What I have promised to share with you are stamps of daily life from around Antigua Guatemala. Well, as much as possible I try to do that along with other images to give you a complete picture of what is like to live in Antigua Guatemala. That’s always been the purpose of AntiguaDailyPhoto; to show … Read more
Once again Parque Central is looking radiant for the Christmas season with the help of over 200,000 lights. It is a very wonderful experience to seat at bench and watch people and look at serendipity at work. Hones, this is too much of a good thing. Come and enjoy it for yourself!
Parque Central, or Central Park, is the heart of Antigua Guatemala. And just as any heart, it pumps fresh new blood through out our colonial town. At Plaza Mayor, Main Square, the official name, one can watch people and see how stories develop. There is always a bench or shaded area to watch the interaction … Read more
Here’s your Guatemalan-Spanish word of the day: Chamusca, an informal football match. All you need is a few friends or visitors, a dirt field or park and a fútbol ball to build life-long relationships. In this picture, you can see how the shoe-shine kids take a break from work, leave their wooden shoe-shine boxes on … Read more
How about you? Can you share with us what are the things that you like about Guatemala.
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Burbujas or bubbles. Such simple game to play with kids and adults alike in Antigua Guatemala’s main square. So inexpensive as well and not batteries are required. I believe that as often as possible we should unplug to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. By the way, sometimes … Read more
Some of things I teach during the AntiguaPhotoWalks.com that I lead around town is composition rules, including sub-framing, which is the act of using natural frames found on streets, such as arches, windows, doors, branches, or even a pair of legs, such as in this case. Another thing that I teach is that pictures of … Read more
People watching while sun-bathing are about the most enjoyable activities to do for free in Antigua Guatemala. Can you recall when was the last time you had the chance to seat at a bench in Parque Central and just do nothing while enjoying the warm sun and watch people coming and going?
This picture of two Guatemalan young women laughing so hard at the main square of Antigua Guatemala is my most recent capture during the Antigua Photo Walk I lead last Saturday. These two girls were taking a break from selling the Guatemalan candy known as turrón [post coming up soon] when I approached them to … Read more
Or rather from Santiago de Compostela to Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala reads the plaque of this monument donated by Spain to symbolize the encounter of the sides of the Atlantic ocean. By the way, this monument was located at the Parque de La Unión prior to its renovations and from there it had … Read more
Here’s what the main square of Antigua Guatemala looks like on a typical day of the rainy season. Even though is an overcast day, you can still get some sunshine during the day, most days. By the way, this is what a day in our horrible weather looks like. I have made some plans to … Read more
Kids will be kids, here and everywhere. I enjoy seeing them smile, laugh and playing care free without a worry in the world, at least for a breath moment. How would you caption this photograph?
Tomorrow AntiguaDailyPhoto will be celebrating 8 years of daily multimedia updates from and around Antigua Guatemala. Come and celebrate and let us know what are your favourite photos and posts. I read somewhere that one of the longest relationships one can have is with your siblings, often longer than with our parents. Here I was … Read more
I wonder how many things one can do at Parque Central. I have shared several dozen activities through out the years, I think, but guitar lessons even surprised me. How about you, what’s the strangest thing you have seen at the main square of Antigua Guatemala?
Here are some the notes from the talk “Las Sirenas de La Antigua Guatemala” by Dr. Miguel F. Torres that I attended a few weeks ago. Sirens or mermaids are mythological beings from prehistory. Their origins go as far back as Sumerian and Egyptians gods and survived thanks for Homer’s description of their singing in … Read more