Antigua Street Colors: Red and Yellow
This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. …
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Café La Parada
We finish this week’s mini series on handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with a wider perspective that includes the sign of Café La Parada and a coffee lover enjoying one of the espressos one can have in our charming town.
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Helados Cool
We continue our mini series of of handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with this wooden and metal sign for Helados Cool. How much creativity one can find in the handmade signs of this enchanting town, don’t you agree?
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Bamboo Antigua
There’s so much diversity in the signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the more than 212 signs I have shared with you thus far. Have fun and let me know which one is your favorite sign.
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Mexico Lindo
The handmade wooden sign for Mexico Lindo is simple yet effective with simple hand-writing letters and a Catarina skull with lots of negative space. ¡Qué rico!
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Posada El Antaño
We started this week’s mini series with wooden sign, then we continued with metallic and wood sign. Today’s I share with you the handmade ceramic sign of Posada El Antaño; which is one of my favorites signs on 6a avenida. Enjoy!
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Donde el Gringo
Today I share with you the handmade sign with wood and metal parts for Donde el Gringo; you can find it right …
Handmade Sign from Antigua Guatemala — Coco Bambu
I believe this is the wooden sign for a Guatemalan Caribbean-Garífuna restaurant located on 6a avenida norte. I still haven’t try their food, but it is on my list for the Friday’s Foodie Spots. Stay tuned!
Handmade Signs from Antigua Guatemala
The handmade sign of Aruma found on Calle del Arco is the latest addition to the most extensive collection of signs from …
Yo Amo Antigua Guatemala, How About You?
I love Antigua Guatemala; that’s what the colorful sign says all the way near the yellow wall of La Merced. I really …
Maintaining Antigua Street Signs
Antigua Guatemala’s signage regulation dictates that all signs have to be hand made and only these materials can be used: wood, metal …
Colonial Baroque Coat of Arms of the Catholic Kings of Spain
Believe it or not, there dozen, perhaps hundreds of coat of arms of the Spanish Catholic Kings all over Antigua Guatemala; formerly …
Message to the World: Everything is going to be alright!
Let the walls in Antigua speak: Todo va estar bien or everything is going to be alright. Especially if we have beer …
333 Steps to Cerro de la Cruz
For nearly 450 years if you wanted to climb to Cerro de La Candelaria, now better known as Cerro de La Cruz, …
Juntos Resurgiremos — Together We Will Re-emerge
As we enter our 4th week of health and economic crisis, I see messages of hope posted on walls all over. Certainly, …
Antigua Guatemala Signs: Calle del Hospital
Some streets of Antigua Guatemala still have signs showing the original names of the streets as Calle del Hospital, nowadays 6a calle …
When nothing goes Right, go Left!
This sign reads like sound advice for 2020, especially for the times we are living in; don’t you think? 😉
Antigua Guatemala Signs: Double Via
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish words of the day: Doble Vía for two way street.
Walk This Way… Take 2!
Did you know that the sign regulation of Antigua Guatemala mandates that signs must me handmade and only metal, wood or ceramic …
I Love Antigua… How About You?
This year theme for the Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala was The Little Prince as it’s claimed that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was inspired to …
Mayan Word of the Day: Xibalbá
Xibalbá is described in the Popol Vuh as a court below the surface of the Earth associated with death and with twelve …
Escudo del Estado de Guatemala en La Federación del Centro
This was an updated version for the coat of arms for the equivalent of The United States of Central America or Federación …
Coat of Arms of Estado de Guatemala en la Federación del Centro
Did you know this was the original coat of arms for the United States of Central America better known as Federación del …
Coat of arms of Santiago de Guatemala
This emblem of Saint James of Guatemala was carved on a volcanic rock just as many of the architectonic details of the …
Coat of Arms at the Real Palacio in Antigua Guatemala
This is one of the most prominent emblems in Antigua Guatemala as it is the middle of the Real Palacio at the …
Coat of arms of the Catholic Kings of Spain: Take 1
The Coat of arms of the kings of Spain can be found everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. This week I will share with …
Antigua Guatemala Signs: Hotel Antigua
Most signs in Antigua Guatemala are made by hand using metal, wood or ceramic as it is required by the signage regulation. …