Ensamble Antiqua
The Santo Domingo del Cerro hosted a Baroque music concert on Palm Sunday, and well, after Nelo’s wonderful work on Processions, perhaps …
Water Matters
Water matters to a lot a people. Now I understand the importance of awareness campaigns like World Water Day, which we discussed …
Charbroiled Hamburger and Patio Dining at La Esquina
Arturo and I found a great place to have some of the best hamburgers in La Antigua Guatemala at La Esquina (The …
Nelo’s Vantage Point
Norman Ávila, the brains and enthusiastic person behind ClimaYa (Guatemala’s real-time weather reports), sent me these images of Nelo at work hanging from an electric pole. Later on Nelo sent me a photo he took from this vantage point with his iPhone 4. Thanks to Norman Ávila we get the real-time weather reports in AntiguaDailyPhoto, GuatemalaDailyPhoto and XelaDailyPhoto.
Antigua Holy Week Various Vistas
Sábado de Gloria is a quieter day with only small processions carried by women known as Las Dolorosas (The Grief or Suffering …
Antigua Holy Week Imagery
Do not underestimate the power of catholic imagery. You see, the world-famous Antigua Guatemala processions are about showing the devoted images as a reminder and representation of the crucifixion of Jesus.
Also, today all Stations of the Cross altars will be open and many if not all procession will pay a visit to El Calvario Church, which is located on the southern outskirts of La Antigua Guatemala. El Calvario or Calvary (Golgotha) is the name of the mount on the outskirts of Jerusalem where it’s believe Jesus Christ was crucified. This church with its three arches provides a symbolic representation of the crucifixion; with each arch representing each cross.
Antigua Holy Week Cucuruchos
Cucuruchos with their purple or violet cone-head rebes are another prominent element of Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala. Purple is worn as …
Antigua Holy Week Floats
There’s nothing more impressive during the Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala than seen these massive floats, andas in Spanish, being carried by …
Antigua Holy Week Carpets
The processional carpets are among the most creative and colorful elements of the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. As I’ve mentioned …
The Holy Week Photographers
Okay, the 365-day wait is over. The world-famous Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala is here. Get your cameras ready and join …
Antigua Lent Processions: San Bartolo part 2
Today’s Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) which means we are at the commencement of the world-famous Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. We …
Antigua Lent Processions: San Bartolo part 1
The San Bartolo procession is among the biggest from the Antigua Lent Processions series. In fact, I remember publishing in previous years …
Antigua Lent Processions: Santa Ana
We continue our series Antigua Lent Processions thanks to the wonderful imagery of our friend and collaborator Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos who has …
Palacio de los Capitanes will be Museo de Santiago
Yes Eric, Palacio de los Capitanes will be the new building for Museo de Santiago, which is the city and departamento’s museum. …
The Arches Inside Palacio de los Capitanes
One of the benefits of having attended the Antigua Guatemala Brand launching event was to have unlimited access to the inside of …
Antigua Lent Processions: Jesús de Santa Inés
The village of Santa Inés is located on the edge of La Antigua Guatemala, to the right of the road that takes …
Antigua Lent Processions: Nazareno de la Iglesia de Jocotenango
North by Northwest, that’s how you get to Jocotenango from Antigua Guatemala’s Plaza Mayor (main plaza). Jocotenango is not a village of …
Antigua Lent Processions: Jesús de Santa Catalina Bobadilla
First thing first, my dear friend Nelo informs me that on the first Wednesday of the Lent period, also known as Ash …
Putting Up The Lent Season Decorations
Every week, many more houses and buildings are putting up their Lent decorations. This house located on Calle de Los Pasos, which …
The Antigua Guatemala Brand Launching Event
In my humble opinion, I believe that La Antigua Guatemala is among the best places in the world to live, don’t you …
Launching Antigua Guatemala As A City Brand
This is not the first time I shared with you a photograph of fountain adorned with flowers. As a matter of fact, …
Quotidian Corner Life
You don’t have to give your soul to the Devil as as Robert Johnson did at the crossroads to enjoy the quotidian …
The Mayor’s Seat
A few days ago several members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua (Antigua’s Photo Club) and I went to the Municipalidad (City Hall) …
Antigua Style Patio Dining Area
Can you picture yourself having a Sunday breakfast or brunch with a pot of hot coffee from La Antigua Guatemala and your …
Calle del Obispo Marroquín Sign
I was very impressed to find out many of you knew about the original street name signs and also knew where they …
Theme day: Edges
This is the main entrance/exit for La Antigua Guatemala. A couple hundred meters ahead the road ends and the cobblestone streets begin. …
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 …
Missing…
Guatemala is a country of Desaparecidos (disappeared) and La Antigua Guatemala is not an exception. These colorful and friendly street vendors and …
Ceiba tree: Portal to the Underworld
The Ceiba tree (Ceiba pentandra) is very important in Guatemala. For one, the Ceiba tree is Guatemala’s national tree. There are Ceiba …
Colorful Guatemalan Torrejas
The food served at fair stands is becoming more colorful. Not too long ago I showed you black pupusas at Feast of …
Earth Hour: Think Green Wallpaper
I read this tweet about the Earth Hour (Hora del Planeta): @AndyStalman: Mas que apagar las luces habría que encender las conciencias! …
Baroque Niche from Antigua Guatemala
That’s what I call baroque style to the fullest. Do you know in what building one can find this baroque niche?
