AntiguaDailyPhoto’s Top 12 of 2010
12. Colorful Guatemalan Balls, 11. Cathedral Spot Lights Zooming, 10. Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers, 09. The Ages of …
Guatemala Is A Pyromaniac’s Hell
Guatemala’s a pyromaniac hell or paradise, what is it? I remember reading earlier this year a tweet from Xeni Jardin, one of …
Colorful Guatemalan Balls And Full Lunar Eclipse
These plastic balls are the most popular and thus the most often seen balls in Guatemala. They are very inexpensive and very …
Nine Days of Posadas
We interrupt our regularly scheduled December comfort foods series to bring you the following special bulletin. Since yesterday night, December 15, there …
Unmounting the Christ Figure from the Cross
At the end of the mass service for the Feast of Out Lady of Guadalupe while I was trying to get out …
Eucharistic celebration on Our Lady of Guadalupe Day
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12, 2010 in La Antigua Guatemala began at midnight with firecrackers, firebombs and …
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
This year’s Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been the best one I have covered in La Antigua Guatemala thus far. …
Diablo Piñatas for Burning of the Devil
La quema del diablo (Burning of the Devil) used to be this tradition, little known outside of Guatemala. I say “used to …
“Los Abuelitos” Guatemalan Tamales Shop
Question: If La casa de Los Abuelitos has already a red lantern signaling that they sell tamales, then why on earth would …
Free Internet 3G Modems in Guatemala
In February of 2009 I declared that soon enough there was going to Internet Access in Every Corner of Guatemala. Back then …
Flowers for the dead
You’re not dead until you’re forgotten I read somewhere or maybe I heard it. If it is a quote, can you tell …
Giant Kites from Santa María Cauqué
I am still getting over a cold, so I was a bit hesitant to leave home for All Saints Day. However, since …
Guatemalan Kites As Decoration
Through October and November you can find many businesses using Guatemalan kites as decoration. Last year I showed you some colorful giant …
Mass Service at Antigua’s Cathedral
During one of the afternoon mass services I happened to be at the Cathedral. The visual fortune that Catholic church offers to …
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Qué será, será… Alfred Hitchcock has to be one my favorite directors, along with Kubrick, and I often pay tribute to him …