Municipal Band Concerts on Fridays
On Fridays, between 4 and 6 p.m., you can seat on one of the benches in Parque Central and enjoy of a …
Monk in San Francisco El Grande Church
It is not unusual to come across monks or nuns in La Antigua Guatemala. This morning as I was driving past the …
Don’t Ask for Directions Here!
La Antigua Guatemala is based on the time-tested Spanish grid of Streets and Avenues (see this map to get an idea). Streets …
Upside Down Arches
The first time I published the arches reflected on the water tank at Tanque de la Unión Park in La Antigua Guatemala, there were many people who really liked the photo. There were even some Guatemalans who said the reflection was done in Photoshop. Now you can take the statement either way: you can feel proud to know that you’ve snapped a shot that people think you spent many hours in the digital lab of Photoshop or you can take it as a put down on your photo-taking ability. I am glad I am very competent in the Photoshop department, heck I could even argue that I excel in the skills of Photoshop since I started working in version 2 and I use the program in a daily basis.
Voters Registration Campaign
A new roller-coaster ride has began in Guatemala: it is once again election year. Guatemala has election every four years. Normally people …
Lent Celebrations Began Today
In the Catholic realm the Holy Week Celebrations begin today with the Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Cuaresma, the Spanish …
Spinning tops
Trompo is the Spanish word for spinning top. Here you can see the Guatemalan wooden handicraft version and one of them at …
El Calvario Church in Antigua Guatemala
El Calvario Church, located to the south of La Antigua Guatemala, is another famous landmark, yet it only took me 290 entries …
Antigua Guatemala’s City Hall by Night
On the north side of Parque Central (Central Park) stands the Antigua Guatemala’s Town Hall, Municipalidad in Spanish or Muni for short. …
Captains’ Palace at night in Antigua Guatemala
Since several of the Daily Photo Cities are publishing images with low-light or taken at night, I decided to continue with other …
Façade of Belén Church in Antigua Guatemala
No MarieMcc, this is not the façade of my house. This façade belongs to the Capilla de Belén (Bethlehem Chapel) located right …
New houses that look old, what gives?
Under normal circumstances you build a new house and you expect it to look new. Here in Antigua the opposite is true. …
Stairway to heaven
As soon as you enter the doorway to Hotel Centro Colonial Antigua you are presented with this winding stairway that takes you …
Light is a good reason to visit Antigua
Back on July 9th I told you that Guatemala sells light and color when I showed you an open door that leads …
Arches reflected on Tanque de la Unión
Here is the other side of the Tanque de la Unión.
Book fair in Antigua
La Antigua Guatemala was founded as Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala (Saint James of the Lords of Guatemala) on July 25th, …
City Hall arches 2003-2004
Another shot of the arches in the City Hall (Municipalidad) building. As you can see this was photographed near the end of …
Police Station building
Arches in the Police and Government Building. This is in the south side of the Central Park. In the north side of …
Arches of the City Hall building
Arches of the City Hall building in La Antigua Guatemala. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Guatemala / Antigua / Arches / City …