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Strolls in Parque Central

El Parque Central (Central Park click the link to see all the previous photos related to the park) is one of the …

Jamtigua 2006 for all

Jamtigua is a music festival, now in its second year. Jamtigua is the merging of the words Jam and Antigua and the …

Please, braid my hair

Selling folk-art is only one of the activities that these two Indigenous girls do. —Don’t move little sister or I might hurt …

Buying Folk-art on the Streets

Guatemalan textiles are among the most look-after items in the folk-art markets. You have to be careful though, they come in two …

Selling Folk-art on the Street

This outdoor folk-art market sets on the street outside the El Carmen Ruins on the weekends only, located about two blocks from …

One way or another…

Guatemalan textiles are world-famous. As a graphic designer, I have been intrigued for a long while now about the fact that the …

Pay day

You get off a bit early from work so you can run to the bank and cash your weekly paycheck. Modernity has …

The long wait for…

… Equal opportunity. Related entries: Selling folk-art on the park Where are the Maya women going to? Let’s go mija, we’re are …

Selling folk-art on the park

Many indigenous women earn their living by selling folk-art on the parks. This photo was taken at Iglesia de la Merced in …

Contemplating the heavy rain

On July 2nd, I told you that because all the positive feedback and comments I had received so far, I had decided …

Antigua’s market vendor

Antigua’s market vendor, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Supermarket is the theme for today in 25 daily city blogs. Antigua does not have …

Fruits and jelly stand

Here is another fruit stand in Antigua’s market. Most vegetable and fruits stands are owned by Guatemala’s indigenous people. The mayority of …

Antigua’s market vegetable stand

Veggies and Lucky, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Antigua’s market days are Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Although, you can go to the market …

A look at Antigua’s market

Veggie stands, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Although this is not a very good shot, it shows of one the areas of the …