Guatemalan Candies and Nuts
Okay, it’s Friday and it’s time to give a free post card away again. Today’s game is very simple: the person that …
Antigua Attics
As I mentioned before in the Casa Antigüeña series, building codes in La Antigua Guatemala prohibit new construction of two-story houses (wink, …
Garden Dining at Epicure
Following the advice provided by RWOrange on Dining in the Garden from a few days ago, I decided to pay a visit …
World Water Day Campaign in Antigua Guatemala
Honest, I am very proud of our progressive little town, better known as La Antigua Guatemala. Take for instance the Día Internacional …
Cathedral’s Arched Doorways
It’s been a while since I shared with you a shot of a doorway. For a long time, doorways and windows used …
Dining in the Garden
We are so lucky in La Antigua Guatemala that almost every day of the year we can dine in the garden. The …
Body Guard at the Park
It is sad and tragic that in Guatemala some people have to take their body guards with them everywhere they go. 🙁
Guatemalan Coffee-sacks-style Satchels
These Guatemalan coffee-style satchels are perfect for coffee lovers… and they are ecological too since they’re made from recycled coffee sacks. Besides …
Three Free Wallpapers from Antigua Guatemala
Okay, enough I say; it’s been way too long since I gave away free wallpapers; since December 23, 2010 to be exact, …
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 …
Original Street Names Signs
I can’t believe how slow I am and how little attention I pay to the details that come my way everyday. Can …
Fair Food: Panes con pollo
Simple Guatemalan fair food. Take some pirujo bread, add lettuce, mayonaise, tomato sauce, chile sauce and shredded chicken meat you have panes …
Antigua Guatemala Fire Department’s Tuk Tuk Unit
I don’t recall exactly when tuk tuk motorcycles arrived in Guatemala, but they were absorbed as part of the Guatemalan traditions and …
Colonial-style Lamps Up Close
I wonder what’s the fascination with faroles, lamps, that we have here in AntiguaDailyPhoto, I mean, come on there are 24 pages …
Mermaids Fountain with Flowers
Cool and peaceful are the afternoons in Central Park nowadays, except for the murmurs of the mermaids and the people enjoying the …
Repairing The Spanish-tile Roofs
People repairing streets, façades and roofs are also very common during Cuaresma [Lent]. Everyone wants La Antigua Guatemala to look its best …
Lent Season Decorations Are Up
Religiously, like every Ash Wednesday [miércoles de ceniza] before, La Antigua Guatemala get’s dressed up today with Lent decorations. Cuaresma is now …
Thinking Woman
I wonder what what is she thinking, I wonder what are the Guatemalan women thinking about on this International Women’s Day? In …
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 …
Municipal Band Friday Recitals
The Municipal Band Friday recitals is another reason why Parque Central is my favorite part of town. What can I say, I …
La casa de Mónica sign
This is one more sign style found in La Antigua Guatemala. There are 133 pages in the Signs category, which I believe …
Where’s The Clock?
No worries, the clock has not been stolen. The clock was removed for a routine maintenance. By the way, I heard in …
Baroque Cupola from Antigua Guatemala
Here are a few questions for you to respond. As always, the answers are in the archives. This cupola belongs to what …
What’s Up?
