Freshly-picked avocados for sale
One of the benefits of living in the villages of La Antigua Guatemala is that many of the neighbors sell their excess …
Fresh Bread Is Baked Twice Daily
Some of you might recall that fresh tortillas are available three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, fresh bread …
The ecological way to dry clothes
Believe it or not, with the ecological clothesline is how most Guatemalans dry their clothes. At least in this particular case, Guatemala’s …
It’s Jacaranda Season in Antigua Guatemala
Sometimes it feels like the jacaranda trees begin flowering to coincide with the Cuaresma to add the natural purple to the 40 …
Antigua Boulder Challenge Detail
When is boulder not a boulder? When a boulder is for a climbing competition. Such was the case today when there was …
Colorful Eggshells for the Guatemalan Carnival
As published last year, these colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark …
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – The Blues Brothers by Blues Brothers Soundtrack on Grooveshark In Guatemala Valentine’s Day has a much …
We Are What We Eat
If we are what we eat, then this is what Guatemalans are made of. The vegetables above the most often found in …
Antigua Guatemala Parking Permits
These news may come as total shock to some of you, but I figure today is as good day as any to …
Guatemalan Tienditas
Guatemala has taken the concept of convenience store to new levels. Tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer …
San Francisco El Grande Niche
This niche and statue of San Francisco (Saint Francis) can be found at the entrance of the façade looking north of Iglesia …
Selling Comales
What better way to start the new year than with a brand new clay comal to cook the best tasting tortillas. A …
Guatemalan Nacimiento for Christmas Eve in Antigua
Here’s a simple Nacimiento made from corn husks to celebrate Navidad. As I have described before, with the Feast for the Virgin …
Almost Ready for 2012
It looks like the Muni is almost ready to wave goodbye to 2011. The sign for 2012 is already in place and …
Wall Decoration: Chairs
I believe this is the second time I noticed these wooden rustic chairs hanging from a wall. In the post Hanging Chairs …
Perspective Is Everything!
Yes, perspective is everything! If you don’t believe me compare the Tea Partiers and the Occupy Wall Street movement, since both share …
San José El Viejo Dome
Always remember to look up, down, left and right. You’ll never know what you will by simple change of perspective.
Paca Nation
Because I am a politically correct person I will say that Guatemala is one of major recycling centers for things discarded in …
Bubble
Awakening The morning of your first life: You arise, awestruck by the dream. The air is poignant with mystery and promise. Golden …
Antorchas de Independencia
As every year, on September 14, people from all over the Guatemala begin marathons to go to another part of the country …
Guatemalan Alienation
This year FOTO»30, Guatemala’s Photo September, a month full of photographic exhibits has as the encompassing theme the concept Nation. I remember …
Guatemala’s the Birth place for Chocolate
Did you know that Guatemala is the birthplace for chocolate? If not, read on. Cocoa bean (also cacao bean,[1] often simply cocoa …
Marimba Close-Up
Not much to say about the marimba except it’s Guatemala’s national instrument. But, did you know the chromatic marimba was developed in …
Man-made Tree-looking Structure
Today’s entry is a follow up to Camouflaging Cellular Towers where I mentioned how fortunate we are in La Antigua Guatemala where …
Maestros del Web in AntiguaDailyPhoto
I am a lucky guy! As I shared with you before, I am so lucky to have among my friends and acquaintances, …
Concrete Bench
Do all local governments tag or label every public work they execute? I ask because this is something I never noticed before …
Roasting and Grinding Coffee In Situ
We are very fortunate in La Antigua Guatemala because we have great coffee available all year. In case you didn’t know delicious …
Catholic Decorations: Arcángel San Miguel
For some reason, Arcángel San Miguel is quite popular in Guatemala. Around Antigua Guatemala there at least two communities that carry San …
Catholic Decorations: San Cristóbal
We continue the Catholic Decorations series with an image of San Cristóbal (Saint Christopher). Because Christopher offered protection to travelers and against …
Catholic Decorations: Angel
Angels are, of course, the most often found catholic imagery decoration found in La Antigua Guatemala. The wooden angel above can be …
Catholic Decorations: San Miguel
La Antigua Guatemala has to be most catholic town in Guatemala, heck make that Central America. Nowhere is Catholicism more solidly embedded …
Rain Threads
Even though it is difficult to see, these rain threads are an actual record of heavy rains. Boy oh boy, when it …
At Guatemala’s RENAP DPI Station
RENAP stands for Registro Nacional de las Personas or National Registry of Persons. RENAP is the government institution in charge of replacing …
Casa Antigüeña: Colonial Shower
Simple and elegant, that’s what I think is the essence of the colonial architecture of the Casa Antigüeña. How about you? What …
Casa Antigüeña: Circular Staircase
A huge part of the beauty of the Casa Antigüeña is found in its details. Simple details like a rustic round staircase …
Colonial and Modern Contrasts
Slowly but surely these ugly, but necessary antennas are disappearing from the Antigua Guatemala skyline. Some of the antennas around Antigua Guatemala …
Guatemalan Wealth of Colors and Textiles
I don’t know in what position is located Guatemala in terms of wealth resources as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) …
For Whom the Bell Tolls?
