Guns on the Streets of Guatemala
I do’t believe that more guns on the streets make a place safer. For instance, more guns on the streets of the …
Antigua Guatemala Celebrates its 471st Anniversary
La Antigua Guatemala celebrated its anniversary 471 yesterday with all sorts of activities from guided walks around town, live marimba music recitals, …
The Licuados or Smoothies Culture of Antigua Guatemala
Let’s go grab a licuado! Sweet. Refreshing. Natural. Licuados are one of those treats that truly define a Guatemalan experience. The blended …
Antigua Guatemala Photo Walks
Thanks again for bringing us on such an interesting and fun photo tour of Antigua last Saturday. I really enjoyed the morning! …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pollo en Amarillo
What we call in Guatemala, recardos, stews based on sauces, are really just Mayan curries, although some people do not like the …
Texture of Antique Metal and Wood from Antigua Guatemala
There’s a lot of beauty on the doors and windows around Antigua Guatemala. One, must stop often to really take in the …
Guatemalan Bread: Molletes, Obispos and Gusanitos
I don’t know who started the rumor that there’s a poor selection and quality of Guatemalan bread. I guess that if you …
Enjoying the Winter’s Sunshine in Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know if it is obvious or not, but Guatemala is not in South America or in the southern hemisphere, so …
Coffee Harvest Season in Antigua Guatemala
Here’s another photograph of the harvesting of coffee berries in Antigua Guatemala for the #RealGuatemala series. The freshly cut coffee berries being …
Free Range Ducks Around Antigua Guatemala
A walk through many of the villages around Antigua Guatemala reveals so much about how Guatemalans live. For instance, there are many …
Commuting to Work Around Antigua Guatemala
According to Wikipedia, commuting is regular travel between one’s place of residence and place of work or full-time study. It sometimes refers …
Teachers without contracts at the commencement of the new school year in Guatemala
It is both scandalous and sad that while the Guatemalan government is indulging in a melodramatic political charade, dissipating public funds in …
Touring the Antigua Guatemala Villages
I am glad to see more tours around the villages of Antigua Guatemala where visitors get a change to observe and experience …
Rustic Candleholders found in Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know about you, but I really like the tastefulness of these antique and rustic candleholders. In fact, I believe, that …
Segafredo Zanetti Sign in Antigua Guatemala
This is the sign for Segafredo Zanetti in Antigua Guatemala which I covered a few days ago. Obviously, I felt the urge …
Typical night vista of Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy taking strolls during sunset and early evening in Antigua Guatemala. The mixture of …
Photo Walks in Antigua Guatemala
I have been hosting some photo walks in Antigua Guatemala for several months now and I just realised I had not mentioned …
Best Cheeseburger in Antigua Guatemala
This half a pounder of real beef cheeseburger with fries and soda goes for Q50/$6.25 at La Estancia. It’s one of the …
Happy Days in Antigua Guatemala
If you really want to charge yourself with good vibes and energy, simply head over to Parque Central where you will always …
Creative Business Signs in Antigua Guatemala
Business signs are getting more creative in Antigua Guatemala. If you don’t believe, take a tour through Signs category to sample some …
USAC’s History of Antigua Guatemala Certificate
Sólo amamos lo que conocemos (we only love what we really know) is the slogan of the advanced course from Universidad de …
Backroads In and Around Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala has to be a paradise for those who like to bike ride or trek through backroads. There are so many …
Gourmet Guatemalan Cuisine
Take a stuffed chicken breast and add guacamol, loroco and fried camote and you get a delicious gourmet Guatemalan dish. I really …
When it rains, it pours in Antigua Guatemala
The portales, the long corridors, on each side of Parque Central get really crowded when the rain begins falling. People get together …
Texas BBQ, Mexican Carnitas and Korean Food Now Available in Antigua Guatemala
Kimchi JJigae FTW! As I have mentioned many times before, Antigua Guatemala is a foodie’s paradise since one is able to sample …
Growing Roses Around Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala, la ciudad de las perpetuas rosas is the name and slogan of La Antigua Guatemala; that’s the city of the …
Guatemala Is THE Orchid Country
Today, I did some photos of orchids as part the coverage of the 1st National Orchid Exhibition in Antigua Guatemala where over …
Central America’s EDITUS live in Antigua Guatemala on International Jazz Day
One of the best representatives of the jazz in Central America, Editus, had a show tonight in Finca Filadelfia on International Jazz …
Norman Ávila, The Guatemalan Weather and Geo-location Guru
Here’s another dramatic portrait for the newly created Portrait category. As always, follow the white rabbit to look at the other entries …
Portrait of a Mennonite in Antigua Guatemala
I met Melody at terrace of La Casaca café while I was enjoying the wonderful weather of the last days of the …
13 Baktun Ceremony in Antigua Guatemala
All of Guatemala celebrated the end of the long count Mayan calendar and the beginning of the new era. There were events …
Small and Enchanting Antigua Guatemala from the Air
Often I have mentioned how small is Antigua Guatemala. In fact is about 10×10-blocks grid, but somehow there is so much to …
International Rugby Matches in Antigua Guatemala
Rugby is a new sport in Guatemala, with a little over five years in the country it has found many fans and …
The colours of the Guatemalan Gastronomy
These are some of the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan kitchen. This photo was taken at La Fonda de la …
Touring the Guatemalan Town Fair: The Crowds
If you don’t like crowds, stay away from town and county fairs because these get really packed. Even a tiny town fair …
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 …
Guatemalan Independence Celebrations
Torches, marathons and student marching bands parades are the main activities Guatemalans do for celebrating Independence Day. These activities usually begin manifesting …
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 …
It’s Cake Time in Antigua Guatemala
You know what, I just realized that there are as many panaderías, bakeries, and pastelerías, cake shops in Antigua Guatemala as there …
Tamagochy Mime Makes People Laugh in Antigua Guatemala
This is why Parque Central still the most popular venue in Antigua Guatemala after nearly 500 years of existence: It’s Friday fun …
Waiting for the bus in Antigua Guatemala
Sure, often I bring you mundane vistas or things like signs, street stamps and whatnot. This is after all, a website that …
Rainy Season Vista from Around Antigua Guatemala
As many of you know, I really really like the dry season because of the quality and color of its light, the …
Why is Guatemala so Green?
