemala
Modernity has arrived to the quincentennial Antigua Guatemala. AGAIN. It was nearly 18 months ago that I reported the arrival of the …
Guatemalan Dessert: Flan Antigüeño
Wow, I can’t believe it took me 1,420 days to show you the world-famous caramel flan antigüeño. Bad Rudy, bad. Well, as …
Santa Clara Ruins Garden
The Santa Clara ruins is among the most popular wedding destination venues. And even if folks don’t decide to celebrate inside Santa …
Photographing Antigua Corners
It looks like I am not the only one who enjoys photographing corners. Here I captured a fellow photographer who was photographing …
La Esquina Sign
La esquina means the corner so what a fitting name for this restaurant and shop located on a corner house one block …
Contrast: Red and Green
Guatemala has very creative names for their chilies. For instance, diente de perro, dog’s tooth, and diente de caballo, horse’s tooth, come …
Contrast: Orange and Blue
Okay guys, today’s game is very simple: find as many kinds of contrasts as you can in this image of the San …
Theme Day: Passageway
What’s inside this passageway? The largest fountain in Central America Ruins of a monastery Mayan arches used in colonial architecture Access to …
El Carmen Handicrafts Market
Visiting the El Carmen ruins folkart market is among the top things people do on the weekends and holidays in La Antigua …
Flowers Are Us
Believe it or not, in La Antigua Guatemala we have flowers in our gardens year around. We also are lucky to have …
Lent Season Decorations Over City Hall
As in previous years, La Antigua Guatemala begins wearing violet or purple decorations over doors, windows and balconies. Heck, even the jacaranda …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Higado encebollado
We visit the daily menu again with today’s higado encebollado, liver with onions. It is so ironic that one can get home-made …
Festive Mood at Calle del Arco
This Sunday afternoon at Calle del Arco was just as guest contributor Arturo Godoy said in The mime just wants to get …
Lent’s First Sunday Procession
Sunday was such a great day in La Antigua Guatemala; nice weather conditions and a wonderful atmosphere all around town with people …
The Procession Season Is Officially Open
This entry should be called “ephemerides updates” because there several events that happened this week. On Tuesday, kids everywhere celebrated carnaval, carnival, …
What are they guarding?
Let’s know your guesses in the comments or stay tune for an upcoming entry with the answer. 😉
Photographing The Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
This room with samples of the Maya hieroglyphic writing from San Bartolo (I believe) was another treat available at Casa Herrera on …
Living La Vida Digital in Antigua Guatemala
I found the juxtaposition of cutting edge telecommunication technology and colonial lifestyle and architecture so fascinating and that’s why I have covered …
Moon lit cupolas
This is a follow up image to Luna de Antigua to ease you up at the start of a new week. I …
Valentine’s Day Post-it Notes Display
In La Antigua Guatemala people really go the extra mile to show they care about each other. If one is creative, all …
Municipal Clinic and Pharmacy
Here’s a typical vista of a municipal clinic and pharmacy found in La Antigua Guatemala villages. Can you guess the name of …
Guarding The Coke
Guatemala is a gun-crazy country. Everywhere you look there are men with guns. There are even signs forbidding to carry the naked …
The Young Maya and Technology
On January 4, 2010, in the comments posted under Digital life in Antigua Guatemala, Braaad wondered aloud: “I can’t wait till smartphones …