At present, I believe, in the English language we throw around certain words so much that often we are diminishing their true meaning. Some of the words that come to mind at this very moment are love, sorry, and friend. I mean, I “love” your sweater; I am sorry for telling you that my friend. … Read more
I really like to see well taken care of horse riding through the streets of Antigua Guatemala and surrounding villages. That’s why I ask the following: Who wants to trade their vehicle with lots of horse-power for a week for just one horse of power. This horse of power, of course.
This photo was a quick reflex about the possibility of capturing a black cat over the Black Cat Inn. Unfortunately I was not fast enough with the manual controls to get it right as I envisioned it, but it’s good enough for showing you my attempt. I saw the black cat about half a house … Read more
Birds are quite common around the fountains and water faucets in Antigua Guatemala. I guess coffee plantations are a great places for birds to live and feeding, but there might not be too many water sources and that’s why, I think, birds tend to flock to the abundant water fountains in and around Antigua Guatemala.
This man and his chucho assistant sell fresh coconut water and cocos on the corner of 5a avenida sur and 9a calle poniente in case you need to refill your superfood fluids and restore your electrolytes. In case you doubt that Antigua Guatemala is located in the tropics, the freshly cut coconuts should serve as … Read more
Once again the May sompopos ants actually arrived in May and on time! Are you ready to drop your jaw and say, “ah… I did not know that”? Fact #1: May’s Sompopos Ants are edible Yes, May’s sompopo queens are collected by some Guatemalans who remove the belly bottom and roast them on a comal … Read more
I am afraid the paraphrasing of the title might scape most people since it is a nerd thing that only the most geeky from the olden days would understand. Anyhow, here’s a worker for hire with a mule and fumigator that can travel to you parcel and get rid of those pesky pests. I wonder … Read more
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. —Mahatma Ghandi One can be in fashion or one can be in style. If given the choice, I rather be in style, but if I could I would also like to make a fashion statement. Let … Read more
¡Nunca falta un chucho! or A mutt is never missing! The same can be said of the bicycles in the Guatemalan landscape. In this picture I was able to capture the mutt and the bicycle while taking a walk through Ciudad Vieja. Honest, for better or for worse, I can not imagine the streets of … Read more
Honestly, I can not think of the Guatemalan landscape without the omnipresent chucho; that’s what we call the mutt or street dog in Guatemala and in Mesoamerica in general. Tell me, if you have visited Guatemala in the past, could you imagine the landscape without the mutts roaming the streets of every little town? Can … Read more
Whenever you come across people riding horses or donkeys over the cobblestone streets of La Antigua Guatemala you feel like you are for real in the 16th and 17th Centuries. One of things I love about living in Antigua Guatemala is the fact that one gets to experience different eras and lifestyles juxtaposed at the … Read more
Alone and lonely are two things that first came to my mind when I took this photo and especially so after I turned into black and white; not that there were too much color to begin with. What about you, what’s the first feeling or thought that this photo evokes in you?
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 Q5/$0.60. Some people drink the milk directly from the glass, while others boil it first. I remember that when I was a kid, having warm milk ordeñada, harvested, on the spot was a … Read more
If you took a trip through the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto, you will come to realization that fútbol is the most popular sport in Guatemala. Everywhere you go there are fútbol, football, fields and there are informal matches, chamusca, springing everywhere. Of course, the omnipresent chucho could not be missing.
Wondering who’s looking up for the welfare of working equines in Guatemala? I know of at least one organization, ESAP, or Equinos Sanos para el Pueblo (Healthy Equines for the People) since I am a regular supporter of their work. Here’s what they say about themselves on their website: Equinos Sanos para el Pueblo, ESAP, … Read more