Festival Foto>30 2010 Opens in Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala’s largest photo festival Foto▸30 was inaugurated tonight in La Antigua Guatemala with two photo exhibits: Tribu and Que los muertos hablan. …
Market Marchers Manifestation
La Antigua Guatemala sí es Guatemala after all. I hate to admit it, but Manolo was right! Just when I think Antigua …
Half Marathon Las Rosas 2010 Part 2
The Antigua Guatemala’s Half Marathon Las Rosas consists of a route of 21 kilometers through La Antigua Guatemala, Jocotenango, Ciudad Vieja and …
Nature-inspired Beauty Pageant Floats
Here’s a lesson to be learned. Even though San Pedro Las Huertas was one of the villages that was hit the hardest …
Antigua’s New Year Celebrations Slide Show
Who said New York is the only city that never sleeps? The New Year celebrations is one of the occasions in which …
Virgen de Guadalupe Celebrations in Antigua Guatemala
In La Antigua Guatemala, religious celebrations draw together all kinds of heterogeneous people and the feast day of Virgen de Guadalupe is …
Slide Show of Burning of the Devil in Antigua Guatemala
All year long he hides under the bed or in the junk piled up in the corner, casting misfortune or worse on …
Skateboarding in La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park
Roller skaters and skate-boarders using the Central Park is something you don’t see very often. There are plenty of skaters in La …
Colorful Fiambre Chapín
Guatemala is such a colorful country; everything from flora to textiles, from architecture to food is saturated with the richest rainbow. If …
A dance of fire and joy
Tuesday the 13th, a day of much superstition, was the day of the a fundraising event at JP’s Rumbar for the non-government …
Independence Day: Practicing Student Bands
School bands and parades were the norm to celebrate Independence Day before the December 29 signing of The Guatemalan Peace Accords of …
The Hauling Down of the Guatemalan Flag
On September 15th, at 6 p.m. all over main squares and central parks of Guatemala there is a civic act known as …
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 …
Alain Derbez Jazz Trio in La Antigua Guatemala
Honest, I don’t mean to brag. But I have to say sometimes life can be pretty good in La Antigua Guatemala. Let …
Children’s Area at the Compañía de Jesús Library
Children also have a reading and play area at the Compañía de Jesús Library. This picture was taken early in the morning, before kids show up and fill the place with their happy noise and laughter.
I was glad to see a reading and play salon for the kids. Reading is a habit that should be acquired at the earliest age possible.