Early morning strolls in Antigua Guatemala
Although I prefer the warmer colors of the late afternoon during the magic hours, I usually shoot in the mornings during my …
Yellow and Blue from Antigua Guatemala
The most common color combination we can make in Antigua Guatemala is blue and yellow since there’s a blue sky everywhere and …
Sunset Watching Season in Antigua Guatemala
As I have mentioned many times before, the dry season is the best time to visit Guatemala, especially La Antigua Guatemala. The …
Yellow is the most popular color in Antigua Guatemala
If you have been following the daily posts of AntiguaDailyPhoto for nearly 12 years you would come to the conclusion that yellow …
First Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala
The first Flower Festival of Antigua Guatemala took place this past weekend, November 18 and 19, with hundreds of flowers on display …
Independence Day Decorations — El Salvador Flag
As I have been saying, the 5-nation motif is repeated in many of the flags of the Central American republics as a …
The Textile Transaction
Here, take a closer look, I am selling you the encapsulated colours of the eternal Spring. Winter is coming, you will need …
Let the Independence Day Celebrations Begin
I know, I know, Independence Day is officially observed on September 15. However, we don’t know how to celebrate just one day. …
Corozo palms on sale at the Antigua market
Copal incense and corozo palms provide the main aromas of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Corozo palms are sold in …
Santa Claus Vacationing in Antigua Guatemala
Believe it or not, this Winter has been so harsh for the people living in North America that even Santa Claus felt …
Spices and Ingredients of the Guatemalan Cuisine
Here is another take on the ingredients and spices of the traditional Guatemalan cuisine. I have shared with you guys pictures and …
Hurry, Light, We have Beautiful Light Now in Antigua Guatemala
I believe I have mentioned a few times before through the years, we have the most beautiful and incredible light around Antigua …
Free into the wind, your beautiful flag
Here’s Guatemala’s National Anthem in English in case you want sing along next time you hear it. Happy Guatemala, may your altar …
Temple of San Gaspar Vivar, Antigua Guatemala
I have set another goal for AntiguaDailyPhoto: profile all the colonial temples of the villages of Antigua Guatemala to show case their …
Antigua Guatemala’s Magic Ingredients
Warm light, textures, rich colors and always blooming flowers and plants are part of the magic of Antigua Guatemala. Of course, the …
Holy Week Elements: Copal Incense
As I explained with the corozo palm aroma, I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video …
Corozo provides the official aroma of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala
As I have mentioned it before, Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala come with their own set of aromas, flavors and …
Guatemalan Red Dragon Fruit Is Now on Season
According to the NYTimes, “one thing the dragon fruit has mastered, it’s the art of the Hollywood entrance.” The silver-screen comparisons are …
Bright and rich colours
I don’t know what prompts people in Guatemala to paint their houses with rich and bright colours, but all I can say …
The Newly Renovated Iglesia de San Felipe de Jesús
It was almost a decade since this parish was last painted, the only gothic church in and around Antigua Guatemala. I will …
It’s time for the paint job again
As I have mentioned before because of the high levels of humidity around Antigua Guatemala, people have to paint their walls often, …
Magical Sunsets in Antigua Guatemala
Well, believe it or not, the information about the ingredients of the magical light is available in the long and deep archives …
Guatemala is always green
Look at the light and look a the vibrant greens found in Antigua Guatemala almost at the end autumn and commencement of …
Antigua Guatemala is the photographers paradise
If you like taking pictures, Antigua Guatemala will be paradise for you with so many photographic opportunities no matter where you point …
For The Innocent Victims in Newtown, Connecticut
We send our condolences to the families of the victims of this tragedy in Connecticut. Our hearts are with you.
Red Guatemalan Poinsettias Wallpaper
To get us into the mood of the Christmas season that can be felt everywhere in Guatemala now, here’s the first free …
Tortilla Time
It is interesting how the aroma of freshly-made tortillas can be so haunting. This is especially true to Guatemalans who are not …
Guatemala’s Independence Day Photo Gallery
Have a happy Guatemalan Independence Day weekend everyone. Enjoy the multimedia material I have compiled for you! Once again, we have to …
August 17 is Guatemala’s National Flag Day!
