Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Mimo for mime. Today I share with you a behind the scenes vista of the famous Tamagochy mime entertaining the passings crowds in the temporal pedestrian food corridors installed on the weekends in Antigua Guatemala.
Can you believe it has been over a year since I last posted an entry on the Foodie Fridays series? I am glad I am reviving this delicious series with a photograph of the appetizing tostones with hilachas, shredded beef fried plantain patties served by one of my favorite foodie spots in Guatemala: Restaurant 27 … Read more
You won’t believe how many times I have seen millennials and influencers using the classic cars they encounter in Antigua Guatemala as props in their impromptu mobile phone photo shoots. Today I shared a couple behind the scenes shots in one of those smartphone shoots. Of course, as I have mentioned before, Antigua Guatemala is … Read more
Today I share with you a vista from the former Cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala, nowadays Antigua Guatemala, framed through the arches of the Palacio del Ayuntamiento, the City Hall palace. You can see the purple banners used during lent draped over the hand rails of the second floor of this building.
Ruinas El Carmen are among the best preserved samples of the Moorish baroque architecture found in Antigua Guatemala. In fact, putting the close-up detail of the façade of Iglesia de La Merced and Ruinas El Carmen we get to appreciate back to back the intricate details found in the most detail-rich façades found in our … Read more
Today I share with you a close-up view of the Moorish baroque details of the façade of Iglesia de La Merced; one of the most photogenic churches in Antigua Guatemala. Make sure to take a look at the full size photograph.
How about some premium Guatemala coffee with some delicious sweet bread. Did you know it is common practice in Guatemala to dunk the bread in the cup of coffee?
As I have said many times before, the synergy created by the act of giving prints of the portraits made on the streets is incredible. Giving away these portrait prints is the best gift for me as well as I get… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Every block of Antigua Guatemala provides opportunities to capture fabulous doorways. I was already hook on doorways from Antigua Guatemala before I even began sharing them with you back in 2006. Take a photographic tour through the hundreds of doorways I have shared with you in 15 years and share with me which is your … Read more
During this afternoon’s photo walk, I was teaching how to capture candid pictures of strangers. The woman on the left was giving water to a stray dog and I thought that would make visual story. While explaining the shot, the two women saw us and decided to pose for the picture in a totally unexpected way. … Read more
I have been contacted by quite a few people with interesting in traveling to Guatemala in the coming months and wanted to know how is life in Antigua Guatemala, how are we coping with the pandemic. This is what I told them… KEEP READING.
Yesterday we took a look south to see the colossal Volcán de Agua towering over the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala. Today we turn our sight southwest slightly to see the hyperactive Volcán de Fuego and the slightly taller and with two-crater Volcán Acatenango. By the way, Volcano Acatenango is not inactive; last time it … Read more
I never get tired of sharing unique and different perspective of the volcanoes surrounding Antigua Guatemala. Today, I am sharing a south vista of Volcán de Agua framed within the flags of Sacatepequez [the green flag] and Guatemala [the blue flag] overlooking the treetops of the jacaranda blossoms. I hope you like it. We continue … Read more
Every month, around Full Moon time, I try to catch a full moon rise over a ruin, unfortunately most months we have heavily overcast skies during these periods. Every once in a while though, I get clear skies or spare clouds which allow me to get another full moon shot. More often, though, I have … Read more
Believe it or not, even fast-food restaurants have fantastic wall textures in Antigua Guatemala. For instance, this portrait was made with one of the walls of Taco Bell as backdrop during one of my recent Antigua Photo Walks. Explore with me some of the most instagrammable spots of Antigua Guatemala with Antigua Photo Walks, the perfect … Read more