Laying Fiber Optic Lines in Antigua Guatemala
La Antigua Guatemala is still working in becoming the first digital city in Central America. The first try which included a WI-FI …
Classic Cars and La Antigua Are a Perfect Match
While I was taking the picture of this classic Packard in perfect mint condition I learned that this automobile was the cover …
Sunday Mornings Begin with Coffee and Online Newspapers
Oh there’s nothing better than a great cup of Guatemalan coffee and the online newspapers to begin a Sunday Morning. I normally …
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Qué será, será… Alfred Hitchcock has to be one my favorite directors, along with Kubrick, and I often pay tribute to him …
Running Away
Ya running and ya running And ya running away. Ya running and ya running And ya running away. Ya running and ya …
Pueblo Chico, Chisme Grande
La Antigua Guatemala is a small town with big gossip! I remember clearly the first time I heard the saying pueblo chico, …
Guatemalan Coins
A few things we should know about the two coins shown in the picture above. First, the 25 centavos coin is normally …
Mayan Stela Replicas in Antigua Guatemala
I don’t know if it was a trend at one point or another in La Antigua Guatemala, but I have found several …
Guatemalan Cup of Coffee FTW!
With the cold and dry weather conditions we had this weekend, there was nothing better than a hot cup of the best …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Parrillada Guatemalateca
Through the many entries in the Guatemalan cuisine category we can conclude that Guatemalans love to barbecue and charcoal-grilled meats. Last year …
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 …
A flood of tears over the colonial town
Llanto sobre la ciudad colonial. About four weeks ago I declared that this is The Rainiest Year Ever out of frustration with …
Anti-Rabies Vaccination Campaign
There’s a free anti-rabies vaccination campaign every year during September around La Antigua Guatemala. Cats and dogs are vaccinated for rabies and …
Remittances from Los Angeles
“Walijoq caewaj!” she yelled over and over in Quiche. Wake up, my love. Wake up, my love. This is the story of …
Stairway to Coffee Heaven
This staircase leads to coffee heaven, also known as the tostaduría, the roasting room. Or maybe not. I guess you will have …
Antigua’s Color Palette: Rojo Antigüeño
I normally don’t like red, however, I make an exception for antigüeño red. In fact, I make an exception for any color …
Antigua’s Photo Club Coffee Exhibition
Saturday, September 25, 2010 was the successful inauguration of the photo exhibition “Con sabor y aroma a café” by the members of …
Calle de la Tostaduria
I want to live on Calle de la Tostaduría. Do you know why? Club Fotográfico de Antigua Photo Exhibition: Once again I …
Guatemalan Robocops in Antigua Guatemala
The Guatemalan antiriot police unit provided me with much needed images for my photographic bank. This in particular turned out to work …
Antigua’s Tuk Tuk Taxis Revolt
Today I was driving around Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park and I was not allowed to continue towards the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (Municipal …
Let Me Out!
I would also want out with such a gorgeous day. This beautiful dog was so peaceful and enjoying the breeze that it …
Héctor’s Restaurant Third Anniversary
I can’t believe Héctor’s restaurant will be celebrating its third anniversary already on Tuesday, September 21. That’s quite an amazing feat for …
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 …
Fuego showing off…
While some people prefer to make an extra buck, or a lot more extra bucks, here in La Antigua Guatemala some of …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Frijoles blancos
Frijoles Blancos, white beans, are another classic staple of the gastronomy of Guatemala. Frijoles blancos are often prepared with espinazo (spine) costilla …
Acatenango ahumado
After being away for so long in El Petén, and dealing with a lot of archaeological photography. Anyway, in one of those …
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.
