Two kids, one on each side of the fun, are seen in this Día del Niño, Children’s Day in Guatemala. I wish for all children in Guatemala to have a fulfilling childhood with lots of fun and safety environment and not only today we remember or pay attention to the less fortunate kids in Guatemala. … Read more
Torches, marathons and student marching bands parades are the main activities Guatemalans do for celebrating Independence Day. These activities usually begin manifesting on the first days of September, but around 10 or 11 is impossible not to notice them. Each activities has a reason and history as to how it became part of the Independence … Read more
Among other news this week was the controversy and rage about Guatemala’s Gallo beer on the social media networks, especially on Facebook. Well, it looks like someone discovered that the Gallo beer was being sold in Mexico as a Mexican beer with Mexican motifs and a great price, so much more economically than in Guatemala. … Read more
Today was the day. Today Fuego Volcano stole the spot lights with the largest pyroclastic activity seen in recent times. The arrest of Antigua Guatemala’s Mayor and ten other people accused of corruption and taking public funds took a second stage. On the other hand, the Antorchas de la Independencia, Independence Torches continue arriving and … Read more
The Liberty Torches Marathons Have Began. As in previous years, people from all over Guatemala begin a marathon to go to another part of the country to get the flame so they can bring back the Independence Torch back to their communities. There are many places the have a torch where other people from other … Read more
This is one of the images with which I am participating this year in Guatemala’s largest photo festival, FOTO30, which spans the 30 days of September; thus the name. “Víctimas y victimarios” or “Victims and Victimizers” photo exhibition was organized by the Club Fotográfico de Antigua, CFA for short, of which I am a co-founder. … Read more
I believe Guatemala is among the countries with the highest indexes of malnutrition, so, it was great to see a campaign to bring forth the importance of nutrition even if it is a fast-food restaurant who’s sponsoring the campaign. Methinks this year is going to be especially harsh on the poor people of Guatemala who … Read more
This mosaic mural is located on one the main wall of the César Brañas Cultural Center. Pasión por los Mosaicos, passion for the mosaics, is group of mosaic artists based in Argentina who through AntiguaDailyPhoto loyal reader and supporter Shelley Rozell, organized, created and installed this mural pyramid of mosaic plaques created by several artists. … Read more
If you want to learn how to make chocolates now you can in Antigua Guatemala if you stop by Chocomuseo, a chocolate delicatessen shop next door to Doña Luisa restaurant that has workshops that teach young and not so young how to prepare them. If you like chocolates a bit, stay away from Chocomuseo, listen … Read more
The surveillance system monitoring center is a room without windows, but, boy oh boy, the have some of the best views in town, I especially liked the dome cameras which rotate to see anything with a 270˚ rotating angle. I was told everything is ready to begin work on the second phase of the additional … Read more
The first phase of the Antigua Guatemala security camera surveillance system, sort of the chapín Skynet, came online on February 2012 with 60 high-definition cameras connected via a fiber optic network. Most of the cameras have a 36x zoom capability and are installed at fixed key intersection through out Antigua Guatemala. There are four dome … Read more
Finally Guatemala’s postal service is moving forward into to recent past, yes, believe it or not only four months ago a bar code scanner was implemented in Antigua Guatemala. Which means now Il Postino, El Cartero in Spanish, can scan the correspondence bar codes right before the delivery and his GPS location, time and date … Read more
My commitment has always been to bring you typical quotidian stamps from Antigua Guatemala. Unfortunately our beautiful enchanting little town also happens to be the tourism capital for Guatemala first and for Central America at large, so it should come as no surprise that some of the typical vistas from Antigua Guatemala are also touristic … Read more
Last night I received a text message with the following orders: Get the camera and take photos of Volcán de Fuego; lots of lava and lighting storms. So, as instructed by Nelo, I took my camera, mounted it on the tripod and shot a few photos. I must say these were the largest eruptions I … Read more
I just received these photos from my dear friend and AntiguaDailyPhoto consultant and eye witness Christian Van Der Henst who happened to be about five houses from where a helicopter crashed a little over one hour ago. This will be the third helicopter that happens to crash in Guatemala in recent weeks. As a matter … Read more