The night of Friday, November 6, was the successful inauguration of the first exhibit of the Club Fotográfico de Antigua. There were a large number people interested in seeing the photographic work of the club members which in only 4 months have amassed a large quantity of imagery. There are close to 80 images hanging … Read more
Back in June, a few photography enthusiasts from La Antigua Guatemala, myself included, funded the Club Fotográfico de Antigua (Antigua’s Photo Club). With each passing month the Club Fotográfico de Antigua (CFA) receives new members and visitors interested in sharing a good time while admiring the photographs taken by the members, participating in the monthly … Read more
Some people out there can never see the good things, even if they were blinking right on their face. All they do is complain and nag about the most mundane stuff. I believe you have to show everything to give a more realistic picture. That also includes that good things that happen everyday but go … Read more
Tuesday the 13th, a day of much superstition, was the day of the a fundraising event at JP’s Rumbar for the non-government organization Niños de Guatemala. Perhaps, many people thought of it as a very unlucky day, yet, no one that attended the activity thought so. It was crowded! La Raíz played, candles lit the … Read more
Back in April the Guatemalan government, following the lead taken by Colombia and Venezuela some years ago, issued the Ley de Transito-Motocicletas decreto 105-2009 (PDF file) which, simply stated, stipulates one person per motorbike. At the time 6 out of every 10 murders in Guatemala were reportedly being carried out by gunmen on two wheels. … Read more
Continuing with the night photography thread from the Theme Day, we also add number 101 sign to overflowing Sign category. If you step away from the monitor just a little, you will see a heart shape being form by the spot lights, do you see it? Today, we are also trying a new skin or … Read more
Without the least intention of bragging (sure, Rudy, whatever you say), I would like to share with you our window view from our home studio from where AntiguaDailyPhoto gets published! 😉 This photo first appeared in the Antigua News Tweets stream located on the sidebar, below the Support our efforts menu; yes right there to … Read more
Mañana martes es día del ejército. No sé que nuevo nombre tiene ahora esta “celebración” luego de los acuerdos de Paz. Como les cambiaron a los existentes tanto e intrujeron otra docena de días festivos, seguramente es algo así como “Día del martirologio contra el sistema asesino”, o a lo mejor se puede conocer dentro … Read more
Me gano la vida de lo que la gente me regala. —Mago Dory I earn my living from what people give me as tips. —Mago Dory Mago Dory will be the first entry in the Antigua Characters category. I have thought I should wait until I can do a series, but if I follow this … Read more
For those who come to AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com for the photos, here’s today’s photo of paninos or paninis which I believe are Italian words for sandwiches. In the picture above you can appreciate the cheese and chicken panino from Café Barista which aims to have gourmet sandwiches to accompany their large selection of up-scale coffee selection. A … Read more
Oh how I wish I could be like Truman Capote and take this avalanche of twits, news, videos about a scandal developing right now in Guatemala City an turn it into a novella. But, like I said before, “… if Kafka had lived in Latin America, he surely would had been a clerk all of … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park is the most often used stage around town for free culture events. In this particular case, the park served as stage for FICCUA VI; that’s the Festival of Central American Colleges of Culture and Art. For three days there were cultural and artistic manifestations in the Parque Central and with … Read more
As requested by many readers of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo, here are the new parking/entrance fee regulations of La Antigua Guatemala. About a 1.5 kms (1 mile) before the entrance there is sign that Welcomes you to La Antigua Guatemala, declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site. See the first photo below and click it … Read more
Antigua Guatemala is full of Quixotes who do not know about impossibles. Alejandro del Valle is such a Quixote who after careful consideration decided to take on the gigantic enterprise to convert the burnt cooking oil from all those restaurants around La Antigua Guatemala and Guatemala City into renewal biodiesel energy to be used in … Read more
Details, details, details. Oh boy, here are those ugly power lines again. But wait, what’s in the background? Sure enough, now everywhere you look in and around Antigua Guatemala, you find yourself with antennas. It feels like there’s a race to turn La Antigua Guatemala into the first full wireless city in Latin America. The … Read more