Colourful Guatemalan Painted Boxes
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word for today: Cofre, that’s what we call this type of box, chest or trunk. We continue our …
Wooden Kitchen Utensils from Guatemala
Here are some samples of the typical kitchen utensils made in Guatemala. I don’t know about you, but I prefer wood and …
Guatemalan Ceramic Garden Heaters
This type ceramic heaters are used often in garden and patios to warm up the get togethers during chilly nights. It’s sort …
Antigua Guatemalan Water Jar
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word for the day: Tinaja or water jar. They don’t make things like they used. Take this over …
Colorful Hand-made Guatemalan Handicrafts
In a time and world where everything is manufactured in assembly lines in China, Guatemalan artisans still make colorful pieces by hand. …
Meet Suerte y Fortuna
Luck is nothing more than opportunity meeting preparation. So, I have to be ready when opportunity comes along. Can anyone tell why …
Clay Pottery for Sale
This wonderful clay pottery was brought all the way from Totonicapán; that’s near Xela in case you didn’t know, to be sold …
Guatemalan Fortune Owls
Did you know that the number 13 is sacred and a good luck number for the Maya? The same principal applies to …
Typical Guatemalan Nativity Scene
This is also the season of posadas (shelter quest) and nacimientos (nativity scenes) in Latin America, Guatemala and more specifically Antigua Guatemala. …
The Most Typical Guatemalan Morral (Satchel)
The satchel shown above has to be most typical and the most often found Guatemalan morral. You can find this kind of …
The Dreamcatchers in Antigua Guatemala
If I were you I would be very careful about walking around Calle del Arco. See, there’s guy selling dreamcatchers, atrapasueños in …
Cucurucho Handicrafts
The fear of photography is real in Antigua Guatemala. More often I am finding signs which prohibit photography. That’s kind of ironic …
Making the Sale
If you spent any time on Parque Central, this will be one of the most common vistas. If you spend too much …
Traditional Guatemalan Baskets
These are the more traditional baskets found in Guatemala. I believe these baskets are made from Maguey fiber. Kathryn Rousso knows for …
Pine-needle Baskets
At the recent Fair Trade Fair in Antigua Guatemala I found these gorgeous baskets made from dried pine needles. The vendor had …