As I have mentioned before, motorcycles are on their way to become the most popular vehicle in Guatemala. So mucho so that now one can even find motorcycles being used as ambulances, police patrol units, taxis, for deliveries, and as transportation by electricians and handymen among other professions. What’s the most strange use for a … Read more
One of the most important goals of the Daily Photo community is to show how different or similar daily life can be through out the cities around the world. Trash collecting for instance is something that happens in most urban communities, but how they collect the trash is not. In Guatemala for instance, trash collectors … Read more
As I mentioned a few days ago, motorcycles are becoming the most popular vehicle in Guatemala. Large number of motorcyles are a typical vista in La Antigua Guatemala, row after row of motorcycles as shown in Motorcycles are Us. Motorcycles have also turned into the family vehicle as shown above and in Fine for a … Read more
INGUAT, Guatemala’s Tourism Board, has recently began promoting Guatemala to Guatemalans. Yes, believe or not, it looks like INGUAT’s campaign of Turismo Interno (internal tourism) is aimed at Guatemalans by offering economic tour packages. I just hope this is not what INGUAT is using as transportation. 😉
This is a typical vista at a construction site. Motorcycles are becoming the most popular vehicle in Guatemala. In La Antigua Guatemala, row after row of motorcycles as shown in Motorcycles are Us. Motorcycles have also turned into the family vehicle as shown in Fine for a Family of Four. 🙁
Is it just me or there’s an influx of English vehicles in Guatemala. Just two weeks ago we saw the Land Rover Defender in the photographic stream of AntiguaDailyPhoto. Two Triumph cars appeared in GuatemalaDailyPhoto in the last of couple of days, a white and a red versions. And now I spotted this gorgeous Mini … Read more
Without realizing it I posted a mini series about vehicles. What do you know, my unconsciousness has been behind the wheel of AntiguaDailyPhoto in the last few days. C’est la vie! La Antigua Guatemala is a rough town with its cobblestone streets on pedestrians and vehicles. To be honest, I don’t think these colonial style … Read more
The chicken bus barely stopped while crossing over 4a calle oriente; the main artery that becomes the exit to Guatemala City. A traffic cop was there. Furthermore, the bus pilot blasted the horns. Lastly, the bus parked in front of the Cathedral, next to the Main Plaza. Three traffic violations in less than 20 seconds. … Read more
It is amazing how many classic cars one can find in La Antigua Guatemala. Just follow the white rabbit to see some of the classic cars that have be shown in AntiguaDailyPhoto. By the way, I grew up with the Holywood notion that Volvos are safe and ugly square boxes owned by mothers or teachers … Read more
These are my friends Nelo and Miguel. This candid portrait was taken with the iPhone and uploaded while we jested about who would play Poncherello and Jon Baker in CHiPs Antigua chapter? Who do think will make a very convincing Officer Francis (Frank) Llewelyn “Ponch” Poncherello?
Police patrol trucks, really? I am sure that’s a normal question asked when people are told that all police patrol units in Guatemala are actually trucks; well most of them for sure. I believe police trucks are used in Mexico and Central America, but I am not sure if they use trucks anywhere else as … Read more
I don’t recall exactly when tuk tuk motorcycles arrived in Guatemala, but they were absorbed as part of the Guatemalan traditions and culture very quickly. Tuk tuk motorcycles became very popular in a short time and before you knew it, tuk tuk bikes were used as quick and inexpensive taxis, by the Tourist police, and … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is full of interesting looking automobiles. The Tomcar is just one among the strange, rare rather, vehicles found in the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I will make it a point to capture other rare vehicles I have seen around town to share with you. Perhaps, these are not rare in your neighborhood. … Read more
Bike riding is among the best ways to get to see all of Antigua Guatemala and its villages. For a long time I wanted to photograph tourists bike riding since they always seemed to have a big smile on their faces, but for one reason or another I never got the chance or a good … Read more
Among my photographic resolutions for 2011, I have written down: Documenting all the chicken bus kitsch decorations. How about a teddy bear and an archangel to get started?