Live marimba music at Calle del Arco in La Antigua Guatemala is one those things you can enjoy on the weekends. Besides, how can the Giants dance if they don’t have music? Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / marimba / Guatemalan music / Calle del Arco
On the weekends, Calle del Arco, Antigua’s most famous street, becomes a pedestrian strip. There is live music, tourists and locals walk the three block street up and down again and enjoy of the festive mood. Here you see the Giants that come out to dance and have a good time. Obviously, these giants do … Read more
Somehow, not by conscious intention, I have managed to avoid the common references and photos of Antigua. For better or for worse, at 90 days from the beginning of this blog I have yet to publish a photo of Santa Catalina’s Arch and Calle del Arco which is the most emblematic photo of Antigua; the … Read more
Not to long ago, on July 18th, I told you about the joys of walking in Antigua. I bring to you a similar shot. I hope you like this photo as much as I like it.
Antigua’s backstreets, originally uploaded by rudygiron. If you find yourself on the outskirts of Antigua, for sure you will be next to a coffee plantation. Here I am at only two blocks behind the market and you can already see a coffee parcel (on the right). Volcán de Agua, Water Volcano towers at 3,760 meters … Read more
“Nobody walks in LA…” goes the song. In La Antigua Guatemala, LAG, is the opposite. People enjoy walking and with such small grid (about 10×10 block), you can certainly do just about all your chores faster by walking than by driving. Besides many blocks are one-way only which means you have to drive four to … Read more
On the weekends the traffic in Antigua quadruples. Here, it might not seem like much. But, if you consider that Antigua is only a 10 by 10 block city and the every street is filled with traffic like the one in the picture, it might begin to feel like the Santa Monica Freeway (10) in … Read more