Day one of year four. On the first anniversary of La Antigua Guatemala I shared my goal with you: My idea was to show the good, the bad and the ugly of this colonial town. I did not want to make a touristic site for the most popular touristic destination in Central America. La Antigua … Read more
Day one of year three. Are you ready for the new tour of 365 days around La Antigua Guatemala? If you do please, bring your pasaje en mano, dónde caben tres caben más. Every time humans arrive at a milestone, we tend to review what we have traveled thus far. Two years of consecutive blogging … Read more
New Year’s Eve Celebrations in La Antigua Guatemala:
For starters there are many things that make New Year’s Eve similar and different than Christmas’ Eve. If Christmas’ Eve is celebrated with the family at home at your parents’ home; New Year’s Eve can be celebrated anywhere: a discotheque, a park, the beach or La Calle del Arco, a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala
Attention, attention, In Antigua Guatemala we are offering shelter and refuge to those in need of sunshine and temperate weather. Everyone is welcomed. Please share this picture with those who may be in need of some warm colors and sunshine.
Antigua Guatemala is a popular destination for snowbirds looking for warmer Winter weather. Although, Antigua Guatemala is located about an hour away from the Pacific Ocean, the altitude of 1,500 meters give us temperate weather all year long. During Winter the temperatures begin slightly chilly, somewhere 10ºC/50º and 15ºC/60ºF, it is only for a couple … Read more
This picture was made during a photo walk where I was teaching how to compose a photograph using symmetry and color contrast. Having the woman walked into the corner wearing a bright yellow skirt was perfect for this exercise. Also, notice how all the street signs are hand-made and made from with ceramic tiles.
Everywhere you walk in Antigua Guatemala now you fill Christmas decorations. I captured today’s photo of the traditional posada lanterns and omnipresent poinsettias at the entrance to the exhibition of the Nativity scene. I will come back to the exhibition of El Nacimiento, Nativity scene, to bring you more images and information. Stay tuned!
This type of half fountain embedded on a wall are known as búcaro and they are everywhere in Antigua Guatemala. So much so, that I would easily call them iconic and representative of the aesthetic of Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the many búcaro fountains I have shared with you guys thus far. … Read more
The corner of 7a calle oriente and 3a avenida sur has to be one of my favorite corners to photograph the colorful buses used as public transit in Guatemala as they cross the city of Antigua Guatemala from west, poniente, to east, oriente. In fact, I often take photography enthusiasts and photographers here during the … Read more
As I have said many times before, Antigua Guatemala is the top wedding destination in Central America. It is hard to imagine a more enchanting and charming place for a wedding in Central America? Honestly, Antigua Guatemala is also the premier place for wedding photographs with its many lovely backdrops. Of course, where there is … Read more
The majority flowers also blossom, not just sunflowers are always in bloom in Antigua Guatemala. In fact, during my morning photo walks I often bump into people carrying flowers for their homes or businesses. Let me know if you also see people walking with flowers on the streets of Antigua Guatemala.
Ruinas de San Agustín are the most recent ruins open to the public. For now the entry is free to wander through these ruins. Make sure to explore them next time you visit Antigua Guatemala. It’s been a few months since I shared a black and white photograph from Antigua Guatemala with you. Today I … Read more
The vibrant and colorful locations of Antigua Guatemala provide the opportunity for stunning photogenic backdrops, don’t you agree?⠀Antigua Guatemala is full a stunning settings everywhere making it an ideal destination for lifestyle and street photo shoots that produce some of the most instagrammable images you can imagine.⠀⠀⠀Bring home fun-tastic portraits of you or your loved … Read more
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