If I walk around Antigua Guatemala and photograph all the street corners, I could do a series for a long while just about corners. Every corner has its own little personality and color. I leave you with a few samples from the past: Green Corner, White Corner, Yellow Corner, Red Corner and Orchid Corner. Tags: … Read more
Just five days ago I was talking about the learning process and how it can be triggered by a simple image like the Foremost logo on Ice Cream Graphic Menu photograph. More often, for me that is, the learning process begins right after a film, book or song. The concept of Six Degrees of Separation … Read more
This photo is for the benefit of Lessie and others who have commented about the mountains in the background in some of the recent photos. Actually, the mountain is Volcán de Agua or Water Volcano and it can be seen on many of the photos that have south perspective. Volcán de Agua towers 3,760 meters … Read more
New Year’s Celebration in Guatemala is very similar to Christmas Eve. People stay up all night to receive the new year, but unlike Christmas which is a family-centered celebration, people are free to receive the New Year anywhere. Some people go to the beach and many more come to Antigua to celebrate the birth of … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala, despite its name (Old Guatemala City) and its architecture, is a modern city with cutting-edge technologies like Wireless Internet Connections (Wi-Fi for short) as I wrote in the Wireless Knife Sharpener entry, back in June 27th. Too bad not many people feel safe to use the free wireless connections that are available … Read more
On August 3rd, I have said that La Antigua Guatemala is a very small town (about 10×10 block grid), but there is nothing like a map to put it in perspective. You have to click on the image of the map to get a larger size, so you can see all the details. Many people … Read more
Jamtigua is a music festival, now in its second year. Jamtigua is the merging of the words Jam and Antigua and the creation of Javier Burga. This year the music festival included paintings, sculptures, belly dancing, tap dancing and salsa dancing among other activities. The show started at noon on November 18th, and lasted about … Read more
Many ruins and churches dress up with spot lights at dusk. Here you can see Antigua Guatemala’s Cathedral illuminated with spot lights at sunset. I have posted other photos of Cathedral before; if you care to look at the building from different angles and weather conditions click the following links: Requiem for the Rain Antigua … Read more
To follow up the texture in yesterday’s sign and to get you prepare for this coming week series about color, here is a color-textured wall and four candles taken at one the my favorites bistros in Antigua: Café Concepción. I will come back to this bistro in the near future and show you what a … Read more
This photo of a flor de pascua plant (Poinsettias) was taken in my garden, next to the driveway. I did not plant it, nor I have done anything to maintain it. We could just summarize the situation of the plant as this: An “undocumented alien” in my garden, which is very welcomed. Poinsettias bloom from … Read more
On July 23rd I mentioned that the people of Antigua are known as Panzas Verdes —green bellies—, so it is no surprise that the flag of La Antigua Guatemala is green, as green is their foot ball —soccer— team uniform as well as many schools’ uniforms. Can you guess why are Antigüeños known as Panzas … Read more
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
“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” —Pradip I found two great quotes about the rain at the Samudaya.org web site which go very well with this photo which is my good-bye to the rainy season 2007 in Guatemala. The Parque Central is Antigua’s best place for gathering and meetings. … Read more
For some reason, mini trucks are Guatemala’s favorite vehicle. Toyota and Nissan are the preferred brands in Guatemala. What would you say is the preferred vehicle in your city? Let me guess: SUVs, well maybe not; I rather wait for your answer. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / truck
The slogan for Esso is Put a tiger in your tank; here with a twist. Esso is one of the brands of ExxonMobil. I am sure most of you have heard of these two brands. Read the case against Esso and what Google found. Wow! I can not believe the amount of web sites and … Read more