Okay, I will tell you, but please don’t go telling everyone about it. In Guatemala we have a rainy season that lasts …
The Dreamcatchers in Antigua Guatemala
If I were you I would be very careful about walking around Calle del Arco. See, there’s guy selling dreamcatchers, atrapasueños in …
Guatemalan Pastries: Bocado de Reina
We Guatemalans are the best recyclers in the world. That’s what I was trying to convey a couple of weeks ago with …
Classic Ford 1953 seen in Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know about you, but I like the design of most things done before 70s. I mean just take something as …
Typical rainy season vista from Antigua Guatemala
Almost every year I like to do a “typical rainy season vista” from Antigua Guatemala. Today’s photo was captured with the iPhone …
Having Ice Cream in Antigua Guatemala
It’s amazing how people outside Latin America don’t realize that despite the crime and violence that shown through the news, most people …
Antigua Guatemala Holy Week Photographers
We continue the series Antigua Guatemala Holy Week Photographers with portraits of three photographers, two of them friends and partners in Antigua …
Antigua Guatemala Parking Permits
These news may come as total shock to some of you, but I figure today is as good day as any to …
Dramatic Lighting of the Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala
Sometimes you have to lose all the color to really appreciate the dramatic lighting of the cathedral of Antigua Guatemala. The picture …
Colorful Guatemalan Fundraising
If you want to do street photography you have to be quick and be ready at all times because you never know …
Guatemalan Christmas Food
Among the most popular foods found for dinner in Christmas Eve and during Christmas are tamales colorados (red tamales), tamales negros (black …
Enjoying the Winter Solstice in Antigua Guatemala
I came across this list of Five Reasons to Spend Christmas in Antigua Guatemala, which basically mentioned the weather as top reason …
Guatemalan Buñuelos Recipe
We have to thank Erin, loyal and long-time reader from AntiguaDailyPhoto, for the buñuelos recipe you see below. Erin shared with us …
Recyling Magazines in Guatemala
This is just one of the ways we recycle magazines in Guatemala and, as always, it has to be colorful. I found …
Fair Trade Fair in Antigua Guatemala
On November 11, 2011 (11.11.11 for short) the Feria Nacional de Comercio Justo y Solidario Guatemala 2011 opened its kiosk on the …
The Complex Guatemala’s Presidential Election Scenario
Guatemalans are complex people. We don’t like simple things; thus whenever we can make the simplest things complex, we do. I am …
Trick-or-treating in Antigua Guatemala
I am not sure whether now there are more people celebrating Halloween in La Antigua Guatemala or if I am just more …
Farewell to Efraín Recinos, The Guatemalan Picasso
According to Efraín Enrique Recinos Valenzuela biography at his official website and at Wikipedia, he was born in 1928 in Xela, the …
Guatemalan Flags
Okay, so we agreed that the official blue color of the Guatemalan flag should brilliant blue or celestial blue code ISCC-NBS 177 …
Guatemalan Alienation
This year FOTO»30, Guatemala’s Photo September, a month full of photographic exhibits has as the encompassing theme the concept Nation. I remember …
Real Casa de la Moneda sign
This sign can be found in the hallway of the SAT building in La Antigua Guatemala. By the way, SAT is the …
Guatemalan Fruit: Pitayas
Pitahaya season is here! A Pitaya (pronounced /pɨˈtaɪ.ə/) or pitahaya (English pronunciation: /ˌpɪtəˈhaɪ.ə/) is the fruit of several cactus species, most importantly …
Guatemalan Idiosyncrasies: Carwash
In Guatemala we have certain language idiosyncrasies which throw off other Spanish speakers who visit us. One such language idiosyncrasy is Carwash. …
Guatemalan Police Patrol Trucks
Police patrol trucks, really? I am sure that’s a normal question asked when people are told that all police patrol units in …
Bigfoot Sightings in Antigua Guatemala
Believe it or not, there have been sightings of Bigfoot in La Antigua Guatemala. If also want to see Bigfoot on your …
Separation of Church and State In Antigua Guatemala
For those who don’t know, the building that appears in the photo is La Antigua Guatemala Municipal government building, simply known as …
The Giant Guatemalan Tamales from Oriente
Believe it or not, not all the Guatemalan tamales are created equal. Some tamales are bigger than others. This is a self-evident …
Guatemalan Christmas Kitsch
The market in Antigua was a bit mad last night. There’s a whole little enclave of Xmas kitsch at the rear that …
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 …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Parrillada Chapina
Here’s another version of the classic Guatemalan parrillada which is basically a charcoal-grilled meat sampler. This version includes chicken, sirloin steak, sausage, …
Celebrating Día del niño in Antigua Guatemala
On October 1 Guatemala celebrates Día del niño translated Child’s Day or Children’s Day. I grabbed my camera and went to 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 …
Guatemala’s Independence Student Parades
Most people in Guatemala often say that Guatemalans are not very “patriotic” and immediately mention how patriotic the Mexicans really are: “that’s really patriotism!” Heck I even heard an hour long radio show today discussing it.
