These electricians are working hard against the clock since they have to install over 225,000 lights over the trees of La Antigua’s Central Park before Sunday’s evening when the inauguration of the Christmas lights will take place. The Christmas lights will illuminate the Parque Central during the Navidad season. For extra bonus points, what date … Read more
On my way to lunch I caught all the Central Park photographers taking a break from the their photo-taking profession. Tourism has been slow and catching the majority of the photographers from Central Park taking shelter from the mid-day sun under the shadow of a tree is a good indication that things are slow. These … Read more
Here are the elements of a weekend photo of LAG on a weekend afternoon: The Bride and Groom The SUV The locals (whatever that means) The tourists The hippies The old cars The motorcycle The ice cream cart … Loteria! Every picture you take from anywhere around el parque central (is it called that way … Read more
Normally, every photo at AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com comes with a caption, a narrative or even a story. Not always, the story is about the photo itself and almost never the narrative is the story behind the photo. Today’s an exception. I went to one of the banks around Parque Central to do some mandados, errands, and when … Read more
I am glad to report the good news that Jean Ramses Anleu Fernández, better known as @jeanfer is free and happy since the case against him was found to be without merits. Some of you may recall that back on May 14th I brought you the sad news that Jeanfer was being arrested and fined … Read more
I don’t know how it happened, but I had lost this vista of the Jacaranda trees in bloom at La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park among the other 15,000 photos of my fototeca (photo library). Shame on me! 🙁 With this image of the jacaranda trees adding the subtle violet color to Antigua Guatemala main plaza … Read more
The winter weather in Antigua Guatemala has been wonderful: a little chilly, a little windy and a little warm, all in the same day; heck in the same hour sometimes. But, the winter weather in La Antigua Guatemala has been comfortable enough to entice strolling around town; especially around Antigua’s Central Park. As you can … Read more
According to the statistics only 67% of the population has Internet access in Guatemala (source somewhere in elperiodico.com.gt or prensalibre.com.gt), but by 2012 the stats will be close to 90% of the population with access to Internet. These figures sound a little off or highly inflated for a country like Guatemala where the majority of … Read more
I have shown quite of few pictures of the park in San Pedro Las Huertas , a village within the La Antigua Guatemala municipality, but I don’t think I have ever shown the entire park itself. What makes this plaza so particular and unique is the fact that there is a very large public laundry … Read more
Every year, On January 15th, thousands of pilgrims from Guatemala, the United States, Europe and other Central American countries flock to pay homage to the dark wooden image of the crucified Christ, the most revered Catholic shrine in Esquipulas, the spiritual center of Central America. The image of the Black Christ dates back to March … Read more
Every once in a while you reach certain marks in your life and in your projects and they serve to mull over all the things accomplished thus far and to look into the future and plan for new things. Well, I have reached this point and like this old fellow, I too will be doing … Read more
About a month ago I reported that La Antigua Guatemala had become the first digital city in Central America, but I did not get a chance to try out the free public wifi zone available in Antigua’s Main Plaza until now. Thanks to the iPod Touch I received as birthday present from my sisters, I … Read more
Sometimes in your way to work, you just have to stop, take a deep breath and sip from your cup of coffee from La Antigua Guatemala and enjoy the scenery around el Tanque de la Unión. Sometimes you just have to take all the wonderful light and color on the dry season in La Antigua … Read more
The above sign about ZONA WIFI (wifi zone) now on display on the four corners of the Plaza Mayor (Main Plaza) of La Antigua Guatemala is an initiative from local Municipalidad (City Hall) to provide FREE Internet wireless access; that’s what zona wifi really mean. As far as I know, with this FREE wifi zone … Read more
Almost a year ago I said that La Antigua Guatemala is the Wedding Capital of Guatemala. The term Wedding Destination Capital describes better La Antigua Guatemala, a top destination for couples, locals and foreigners, getting married in one of the churches. This is what I said last year on November 24th: La Antigua Guatemala is … Read more