On August 12th, the entry about The Dance of the Giants, I mentioned that on the weekends Calle del Arco, Antigua’s most famous and photographed street, becomes a pedestrian strip. It is nice to see dogs and cyclists take advantage of the extra space. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / dogs / … Read more
This is close-up view of the “undocumented alien” in my garden. I plan to have more strict rules for this migrant plants, including but not limited to, random searches, x-rays checks, striping, finger-printing the branches, photos (which I already do), background checks, et-cetera. You can never be “too careful” about your garden. Now, if this … Read more
If you love the bougainvillea flowers as much as Pamela does, and you don’t want to move to a secret island called Tenerife, you better move to La Antigua where buganvilias blossom year-round, people are nice, the weather is fabolous, and the houses are so expensive that you will have to sell two houses in … Read more
This photo of a flor de pascua plant (Poinsettias) was taken in my garden, next to the driveway. I did not plant it, nor I have done anything to maintain it. We could just summarize the situation of the plant as this: An “undocumented alien” in my garden, which is very welcomed. Poinsettias bloom from … Read more
I showed you these palm trees on August 28th as they reflect on the water tank at the public washbasins at Parque de la Unión (Union Park). Today’s photo is right across the street from yesterday’s Santa Clara Ruins photo. There are not many palm trees around Antigua, as a matter of fact, this is … Read more
Coffee trees do not grow very tall and that is why they are easy to harvest. Here you see coffee trees which are the short plants and the shadow trees which are the tall trees. Coffee trees need shadow trees and that is why is easy to confuse them, especially if you never have seen … Read more
The problem with old trees is that they are too tall; trimming the old branches becomes an ordeal. Here two employees of Hotel Antigua can not reach the branches even though they are using scaffolds. They need the help of a third employee who is on the tree. Can you spot the third employee on … Read more
Twice before I have mentioned that fences are alive around Antigua. Here you can see two coffee plantation, one each side of the road. On the right, they have a natural and live green fence. On the left, there is a wall which is completely covered by plants. In the background you can see Volcán … Read more
I posted a photo on June 6th with some of these exotic flowers in a truck. Now, I get the chance to present them to you in a fountain. Okay, this is the last photo I will post from Hotel Centro Colonial Antigua even though I took more and I uploaded 8 of them to … Read more
One thing is very obvious in the photos of Guatemala: Green is everywhere (Lisi would be happy here since she loves green). On my post of Wood used as fuel in Antigua, I told you the etymology of the word Guatemala; in short it means Land of forest. For the whole story go, click the … Read more
Back on July 9th I told you that Guatemala sells light and color when I showed you an open door that leads to a garden at Posada del Ángel. I still believe sunshine is one the best reasons to visit Antigua, but not the only one. As you can see on this photo, you can … Read more
Izote tree with branches, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Patsy found this tree very interesting. It is called Palo de Izote and it is related to the Joshua Tree. I have posted several photos where the tree shows up; click on the following links to see the photos (f1, f2, f3). Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / … Read more
Ruins are everywhere in Antigua. Heck you could even say the whole town is a ruin or a post card from the past. Here you see the rear of the San Jerónimo ruins. I mentioned on June 18th that Palo de Izote is used often as a fence. Well, here is the proof. If you … Read more
Palo de Izote is a relative of the Yucca Tree. It is present in almost all gardens and fences here and everywhere in Southeast Mexico and Central America. In my San José el Viejo ruins photo on June 10th, it caught the eye of Patsy. I do not know how she was able to extract … Read more
There are many ruins in Antigua, most of them, are churches, convents and monasteries. San José el Viejo ruins is pictured here. This photo was taken half a block from the previous entry and about two minutes later.