Fresh Produce at the Farmers’ Fair
The fresh produce available at the Farmers’ Fair and at the market are so irresistible. As you can see in the picture …
Farmers’ Fair in La Antigua Guatemala
On my way to work I came across this small farmers’ fair at the Alameda of El Calvario Church. This fair is …
The Body Puppets Show of Rodolfo de León and Larraitz Iparragirre
It is so good to have friends who are artists; they keep you cultivated and entertained. Such is the case of Rodolfo …
The Loud Voices of the Guatemalan Writers of the Post-War
L-R: Ronald Flores, Ana María Rodas, Javier Payeras, Julio Serrano, Francisco Alejandro Méndez As I have shared with you, last Saturday I …
Tortilla Making Lessons for Manolo
Since Manolo needs to improve his tortilla making skills, I am posting this image to help him in the process. Even Carmen …
Surf’s Up Dudes!
Last year I showed you one of the Surf Shops in La Antigua Guatemala and talked about surfing in Guatemala in general. …
Don’t Laugh At Me!
“… Nothing became Something. For many in the community this Something is the realization that their kids, who barely had touched a book, can read something because they like it. The biggest change we see it in the problematic children, those who can hardly stay put. We let them read laying down on a carpet, aloud or in silence, right-reading or backwards, or we give them audio books, and little by little they end up reading all of them…” —Kyle Passarelli (fragment freely translated from the article Biblioteca Caldo de Piedra as it appeared in Spanish in the latest issue of Revista Recrearte)
I read to my little brother
Kids reading to kids; now we are onto something! While reviewing the wishlist for the Caldo de Piedra Library Project, I occurred …
Caldo de Piedra Library Project
Boy, do I have a soft spot for libraries! Often I highlight library projects like the Bibliobús of Probigua, which I nicknamed …
Uniformed Tourist Queue
Often, around La Antigua Guatemala, you see long lines of tourist in uniforms; sometimes is just a t-shirt, sometimes is the everything. …
Campaign Against Tuberculosis in Guatemala
I caught a shot of marching students and the municipal band in a campaign of awareness and against tuberculosis. I even got …
Looking Out from Rainbow Reading Room
This is the kind of smile you see often on people’s faces who visit La Antigua Guatemala. The weather gods do help, …
Fuel Home Delivery in La Antigua Guatemala
Other colonial measurements still in use in present-day Guatemala are: Una mano (one hand or five of anything), un manojo (a bunch), una libra (a pound; this one may hurt many of you, but for sure, the civilized world now uses the kilo), una picopada (a truckload), una fila de frances (a row of french rolls), una arroba (@ or 25 pounds) un quintal (100 pounds), una cuerda (a cord equals 1/6 of city block), una medida (a measurement of whatever fits inside a small can or basket), una penca de banano (that’s a banana cluster), et-cetera or basically that’s what I can remember right now. I am sure the Guatemalans visitors will share other colonial measurements being used in Guatemala. There was a recent article about colonial measurement in Prensa Libre’s Revista Domingo under the title of Costumbres que pesan {ñ}.
The Old Man and the Band
This old man and the band are the tail of the procession. There goes Semana Santa 2008… we are at end of the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. Just one more day!
Gringos Making a Holy Week Carpet
Gringos are now an integral part of La Antigua Guatemala and therefore many of them participate of the preparations of the world …