El Calvario Church in Antigua Guatemala
El Calvario Church, located to the south of La Antigua Guatemala, is another famous landmark, yet it only took me 290 entries …
Antigua’s Cathedral and Volcán de Agua
This photo is for the benefit of Lessie and others who have commented about the mountains in the background in some of …
Fire in the sky
The best time of the year to visit La Antigua Guatemala, or Central America for the matter, is now. The months of …
Antigua’s backstreets
Antigua’s backstreets, originally uploaded by rudygiron. If you find yourself on the outskirts of Antigua, for sure you will be next to …
Antigua’s street from Cafe Sky
Antigua’s street from Cafe Sky, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Here is another shot from Cafe Sky roof-top bar. Between this view and …
There’s nothing like a sunset
Cafe Sky roof-top, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Sunsets in Antigua are something special and even more so when you watch them from …
School beauty contest parade
In the background you can see Water Volcano (Volcán de Agua) which is to the south of the city. In the foreground …
Guatemalan Food: Sancocho from 7 Caldos
If you have follow the daily updates from AntiguaDailyPhto you may know that I enjoy taking the most innocent and harmless photograph …
Private Photo Walks Through The Villages of Antigua Guatemala
This week I had the opportunity to lead another private photo walk through the villages of San Pedro Las Huertas, San Gaspar …
Guatemalan Summer’s Shades of Green
Fact #1: Right now we are in what Guatemalans call the Winter season, although in reality, we are in the middle of …
Inside Finca Filadelfia Coffee Plantation
I have said it before and I am repeating again here, both Panchoy and Almolonga valleys are surrounded by three volcanoes and …
Colourful Guatemalan Carnival Eggshells
Ordinarily, I begin by asking readers to recall their earliest memories to provide a context for corpocratic historians of the future… Could …
The Rainy Season 2012 is Officially Here
I am sorry to bring the sad news to you on a “Friday the 13th.” but as we say in Spanish, “Al …
Colorful Eggshells for the Guatemalan Carnival
As published last year, these colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark …
Cascarones de Carnaval
These colorful Guatemalan cascarones [eggshells] filled with confetti are known as cascarones de carnaval [carnival] and they mark the arrival of carnaval …