Guatemalan Coffees Are Truly Green
Today, I continue learning about the Guatemalan coffees. In the past I have mention how I thought coffee plantations were beneficial for …
Guatemalan Cuisine: piloyada antigüeña
The Piloyada Antigüeña is one of the most classic dishes from La Antigua Guatemala. Piloyada antigüeña takes its name from the piloy …
Even Volvos Look Great in Antigua Guatemala
In Hollywood movies whenever they want to portrait or build the character as a safe person, either a house girlfriend or a …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Sancocho
First of all, I am going to request the help of my dear epistolary friends Erin and Manolo for this entry. Erin …
Earphone Usage is Up in Antigua Guatemala
A few years back LD ranted about all the people she came across wearing earbuds while riding the public transit buses in …
Cosmopolitan Antigua Guatemala
Recently, in Living La Vida Digital in Antigua Guatemala, I mentioned how cosmopolitan La Antigua Guatemala really is while showing a Philly …
Guatemalan Dessert: Flan Antigüeño
Wow, I can’t believe it took me 1,420 days to show you the world-famous caramel flan antigüeño. Bad Rudy, bad. Well, as …
The Bicycle Culture of Antigua Guatemala
One of the things that most people notice when they get to La Antigua Guatemala is the large quantity, critical mass really, …
Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala
Christmas Eve or Noche Buena in La Antigua Guatemala is celebrated by staying up all night burning firecrackers and fireworks, eating tamales, …
Surprise Visit of Santa Claus to Antigua Guatemala
Believe it or not Santa Claus paid a surprise visit to La Antigua Guatemala two days before Christmas. No wonder we have …
Free Christmas Concerts in Antigua Guatemala
Often during December or the Christmas season, there are several free concerts around La Antigua Guatemala. For instance, the photo above was …
Stop Violence Against Women in Guatemala
Many Guatemalans might regard thrillers and serial killers films as light and interested pieces of fiction because we are confronted with ultra …
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 …
Rechargeable Solar Blinkers in Antigua Guatemala
Some people out there can never see the good things, even if they were blinking right on their face. All they do …
Guatemalan Fresh Fruit Plastic Bags
What are the aspects that make up identity and idiosyncrasy? What makes Guatemalans almost anywhere in the planet salivate at the sight …
Guatemalan Aprons for Sale
The world-famous Guatemalan apron is going places, you know. Just like you can find mothers and daughters selling gabachas, aprons, on any …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ejotes Envueltos Recipe
Back in January Rudy marked his 1000th post with a pic of pacaya cooked in egg batter and duly polled readers for …
Who owns the water in Guatemala?
All Guatemalans, of course, just like the air. Water belongs to the Guatemalan people and it’s managed by the government; national and …
La Antigua Guatemala’s Overview
Here’s the follow-up photo to yesterday’s Antigua Guatemala’s Grid from Above. If I had taken one more shot to the right of …
Colorful Guatemala
Colorful Guatemala, I tell you, colorful Guatemala! Si ni los mismos guatemaltecos logramos entender la complejidad cultural en la que vivimos… —Ale …
Romantic Dinners in Antigua Guatemala
Finding romantic spots in La Antigua Guatemala is not difficult at all, but if you want to really impress your loved one, …
Guatemalan Indigenous Women
Here’s the follow-up photo to yesterday’s rear view mirror vista. In this picture, you can appreciate the different cortes worn by the …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Revolcado
Thanks to Michele and Eddie, two loyal readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com, I actually came to La Antigua Guatemala during the Holy Week. We …
Guatemalan Fruit: Chico Zapote
Okay, we will finish the Zapote and other exotic tropical fruits from Guatemala week with the Chico Zapote or simply chico which …