This is one of the two bus stops in San Miguel Escobar, 1 kilometers separates the two bus stops. Even though San Miguel Escobar is only a district, Zona 6 to be precise, of Ciudad Vieja, this community has strong identity and festivities around the Archangel Saint Michael, observed on September 29. Furthermore, where San … Read more
Take a photographic tour around the San Miguel Escobar through these posts: Bingo Afternoon in San Miguel Escobar Painting the San Miguel Escobar Church Guatemalan Town Fair Food Those who know will know why this photograph is published today.
There’s nothing like the fresh produce, harvested the same morning, home deliveries available in the villages of Antigua Guatemala or even in the heart of the city. I mean look at these radishes, pear squash and limes that were being sold in the villages of San Miguel Escobar and San Pedro Las Huertas in hand … Read more
We could argue that officially the kite flying season begins with the celebrations of All Saints Day and Day of the Dead on November 1st. Yet, kites start to show on tienditas and houses doorways such as shown here as early as the last week of September. The kite flying season coincides with los vientos … Read more
I came across this store front in San Miguel Escobar, a village about 3 km from Antigua Guatemala, during one of my morning walks. In my humble opinion, somehow, this encapsules the essence of what life in Guatemala is: a baroque experience with no apparent order, yet there’s a place for everything. What are your … Read more
You know Latin America is a Lotería territory, so I was surprise to walk into a huge crowd outside the Iglesia de San Miguel Escobar playing bingo. And I mean a huge crowd, let’s just say the people shown in the picture is about 2% of the people playing. There were entire families and blocks … Read more
It’s been a while since I updated the color palette category and since there are so many house now with new paint jobs, this is a good time as any to add more colours. This blue house is from San Miguel Escobar. Enjoy!
These are the vegetables more often eaten my Guatemalans. The green leaves next to the woman are a Guatemalan’s favorite: Macuy, quilete or yerba mora are the most commons names for it. Hierba mora is often prepared in a soup, but just as often it’s steamed or boiled and put inside hot tortillas along with … Read more
Last May I showed you a picture of a little girl playing with her shadow while she was going for the morning bread. I entitle that picture “My shadow and I” and I have to tell you it was one of my most successful photographs from last year. Today, I repeat the theme, except, it … Read more
This is the typical stamp of a convenience store in rural Guatemala. By the way, this photo was taken in San Miguel Escobar, a bordering village next to the municipal limits of Antigua Guatemala. In my opinion, this is way too much propaganda to entice you to drink Gallo beer, Guatemala’s most popular beer in … Read more
Even though you can not fully see the girlfriend, believe me she’s there, she just pulled her upper body to be in the picture. Anyhow, I will let you to the caption for this. The best one will receive a post card made from one of my photo via the postal service. Let the creative … Read more
Of course, these ladies who prepare us our daily tortillas can not be missing in series about the real Guatemala. Here we see the clay comal ready to receive the uncooked corn cakes to be turned into fresh tortillas. Below the comal we can see the fire and the ever present pot with frijoles (black … Read more
After having covered the Ecoleña fuel briquette as an alternative for the leña (firewood) I decided to ask around what kind of firewood is most sold around Antigua Guatemala and how much is a tarea (perhaps twice as much as a rick of wood, which is is 8 feet long 4 feet tall and 3 … Read more
After the parenthesis to promote the first Rally de Fotos in Antigua Guatemala we continue with our series Touring the Guatemalan Town Fair. Elotes locos are chucherías (snacks) that are always present in the typical Guatemalan county or town fair. To make elotes locos at home you basically add butter, mayonnaise, ketchup, and some dry … Read more