I believe I’ve been talking way too much. It is your turn to talk now. AntiguaDailyPhoto is fun if we both talk. …
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 …
Roof Top and Palo de Izote
Palo de Izote is the Guatemalan equivalent of the Joshua tree. In fact, Palo de Izote is the Mesoamerican cousin of the …
Salida de Emergencia Sign
Like the Sanitarios sign, you should also make sure you know how to read this sign. Salida de Emergencia means Emergency Exit. …
Parque Central After The Rain
Okay, I guess you guys are right, a little rain in the dry season should not be reason enough to blow the …
Rain in the Dry Season
Okay, I want answers, I want the truth! What are you people up north doing to sabotage our gorgeous, Spring-like, best-time-of-the-year Dry …
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. …
Doorlocks
Isn’t it just engaging to run into so many different doorlocks around La Antigua Guatemala? This one is found in one of …
A Fountain’s Top
Like many fountain’s around Antigua Guatemala, there is always something very soothing about them (oh, and the light was just beautiful), but …
Street Repairs Before Lent
Another typical vista from February are the streets repairs done before or during Cuaresma, Lent, to have all the streets in their …
Taking Down the Christmas Lights
Normally the Christmas light decorations are put up on Parque Central before the Burning of the Devil on the first week of …
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 …
First Rains 2011
In Guatemala we have the following sayings: Enero loco y febrero otro poco, Crazy January and February a bit as well, or …
Marching Home
A couple of days ago there was another manifestation. I didn’t get a chance to learn what they were manifesting about, but …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tres Carnes Subanik Bowl
Guatemalan gastronomy is so rich with stews. If the stews are watery we call them caldos and if the stews are thick …
The Germans in Guatemala 1820-1944
In case you didn’t know, in Guatemala we had a large influx of Germans for over a century. Regina Wagner, a Guatemalan …
Flowers for Día del Cariño
The price of flowers goes up exponentially around certain dates like Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, just to name a few. A …
Any color as long as it’s red
So much art to see and absorb and so little time! I take my hat off to El Gato Viejo. The cartoon …
Ermita de La Santa Cruz with Dramatic Lighting
Without a doubt Ermita de La Santa Cruz is one of the more dramatic and enchanting venues in La Antigua Guatemala. Especially …
XI Festival Internacional De Cultura Paiz Begins
XI Festival Internacional De Cultura Paiz opened with a energy-charged reunion concert by the two most representative bands from Central America: the …
Panoramic View of Residential Areas
Before you leave Santo Domingo del Cerro, make sure you make a couple strategic stops, especially around the heliport to take some …
Excutive Chef Mario Enrique Campollo
The gourmet pizzas below are the creations of excutive chef of Santo Domingo restaurants Mario Enrique Campollo who is famous for creating …
Garden Tools Art
For artists, limitations are only proof that creativity knows no limits. Take for instance simple garden tools and look at what an …
El Tenedor Logo Sculpture
Can you believe that they have even created a sculpture of the El Tenedor del Cerro logo? As you can see in …
Panoramic View from El Tenedor del Cerro
The restaurant located on the best spot of Santo Domingo del Cerro goes by the name of Tenedor del Cerro. The views …
Tecolote Sculpture at Santo Domingo del Cerro
The Santo Domingo del Cerro compound consists as of now of a wedding chapel, galleries, conference center, restaurant, coffee and drinks bar …
Pope John Paul II Sculpture
What’s the relationship between Santo Hermano Pedro de Betancourt and Pope John Paul II you might be asking? Simple. Santo Hermano Pedro …
Santo Hermano Pedro Sculpture
Perhaps sculpture is not the right word, but I can’t think of a better word right now to describe this giant metal …
Camouflaging Cellular Towers
Sometimes we don’t realized how lucky we are for living La Antigua Guatemala until we take a little trip beyond the municipal …
Dancing to Street Music in Antigua Guatemala
Street music calls for everyone. It is not privileged or costly. Any passers-by is invited to enjoy it fully. So these two …
Coffee and Post Card Writing Time
This was the very first time I became aware of the location of the table with the antique map on top. The …
Breakfasts At Sabe Rico
Sabe Rico Restaurant, Chocolatería & Delicatessen is a great place to have delicious and nutritious breakfasts in La Antigua Guatemala. The range …
Grape Vines in La Antigua Guatemala?
I am certain this is not the only grape vine in La Antigua Guatemala, but this is perhaps the only one with …
Tomcar in Antigua Guatemala
La Antigua Guatemala is full of interesting looking automobiles. The Tomcar is just one among the strange, rare rather, vehicles found in …
Santo Domingo Del Cerro
So close and so far away, that’s how I feel regarding this rolling hill, so close to La Antigua Guatemala, yet I …
Boots “R” Us
Boots, boots, boots… I bet you didn’t know that there is town near Antigua Guatemala where one can choose from a large …
Red Wall Lit
We finish our little mini night photography tour with this simple image of a red wall and sign illuminated by a lamp. …
Illuminated Owl
I am really enjoying taking photos of beautifully illuminated signs and buildings in La Antigua Guatemala. This illuminated owl sign is very …
New Illumination for Palacio de Los Capitanes
About a month ago I shared with you photos of the new look of Palacio de Los Capitanes as well background information …
El Mesón del Obispo sign
I really like the visual effect obtained by raising a metal sign a few inches off the wall and putting some lights …
Catedral & Palacio de Los Capitanes
In our never-ending quest to bring you rare or unusual vistas from the same hackneyed places, today I present you an example …
On the Northern Side of Antigua Guatemala
As you may know, here in La Antigua Guatemala, like in many places, on odd-numbered avenues traffic runs North and on even-numbered …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Subanik
Guatemala is a country with lots of stews. Let’s call Guatemala, Stew country! Just yesterday Arturo Godoy was sharing with us the …