This what Winter looks like in Antigua Guatemala. This chair could be your seat in the mornings or afternoons during this Winter season. All you can eat champurradas and coffee brought to you are included. Make your bid!
Día de los Difuntos or Day of the Dead is observed in Guatemala on November 2. This means that for a few days the all white necropolis of Antigua Guatemala receives a surge in color, especially yellows, oranges, and reds. Here’s the niche section full of color. The mausoleum area did not receive as much … Read more
As some of you may already know, I lead photo walks at three distinct cemeteries on All Saints Day. After a photography workshop on travel and street photography, we headed to the Mayan village of Santiago Sacatepequez, cradle of the giant kites and kites cooperatives. Rain was forecasted, but we were fortunate to have only … Read more
Last Saturday night, once again, “Un Mensaje al Cielo” or “A Message To The Sky” event released over 1,000 hot air balloons or paper lanterns from the Real Palacio de los Capitanes located on Central Park at 7pm. Over 3,000 people got together to celebrate the XXXVII Anniversary of the Declaration of Antigua Guatemala as … Read more
This lady sells and delivers flowers to many shops and houses in Antigua Guatemala. She’s quite a popular subject with photographers as well as I have seen her often on the photo streams. Does anyone know her name?
There are so many ways in which Guatemalans use eco-friendly lifestyles, such as hand carts for deliveries, recycling and repurposing of junk into new items, such as vehicle wheel rims into char-broiler grills or paint buckets that turn into plant pots. Often times though, there’s simply no environmental goals or thoughts that go into these … Read more
Here’s an everyday vista at Casa Presidencial in Antigua Guatemala; airing the laundry out in public view. As you can see, we don’t use too many gas or electric laundry dryers in Guatemala, as we prefer the abundance of sunshine and wind. Of course, this being the presidential house, drying the laundry in a back … Read more
Often I think that Antigua Guatemala is not Guatemala. La Antigua Guatemala is a bubble where the Guatemalan reality is warped. Then, I come across vistas like this one of people carrying leña, wood fuel, or water. Or I drive over the many potholes on a 500-meter piece of road from Antigua Guatemala to San … Read more
How could I not get in to take a peek at this new candy shop; I mean, as a photographer I am drawn to color, patterns and textures. By the way, if you want visit this candy store, from the main square head over to 3a calle poniente between 5a and 6a avenidas. Enjoy!
Thanks to Ecofiltro’s water stations, peppered through out Antigua Guatemala we now can offer free water for all. You can find these filtering watering stations at pharmacies, restaurants, shops, in every block of Antigua Guatemala. In my humble opinion, this is a great initiative as well as an effective marketing campaign which has brought brand … Read more
These traditional wooden ice cream carts found around Parque Central, the main square in Antigua Guatemala are so colourful and fit right in with the antique atmosphere of the colonial town. Of course, Guatemalans patronize these traditional carts because of the less expensive traditional ice cream offering. If you want to have a peak at … Read more
Inspired by the pop-up restaurant movement of Europe and North America, chief chef Rodrigo Aguilar of Por Q’ Comemos has popped up in Antigua Guatemala at Coffee Bloom with the collaboration with different chefs to achieve a new vision of contemporary Guatemalan cuisine. The idea is to create special events changing the location often to … Read more
Is there anyone caring for the horses that are used for the carriage tours around Antigua Guatemala? Follow the white rabbit to » to learn about the organisation Equinos Sanos Para El Pueblo, ESAP.
Sometimes life in La Antigua Guatemala feel like you’re going downhill with no break. Sometimes is the opposite. Summer is already here and times flies by quickly. Rains have dwindled again and we might have a long canícula, heat wave, again this year. Can you guess where was this picture taken? Follow the white rabbit … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is a very small town, less than one squared mile, about 10 blocks in the longest dimension. You could walk from one edge to the other edge in less than one hour. So, where do you find this curved street? Follow the white rabbit to » many more rainy season vistas from … Read more