Free into the wind, your beautiful flag! Guatemala’s National Anthem in English Happy Guatemala, may your altar Never be trampled by the …
Typical Antigua Guatemala Roof-top Details
Here we have the typical elements that you find on the roof-tops of Antigua Guatemala such as Spanish tiles, cupola, texture, and …
Entrance to Iglesia El Calvario
El Calvario or Calvary (Golgotha) is the name of the mount on the outskirts of Jerusalem where it’s believed that Jesus Christ …
Typical Vista from Antigua Guatemala
My commitment has always been to bring you typical quotidian stamps from Antigua Guatemala. Unfortunately our beautiful enchanting little town also happens …
The Most Typical Guatemalan Morral (Satchel)
The satchel shown above has to be most typical and the most often found Guatemalan morral. You can find this kind of …
Colorful Rainy Season Vista
Whoever claims that you can not find rich saturated colors during the rainy season in Antigua Guatemala is lying to you. Don’t …
The Caretaker House and Family
Many farms, parcels and properties have a caretaker living on premises, this is what a house for guardian living on the premises …
Limestone paint chipped textures of Antigua Guatemala
Because the high levels of humidity around Antigua Guatemala, people have to paint their walls often, sometimes in a yearly basis. Not …
Guatemalan Chicken Bus Kitsch
I am truly convinced that Guatemalans can not do anything in a mild, neutral, gray manner. Guatemala is a country of extremes …
Colorful Public Social Transit Bus
These colorful public transit buses are just another way Guatemalans recycle the junk from the U.S. and Canada. Of course, we live …
Barça and Real Madrid Fever in Antigua Guatemala
Every time the Barça and Real Madrid football clubs Antigua Guatemala and Guatemala for the matter go crazy with uniforms of each …
Façade of Iglesia de San Miguel Escobar
Yellow and white have to be the most often used colors in churches in and around La Antigua Guatemala. Above we can …
Mango season has arrived to Antigua Guatemala
I am not sure if it was at the end of January or if it was in February, but mangoes began showing …
In The Christmas Mood
Poinsettias or Flor de Pascua are in full bloom in The Land of the Eternal Spring for the Christmas season. The most …
New Style Guatemalan Purses and Backpacks
Here’s one of the new directions that Guatemalan textiles are taking. You can still identify the pieces as made with Mayan textiles …
Colorful Guatemalan Purse
Rich colors, patterns and textures are what one gets when buying a piece of Guatemalan textiles. A good example of this statement …
Red and Rain
I am so looking forward to the end of the rainy season. I want blue skies and rich, saturated colors again. 🙁
Independence Day?
Guatemala has many traditions that have remained until now and will hopefully remain for centuries to come. One, as you already know …
Brilliant and Colorful Guatemala
Here’a another entry for the Color Palette category. Make sure you wear sunglasses if you decide to follow the white …
Jardín Antigüeño: Colorful Bougainvilleas
Jardín Antigüeño is also another series that needs to be awaken. Jardín Antigüeño is a photographic tour through the most often found …
Theme day: Favorite Part of Town
It’s been a while since AntiguaDailyPhoto participates in the Theme day of the City Daily Photo community; since the theme bright colors …
Flor de la Pasión
Having a satisfying coffee with a very delicious torreja at La Cocina del Obispo, this flower was just there sort of flirting. …
Jacaranda Tree at Central Park
There are several jacaranda trees in Parque Central which make a gorgeous display of purple or violet during February and March when …
Restaurant & Food Overview
RWOrange put together a very comprehensive list of the restaurants and food I have covered in AntiguaDailyPhoto in Chowhound. Here’s the list …
Poinsettias Everywhere
In Guatemala poinsettias are known as Flor de Pascua, Flor de Noche Buena or simply Pascuas. Poinsettias are native to Guatemala and …
Volcanic Colours Around Antigua Guatemala
If you ever decide to hike the volcanoes around La Anttigua Guatemala, don’t ever forget to pay attention to the colors you …
Antigua Garden At Night
I love walking around our garden at night. There’s something enchanting about looking at all the different flowers illuminated by spot lights. …
Hotel Neon Sign in Antigua Guatemala
In La Antigua Guatemala you get so used to certain things, or rather the absence of certain things. For instance, only when …
Guatemala’s Fiambre
There’s no way to go by Día de Todos Los Santos (All Saints’ Day) and Día de los Fieles Difuntos (All Souls’ …
Tanque de La Unión Revisited
While Arturo was playing with his camera mounted on a tripod to take his signature sunsets, I decided to look in the …
Guatemala’s 189th Independence Day
Once again Leonel “Nelo” Mijangos is sharing his photographs with us. Yesterday Nelo showed us some his photos for the student parades …
Perpetuating A Nation
Guatemalans are not known for being patriotic; yeah Guatever! Nevertheless, we do have our patriotic symbols like El Quetzal, our most beautiful …
Theme day: Bright Colours
August 1 marks the opportunity to participate in the theme day of the City Daily Photo community around the world and this …
Listen to this Maximón…
I love black and white photography! Even though my photographic signature is actually rich, vibrant saturated colors, I really love what can …
Antigua Abstracta
Early on I had been bewitched by the abstract possibilities found in every nook and cranny of this enchanting and vibrant sleepy …
Theme Day: Red
The making of sawdust carpets, alfombras de aserrín, with its vivid colors and eye-catching patterns are among the most prominent elements of …
The Economics of the Holy Week
