Did you know that the slogan of Antigua Guatemala is the city of the perpetual roses? That’s right, although nowadays you find more bougainvilleas adorning the walls of the city, at one point in history, roses were all the rage. Still today, roses are the most popular flowers sold in the mercado and around town. … Read more
Did you know that the slogan for the city of La Antigua Guatemala is “La Ciudad de las Perpetuas Rosas” or the city of the perpetual roses. I disagree with the slogan as at present, there are many more bougainvilleas flowers in every garden and on wall in Antigua Guatemala than roses. However, I believe … Read more
Welcome to the land of the eternal spring. I get it now, the slogan does not refer to the actual Spring season, rather to the ever-blooming flowers found everywhere in Guatemala. The Winter season, for instance, is the time for bougainvillea and poinsettia blossoms, although many other flowers also bloom during this season. If you … Read more
Sunday was Fall’s first day in Antigua Guatemala and to celebrate that we’re very fortunate to have amazing comfortable weather most of the time in the land of the eternal Spring aka Guatemala, we’re sharing this wallpaper with you. This bougainvillea wallpaper is proportion with a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit most wide screens. Enjoy!
Antigua Guatemala is full of back roads and shortcuts that can take you to new scenery such as a bougainvillea-lined roadway, paths between coffee plantations, abandon parish ruins, panoramic vistas of coffee plantations or as in todays case, a road that connects El Calvario church with San Pedro El Panorama. What other back road do … Read more
Often the perimeter walls for residential homes have carefully guided bougainvillea trees flowering all year long along to the top. In a way, bougainvillea and other such trees served as a safety fence to keep the amigos de lo ajeno at bay. Of course, at the same time, the luscious green vegetation and flowers are … Read more
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for the environment because they provided almost undisturbed forested land for birds like Bushy-crested Jay which is native to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Also, I shared with you the biannual procedure of … Read more
As you walk around Casa Santo Domingo, you find antique and contemporary artworks one after the other without disrupting harmony and a sense beauty. This is proof of high quality of the curatorship. There is classical music coming off from strategically located speakers to provide a peaceful and tranquil soundtrack while you stroll around the … Read more
Exactly two years ago I shared with you the biannual procedure of pruning the gravileas trees to keep a balance between shade and sun for the coffee bushes. This is what I told you then: There is nothing like rain water to make all the flora grow and in Guatemala we have a very copious … Read more
The Panchoy Valley, where La Antigua Guatemala is located, used to be a lake at the time the Conquistadores arrived and when they founded the second Santiago de Guatemala in the Almolonga Valley, now Ciudad Vieja which is about two miles from Antigua. Then the Panchoy Lake basin was fed by the Pensativo River. The … Read more
Below you can browse the portfolio of the photos or stories in other places beyond AntiguaDailyPhoto. AntiguaDailyPhoto referenced or talked about elsewhere [wp-blogroll catid=4213 showdesc=1 showbrk=1] July and August 2010 July was a busy month and a few more photographs appeared in Revue Magazine. Also, the Guatemalan magazine publish from Madrid, Te prometo anarquía, profiled … Read more
As mentioned before the Gravilea trees are planted next to coffee bushes to provide the necessary shade for the coffee plants. Once every two years normally, the coffee plantation workers trim the gravilea trees to keep the proper balance between sun and shade. I hope you enjoy this muted wallpaper of the gravilea trees against … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is known as the Ciudad de las perpetuas rosas, the city of the perpetual roses. Well, surely you can find roses everywhere in and around Antigua Guatemala; there are even rose farms near La Antigua that grow roses for exportation to the U.S. and Canada. However, I believe the name should actually … Read more
Back in May 11th, 2007 I showed a picture of the Río Pensativo which was nothing more than a dry river bed. Back then I said that soon enough there was going to be running water in this river and now a year later I can show the water. The Río Pensativo (pensive river) is … Read more
Today’s is Earth Day and to celebrate it, I am posting a desktop wallpaper photo for your computer which shows the harmony between the human habitat and nature. Wow, what a pompous description for an old-looking wall and the bougainvilleas and jacaranda trees that crown it. Today’s entry is the desktop wallpaper number 9 which … Read more