There is really not much to say about the panoramic view of La Antigua Guatemala you see above. Except, perhaps, I can explain that the Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano) is on the left and it was responsible for burying the second Capital of Central America; thus the Santiago de los Caballeros de Goethemala (now … Read more
For a long time I did not want to take the same shots from Antigua Guatemala that everybody else does. Also, I did not want to take touristic photos since you can find those everywhere in the internet. Well, who the hell am I do decide what photos you should see and what images you … Read more
Elizabeth, watch I am going to take this photo and send it to him with only one line: I wish you were here, honest! Honest, I wish ALL of you were here to enjoy this wonderful weather and those captivating sunsets of the Lent season; don’t you wish you were here?
Even while doing errands and chores around La Antigua Guatemala, you are given the opportunity to experience a post card moment. Life is good! 😉 There are two volcanoes in the background, can you name them?
Volcanoes and clouds have a harmonious relationship. Often you see volcanoes surrounded by clouds. It looks like volcanoes have magnetism which attracts the clouds. For this very reason, the best shots I ever seen of Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano); formerly known as Volcán Hunapú, have included some cloud formation in the frame. Here’s my … Read more
Even the grounds gave us good signs! The rest is history… and hope of a better future. 🙂 This time, I will share with you the Volcán de Fuego: Sí se pudo! Wallpaper at 1920×1440; enough for a 24″ monitor… enjoy it and be happy!
I figure that when one decides to name something is the set it apart from the rest, right? So, why would name a school Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta (Mixed Co-ed Rural Oficial School)? Come on, it is like naming your kid ‘John Doe’ (no offense to John Does of the world). Those four words are … Read more
As close as we are to Fuego and Acatenango Volcanoes, Volcán de Agua (Water volcano) is the one you see almost at the end of every street (to be precise I should say avenues). Volcán de Agua, located south of Antigua, is the only compass you need while strolling around La Antigua Guatemala.
It’s easy to forget, after a while, how close we live to an active volcano in La Antigua Guatemala. The volcano you see in the background is Volcán de Acatenango, which is a doble-cone volcano. To the left of Acatenango volcano is Volcán de Fuego (Fire Volcano) which is active and quite possibly the most … Read more
Certainly there are other kind of buses in Guatemala, so, please can someone explain it to me, what is the fascination that Guatemalan feel for the old-looking chicken bus? By the way, did I mention that you can now buy prints from any photo available at La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo and in the process … Read more
Here’s another wallpaper for your desktop as an appreciation for a donation someone made today towards the hosting bills. Thanks! I know who you are.
Anyway, if you would like to download this simple wallpaper of Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano) taken from one of the balconies of my house, please, just follow the white rabbit and click here.
Would you like to know more about this impressive volcano towering over the south flank of La Antigua Guatemala at 3,760 meters (12,336 feet)?
Anyhow, what’s got Little boxes to do with today’s entry. Well, once you listen to Little boxes or Las Casitas del Barrio Alto, you’d know it is impossible to get them out of your head. In a recent trip to México over the weekend we took the new road Carretera 14 to reach the highway that takes us to Southeast México. Carretera 14 is part of the road which will circumvent La Antigua Guatemala and some of the villages. In other words, Carretera 14 is the backbone for what will be the periférico around La Antigua Guatemala. Carretera 14 is also one the most beautiful stretches of road in Guatemala.
Sometimes you just have to ask yourself what kind of strange brew are the Canadians brewing way up north, heh. See, first they steal our bright minds; then they take our gold and buy out our postal service; they insert strange things into our antigüeño breakfast (bacon they call it); even our money is now Canadian (it reads Canadian Bank Note on the brand-new Quetzal bills); just to name a few things. In return they send salsa-dancing-craze Spanish students and the horrible and hostile weather. Come on, this is Guatemala, a tropical country in Central America, you know, the tiny land that impedes the Caribbean Island from moving over the Pacific Ocean. So what business does it have freezing-cold-ice-capping winds in La Antigua Guatemala. See, we don’t need no sticking ice-capped mountains and volcanoes in our gorgeous temperate-always-sun-shining-eternal-spring weather. Those volcanoes you see in the background are ice-capped (see larger image).