As Semana Santa, the Holy Week before Easter, approaches, the historic colonial town of Antigua sees almost daily processions. These processions include …
Have Balls, Will Travel
Guatemala is a colorful country. What, you don’t believe me? Well, Why not check out the Color palette category to see for …
The Aromas of the Holy Week
I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video clips, but I can’t transmit or transfer you …
El Carmen Handicrafts Market
Visiting the El Carmen ruins folkart market is among the top things people do on the weekends and holidays in La Antigua …
Colorful Guatemalan Wooden Animal Heads
As a graphic designer I can only have admiration for the excellent handling of color, texture, patterns and shapes found in Guatemala’s …
Colorful Guatemala Revisited
I am completely ruined. After having spent so much time around rich, intense colors, textures, idiosyncrasies, how could I ever live again …
Sign Crazy
Last month I shared with you La Antigua Guatemala Sign Ordinances. I will again post the information below to keep fresh. One …
La Antigua Guatemala Sign Ordinances
So, finally I have gotten a copy of La Antigua Guatemala’s sign ordinances. I received two legal-size pages with almost Illegible text …
Colorful Fiambre Chapín
Guatemala is such a colorful country; everything from flora to textiles, from architecture to food is saturated with the richest rainbow. If …
Men at Work
The vista cotidiana (quotidian vista) of men working throughout La Antigua Guatemala is more and more refreshing and assuring each day. We …
These are not repollitos
Repollitos are little cabbages and that’s what Jenn Klee used to call hortensias when she was a little kid. I can see …
Just a sunset
There is something about how the sun rises and sets that gets people marveled, or in some kind of magical admiration to …
Little Charms of LAG
Visitors can easily spot the Maya people dressed in rainbow colors weaving their way throughout the renowned colonial architecture of La Antigua …
Market Pick-Me-Up
Sweet. Juicy. Succulent. Happy. Fresh. Inviting. These are just some of the words that come to mind whenever I spy the overflowing …
Making Guatemalan Tortillas
Blame this photo on Eric, who just yesterday invoked the tortilla-making ladies. It is interesting how the aroma of freshly-made tortillas can …
Natural Guatemalan Color Palette
When was the last time you visited the Color palette category? Well, I know I fed it exactly one month ago. Talking …
Antigua Abstracted #2
Luscious rivers of colour, in every hue imaginable pour through La Antigua over Holy week. Ultramarine, cobalt blue, lime yellow, day-glow orange, deep rich purples, and blood reds, all in myriad shades flow into endless combinations over the cobblestone canvas of the street.
Theme Day: Empty
Today is theme day for the City Daily Photo community around the world. You may not know it, but La Antigua Guatemala …
Wooden Angels, Archangels and Saints
We continue with the repetition theme. The Guatemalan Catholic iconography is rich in colors and shapes, like everything else in Guatemala. In …
Colorful Guatemala
Colorful Guatemala, I tell you, colorful Guatemala! Si ni los mismos guatemaltecos logramos entender la complejidad cultural en la que vivimos… —Ale …
Jardín Antigüeño: Bugambileas
La Antigua Guatemala is known as the Ciudad de las perpetuas rosas, the city of the perpetual roses. Well, surely you can …
Watercolor Painters from Antigua
Watercolors from La Antigua Guatemala can be found and bought in just about every tourist town in Central America. In Calle del …
Dome Roof Details at Cafe Barista
All along these 1,124 consecutive entries, I have been compiling a collection of abstract photographs of La Antigua Guatemala with the idea …
Color Palette: Yellow and Green
It’s been a while since I last updated the color palette category. What do you think of the new colors?
Guatemalan Style Backpack
Guatemala has some of the best textiles you can find in the world. If you come to La Antigua Guatemala, you can …
Lines and Shadows
This warm light was the dry season. Although, I am sure we can get similar sunsets during the rainy season, I don’t …
Holy Week Precessional Music
The Holy Week in Guatemala is a full five senses overwhelming experience. As you follow the processions all five senses are bombarded …
Cathedral’s New Look
Well, it looks like 2009 will be the year of the new paint jobs on all the major churches around Antigua Guatemala …
Guatemalan Fruit: Zapote
Many were the contributions of Meso-America to the world in terms of brand-new dietary crops; so long is the list that one …
Sun-drying Coffee Fruits in Finca Filadelfia
These delightful fruit you see above are coffee fruits being dry after they have been hand picked from the coffee bushes. You …
Twilight Zone at Antigua’s Central Park
What an interesting combination of colors and light temperatures can be achieved during the twilight zone in La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park. …
Guateflora: Jacarandas
Interesting enough, last year when I published the Guateflora series, I overlooked the jacaranda trees, which are omnipresent in and around Antigua …
Guatemalan Chinchines or Sonajas
The sonajas or maracas take on a different name in Guatemala, they are called chinchines; an onomatopoeia (onomatopeya in Spanish). Generally, Guatemalan …
Yellow Guatemalan Poinsettias Wallpaper
First wallpaper download for 2009 from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo (LAGDP). You can browse the wallpaper category to get the other …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations: Aserrín
Aserrín (sawdust) is used often in Guatemala for decorations, especially the world famous Holy Week carpets. Sawdust is dyed with bright colors …