No man is an island, entire of itself… any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never …
The Mayan Arch in Contemporary Guatemalan Architecture
The Mayan arch is not often found in contemporary Guatemalan architecture, so it’s refreshing to find it at a friend’s home. In …
Nostalgia Triggers
The other day while I waited for the fresh and hot tortillas to come out of the comal I noticed an orange …
Mailbox: Letters Wanted
Today AntiguaDailyPhoto.com is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Also, the CityDailyPhoto community around the world is having the monthly theme day which is …
The Mayor’s Seat
A few days ago several members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua (Antigua’s Photo Club) and I went to the Municipalidad (City Hall) …
Antigua Style Patio Dining Area
Can you picture yourself having a Sunday breakfast or brunch with a pot of hot coffee from La Antigua Guatemala and your …
Baroque Niche from Antigua Guatemala
That’s what I call baroque style to the fullest. Do you know in what building one can find this baroque niche?
Antigua Attics
As I mentioned before in the Casa Antigüeña series, building codes in La Antigua Guatemala prohibit new construction of two-story houses (wink, …
Baroque Cupola from Antigua Guatemala
Here are a few questions for you to respond. As always, the answers are in the archives. This cupola belongs to what …
Doorlocks
Isn’t it just engaging to run into so many different doorlocks around La Antigua Guatemala? This one is found in one of …
The Germans in Guatemala 1820-1944
In case you didn’t know, in Guatemala we had a large influx of Germans for over a century. Regina Wagner, a Guatemalan …
Coffee and Post Card Writing Time
This was the very first time I became aware of the location of the table with the antique map on top. The …
Grape Vines in La Antigua Guatemala?
I am certain this is not the only grape vine in La Antigua Guatemala, but this is perhaps the only one with …
Boots “R” Us
Boots, boots, boots… I bet you didn’t know that there is town near Antigua Guatemala where one can choose from a large …
Spanish Tiles Roofs
I am sure I am not the only one who enjoys looking at the repetition and texture created by the terra-cotta Spanish …
Mermaid Architectonic Detail
I wonder what’s the fascination with mermaids and sirens around La Antigua Guatemala, a town located in the highlands of Guatemala, a …
Old-style Butcher Shop
Sometimes I feel that I am capturing through my photographs a rapidly disappearing lifestyle. It’s kind of weird to photograph a colonial …
Guatemalan Chicken Bus Kitsch
Among my photographic resolutions for 2011, I have written down: Documenting all the chicken bus kitsch decorations. How about a teddy bear …
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 …
Merry Christmas Decorations
Even though you may seem Christmas decorations as early as September in Guatemala, the official Christmas season celebrations begins with the Burning …
Acatenango Volcano Saga
It’s very enjoyable to look at how the condensation concentrates on vegetation on the volcanic slopes. Probably it would have been nicer …
Spinning in Antigua Guatemala
I guess I am drawn unconsciously to repetitive patterns. With spinning in La Antigua Guatemala once again I show several kinds of …
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 …
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 …
Rustic Door Handle
Simple and functional works for me. Today’s image you can find almost everywhere in La Antigua Guatemala. The elements: metal, wood, rust, …
Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers
Oh there’s nothing better than a great cup of Guatemalan coffee and the online newspapers to begin a Sunday Morning. I normally …
Guatemalan Coins
A few things we should know about the two coins shown in the picture above. First, the 25 centavos coin is normally …
Mayan Stela Replicas in Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know if it was a trend at one point or another in La Antigua Guatemala, but I have found several …
Guatemalan Coffees Are Truly Green
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for …
The Ages of Coffee
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
The Hands That Rock the Coffee
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
The Rainiest Year Ever
