
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. …
This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. …
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.
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?
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.
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!
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!
Today I share with you the handmade sign with wood and metal parts for Donde el Gringo; you can find it right …
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!
The handmade sign of Aruma found on Calle del Arco is the latest addition to the most extensive collection of signs from …
I love Antigua Guatemala; that’s what the colorful sign says all the way near the yellow wall of La Merced. I really …
Antigua Guatemala’s signage regulation dictates that all signs have to be hand made and only these materials can be used: wood, metal …
Believe it or not, there dozen, perhaps hundreds of coat of arms of the Spanish Catholic Kings all over Antigua Guatemala; formerly …
Let the walls in Antigua speak: Todo va estar bien or everything is going to be alright. Especially if we have beer …
For nearly 450 years if you wanted to climb to Cerro de La Candelaria, now better known as Cerro de La Cruz, …
As we enter our 4th week of health and economic crisis, I see messages of hope posted on walls all over. Certainly, …
Some streets of Antigua Guatemala still have signs showing the original names of the streets as Calle del Hospital, nowadays 6a calle …
This sign reads like sound advice for 2020, especially for the times we are living in; don’t you think? 😉
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish words of the day: Doble Vía for two way street.
Did you know that the sign regulation of Antigua Guatemala mandates that signs must me handmade and only metal, wood or ceramic …
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 …
Xibalbá is described in the Popol Vuh as a court below the surface of the Earth associated with death and with twelve …
This was an updated version for the coat of arms for the equivalent of The United States of Central America or Federación …
Did you know this was the original coat of arms for the United States of Central America better known as Federación del …
This emblem of Saint James of Guatemala was carved on a volcanic rock just as many of the architectonic details of the …
This is one of the most prominent emblems in Antigua Guatemala as it is the middle of the Real Palacio at the …
The Coat of arms of the kings of Spain can be found everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. This week I will share with …
Most signs in Antigua Guatemala are made by hand using metal, wood or ceramic as it is required by the signage regulation. …