Sorry, I don’t want to give the wrong impression about carpooling in Antigua Guatemala and Guatemala in general. Yesterday, when I said there wasn’t carpooling here… I actually meant in this particular instance. Carpooling or motorcycle-pooling is as common here as anywhere else in the world. Carpooling here is done mostly for economic reasons and … Read more
Here’s another panoramic vista taken from Cerro de la Cruz, which shows 3a avenida norte and the handicrafts market of El Carmen in the middle of the photo. I hope you like it, let me know your thoughts.
As I was walking I could hear the sounds of a drum line. To my surprise it was an all girl school parading through the streets showing off their skills. Honestly they were good! Coming from a former drummer’s perspective I am picky about my drum lines. It was fun to watch and listen as … Read more
Exactly one week ago, a few meters from where this photo was taken, two young women were waiting for the bus when a speeding truck lost control and crashed into them, killing them instantly. Their names were Aleyda (19) and Anita (20); both the most recent victims of negligence. Friends who live in Santa Inés, … Read more
There only three alamedas (tree-lined streets) in La Antigua Guatemala. Alamedas are public walkway or promenade shaded with trees; from álamo ‘cottonwood’ + -eda ‘grove’. The alamedas in Antigua Guatemala are Alameda Santa Rosa, Alameda El Calvario and Alameda Santa Lucía. Have you taken a stroll through Alameda El Calvario yet? Sólo hay tres alamedas … Read more
You don’t have to give your soul to the Devil as as Robert Johnson did at the crossroads to enjoy the quotidian corner life in La Antigua Guatemala. Just take your guitar, your camera or your sketch pad to capture the lonely and bored municipal transit police selling parking permits, the old man on the … Read more
This is the main entrance/exit for La Antigua Guatemala. A couple hundred meters ahead the road ends and the cobblestone streets begin. We can say this is the edge of La Antigua Guatemala. If you take this road in the opposite direction in about an hour you reach Guatemala City. Since I just mentioned Guatemala … Read more
Another typical vista from February are the streets repairs done before or during Cuaresma, Lent, to have all the streets in their best condition for Semana Santa, Holy Week, in La Antigua Guatemala. Do you know how much money is spent every year on street repairs? Hint, the answer is in the archives.
In Guatemala we have the following sayings: Enero loco y febrero otro poco, Crazy January and February a bit as well, or Febrero loco which means Crazy February. Well this week February is totally loco since we had cold days, below 10C/50F, hot humid days, cloudy days and clear skies days and rain; everything in … Read more
I am with MO with regards to how electric wires become visual pollution, especially in colonial Antigua Guatemala. However, I have tried to capture electric wires in creative ways in the past. How sucessfull I was with Electric Wire Grid plus Volcanoes, Wonderful Sunset plus Power Lines and The Webs We Weave is hard to … Read more
I did it again. I spotted an image I like and then just waited for life to walk into the frame. You might remember I have done that before with Monk in San Francisco El Grande Church. In this I liked the compression of the depth of field caused by the extreme zoom and the … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is still working in becoming the first digital city in Central America. The first try which included a WI-FI zone around the Plaza Mayor (main square) and wireless security cameras throughout the city proved to be too much for the WI-FI infrastructure, which collapse under the massive data transfers. For the second … Read more
Today I was driving around Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park and I was not allowed to continue towards the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Municipal building) because the Tuk Tuk taxis had taken the entire street to park their units. As soon as I found parking, I grabbed my camera and decided to take some repetition shots (you … Read more
I promise to stop whining about the rainy season and its washed and gray skies if I am allowed to capture a decent rainy season themed or caused image every once in a while like in these previous posts: Almost Perfect Daredevil in Antigua Guatemala Contemplating the heavy rain One Way to the Decisive Moment … Read more
The things one must do to earn a living. 🙁 So what’s the guy doing all the way up there? Good question my dear friends. Well, there’s something fishy going on there and in many other street light poles. Let me explain. As I drove by the two trucks shown in the bottom pictures I … Read more