This has to be the rainiest year ever in my entire life. I had never ever seen so much rainfall. After several …
Forged Metal Door Knocker
How can one find beauty in such a rustic forged metal knocker? I don’t know, but the instant I saw it I …
Brand New 200 Quetzals Bill is Already Circulating
Today while doing some banking mandados, errands, out of curiosity I ask if they already had the brand new Q200 bill (200 …
Antigua’s Antique Bicycles
This how imagine a parking lot looked like at the beginning of the 20th Century in La Antigua Guatemala. Nowadays, however, I …
Coupled Up
For as long as there’s love, couples will feel the desire to record their names, interlocked, as proof that at one point …
Weather Forcast for Antigua Today: Sunny
This is how Guatemala’s Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, INSIVUMEH for short, measures the hours of sun light for …
Guatemalan Geek Squad Lunch
One important goal for me is to show you what’s possible and what’s available in La Antigua Guatemala. Believe it or not, …
We’re Men of Maize Diner Decoration
Café Santa María is quite possibly the most popular comedor in Antigua Guatemala nowadays. I eat there at least twice a week …
Guatemalan Culture and History Through Textiles
The Maya were among the most prominent story tellers. The Maya ‘wrote’ just about everything. I am sure that if the ancient Maya scribblers had access to Twitter and Facebook, they would have had busy timelimes; heck they would have used aggregators to fill their lifestream with every imaginable media.
Pasadores Coloniales
Can you guess what kind of furniture has these fasteners on it? Hint, hint, a recent sign has the word you’re looking …
Flyers Launch Pad
What a creative way to distribute volantes, flyers, don’t you think? By the way, I believe it’s time to go out at …
Colonial Búcaro Fountain
One or more búcaro fountains are found along a patio or corridor away from the main fountain normally found in the center …
Antigua Colonial Niche
This has to be one of the more elaborate niches I have seen around Antigua Guatemala, except for the niches on the …
Exotic Flower Arrangements
This was the second time I was alerted about the exotic flower arrangements placed on the fountains prior to a procession or …
The Economics of the Holy Week
As Semana Santa, the Holy Week before Easter, approaches, the historic colonial town of Antigua sees almost daily processions. These processions include …
Moon lit cupolas
This is a follow up image to Luna de Antigua to ease you up at the start of a new week. I …
The Young Maya and Technology
On January 4, 2010, in the comments posted under Digital life in Antigua Guatemala, Braaad wondered aloud: “I can’t wait till smartphones …
Natural Texture from Escuela de Cristo Church
Beauty in things exists merely in the mind which contemplates them. —David Hume’s Essays, Moral and Political, 1742 (source: phrases.org.uk) I agree …
Making Pilas: Setting the Mold
The first step of making the Guatemalan washbasin is to set the concrete mold pieces and then filling it with concrete. The …
Making Pilas: Removing the Mold
Actually, I should say removing the mold pieces. Basically, to manufacture pilas, washbasins, there four basic steps: Set the mold pieces and …
Making Pilas: Adding Color
These pilas go for a little over Q500/$60 because they use higher quality paint and more cement in the concrete mixture. Cheaper …
Making Pilas: Putting the Dots
First of all, I read ALL your comments. I don’t always find time to reply every single comment, but I do read …
Owls Are Abundant In La Antigua Guatemala
There seems to be an abundance of tecoltes, owls, around Antigua Guatemala. The reasons you might see lots of tecolotes in Guatemala …
Spanish Tile Roof Texture
I love textures and La Antigua Guatemala seems to possess an endless amount of textures. Perhaps the fact that I am a …
Typical Kitchen Cupola from Antigua Guatemala
Steve Jobs said: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. I agree with him. What about you?
Typical Guatemalan Fireworks Stand
What characteristics or traits can be extrapolated from a culture by looking at a simple kiosk? I’ll start and then you share …
Guatemalan Nacimientos or Nativity Scenes
During early December, in Guatemala people begin putting up their Nacimientos (Nativity Scenes); a tradition that was brought to Guatemala by Santo …