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Chicken Bus Chronicles: The Groceries

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Sometimes things are so obvious that one doesn’t mull over them; that’s the way things are and you accept it. While taking the shot of this basket with the day’s groceries bought at the market, a simple fact became crystal clear. I thought well this basket looks kind of heavy, I am glad to know … Read more

The Jocote Monument in Jocotenango

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Today, for a mere random act, I ended up in Jocotenango and because we’ve talking and learning about jocotes, I remember to take a snapshot of the jocote monument at the entrance plaza in Jocotenango. The jocote monument is the giant jocote on top of the white pedestal, right after the flowers. I am sure … Read more

Getting Ready for Day of Dead

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As you can see in the picture above, most flower shops are working really hard to have a large inventory of flower arrangements for the Day of Dead celebrations around Antigua Guatemala. This picture was take at Floristerí­a Perpetuas Rosas (Perpetual Roses flower shop) inside the Antigua Guatemala’s market. Some of you may already know … Read more

Preparing the Flowers for the Dead

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By moving from one section of the mercado to another, we find that las floristerí­as (flower shops) are preparing the flower arrangements of the Dí­a de los muertos or Dí­a de los difuntos (Day of the Dead) celebrations. Above you see the round arrangements called coronas (crowns). Dí­a de los muertos is celebrated in Guatemala … Read more

Close-up Look at a Guatemalan Ice Cream Cart

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Here’s the scoop and the ice cream, vanilla flavored and once it gets put on the cone they top it with acid-sweet syrup that ice cream men called chirmol. Chirmol is the Guatemalan name for a tomato-based sauce with peppermint, onions and hot chiles; so this is not what they put on the ice cream. … Read more

Inside Look at a Guatemalan Ice Cream Cart

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Well, you know I have shown the traditional Guatemalan ice cream carts before, but this is a first look inside the cart. The Helados La Favorita cart is made from wood, with a few hands of oil-based paint, a drawing of the ever-present Disney characters. Inside there is a metal bucket which holds the ice … Read more

Preparing the Ice Cream Carts

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Whether the climate is cold, windy, rainy, or sunny, the ice cream carts go out to satisfy the needs of the ice cream lovers everywhere around Antigua Guatemala. In the picture above, you can see three Guatemalan traditional ice cream carts from La Favorita (the favorite) being prepared for sunny day. Come back tomorrow if … Read more