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 …
Guatemalan Vegetables Bouquet
I found this bouquet near the juice bar at the breakfast buffet in Finca Filadelfia. It looks like a creative chef and …
Breakfast Buffet at Finca Filadelfia
Among the zillion things you can do inside Finca Filadelfia, you can also have breakfast and lunch buffets on the weekends. This …
Framed Fuego
Now, this is how I like my weather conditions. Talking about the weather, Guatemala’s Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, …
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 …
The Ages of Coffee
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
The Hands That Rock the Coffee
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
Coffee Colors
In Spanish we use the word café to mean coffee and brown. Coffee berries, however, begin their color palette lifecycle as green …
Coffee Pickers from Antigua Guatemala
Today I took a photo tour with other members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua inside Finca Filadelfia. The idea behind the tour …
Festival Foto>30 2010 Opens in Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala’s largest photo festival Foto▸30 was inaugurated tonight in La Antigua Guatemala with two photo exhibits: Tribu and Que los muertos hablan. …
The Rainiest Year Ever
This has to be the rainiest year ever in my entire life. I had never ever seen so much rainfall. After several …
Forged Metal Door Knocker
How can one find beauty in such a rustic forged metal knocker? I don’t know, but the instant I saw it I …
Antigua Style Street Lighting
I promise to stop whining about the rainy season and its washed and gray skies if I am allowed to capture a …
New Gardens in San Pedro Las Huertas
In the nine years that I have been living around La Antigua Guatemala I had never seen so much work being done …
Immigration Inception
What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient… highly contagious. Once an idea has taken …
Remittances Architecture
Immigrants remittances are shaping the landscape of Mesoamerica with houses and constructions built upon the dreams and hard work of people in …
Arquitectura de Remesas Exhibit
Not too long ago I visited the exhibit Arquitectura de Remesas, an anthropological, architectonic and photographic study of how immigrants remittances are …
Antigua Guatemala Terraces
As I said before in Casa Antigüeña: The Terrace, “from the attic, it is only a matter of a few steps to …
Brand New 200 Quetzals Bill is Already Circulating
Today while doing some banking mandados, errands, out of curiosity I ask if they already had the brand new Q200 bill (200 …
Almost Perfect
There are days in La Antigua Guatemala that are almost perfect, even during the rainy season. However, most days of the rainy …
Corner Búcaro Fountain
According to Foursquare, I hold more mayorships than anyone in La Antigua Guatemala, including the current elected Mayor, Dr. Vivar. 😉 So, …
Baltika Beer in Antigua Guatemala
You know La Antigua Guatemala is a cosmopolitan town the moment Baltika beer specials are found in the local supermarket. That’s right …
Colorful Guatemalan Vegetables
We are so lucky in Guatemala to have an abundant supply of fresh and colorful vegetables all year long. This colorful side …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ensalada de Remolacha
Remolachas, beets, are another staple of the Guatemalan gastronomy. You will find often in salads, as a side dish, in curtido (pickled …
Playing With Running Water
Three simple shots of fountains found inside the patios of Casa Santo Domingo. In the picture above I decided to freeze the …
Paper Travel Guides
In my quest to bring you the most complete photographic library of the people, things and events that you may encounter while …
The Redefinition of The Pan-Maya Identity
In the previous century it was common knowledge that one could identify the provenance of the Maya people in Guatemala, especially women, …
Guatemalan Fresh Milk Home Delivery
Guatemalan fresh milk home delivery. It doesn’t get any fresher than this! How much does cost a drawn-on-the-spot glass of milk? The …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Chojin
Chojín is a word that I learned recently. Most of my life I just thought that radish salad was ensalada de rábano. …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Guacamol
Guacamol has to be among the most present sauces or salads in the Guatemalan cuisine; as well as chirmol and often together. …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Ensalada de Verduras
Contrary to popular belief, Guatemalans do have a large selection of salads in their gastronomy palette, including, of course, one of the …
Changing a light bulb
How many people are required to change a light bulb? a whole crew and a truck with basket if the light bulb …
Finca Washbasins and Water Tanks
Don’t ask me, but how did the venerable utilitarian pila (water tank) and lavadero (washbasin) became decorations elements or design accents? In …
Valle de Panchoy’s Coffee Jelly
Well, it was only a matter of time and natural that someone in La Antigua Guatemala would try to make a coffee …
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 …
Antigua’s Antique Bicycles
This how imagine a parking lot looked like at the beginning of the 20th Century in La Antigua Guatemala. Nowadays, however, I …
Vive tu vida y deja vivir
Vive tu vida y deja vivir translate more or less to Live and let live. Well, I can believe I am letting …
Salvadoreans Flock to Antigua Guatemala
These are the most common license plates in La Antigua Guatemala right now. I could go as far as saying that there …
Guatever
Guatever. I want one because I like the color, the typography and the chapín twist. Where can I buy it? Now, can …
Market Marchers Manifestation
La Antigua Guatemala sí es Guatemala after all. I hate to admit it, but Manolo was right! Just when I think Antigua …
Ubi’s Ceviche
Last week Jonathan Gold from LA Weekly and Evan Kleinman host of KCRW’s Good Food program did a review of La Cevicheria, …
Thought Provoking Art at Casa Santo Domingo
As you walk around Casa Santo Domingo, you find antique and contemporary artworks one after the other without disrupting harmony and a …
Art at Casa Santo Domingo
Hotel + Museo Casa Santo Domingo takes very seriously the museo, museum, part of its name. Not only there are several museums …
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 …
Guacamaya’s Bright Colours
Tomorrow, August 1, the theme day for the City Daily Photo community will be Bright colours. I figured I get a head …
New Closing Time City Ordinances
There is new seismic activity in La Antigua Guatemala’s grapevine. For a while now, I’ve been hearing rumors about new closing times …
1773 Guatemala Earthquake Time Capsule
An earthquake struck Guatemala on July 29, 1773 and had an estimated epicentral intensity magnitude of 7.5 Mi. It was followed by …
Daredevil in Antigua Guatemala
The things one must do to earn a living. 🙁 So what’s the guy doing all the way up there? Good question …
Typical Lunch from Travel Menu
Ah hah, I am very close to discover exactly what turns any meal into a typical Guatemalan dish. I believe that you …
Leaves of Grass
I am sure you were already thinking of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Gotcha! Well, this is really a literal snapshot or …
Amantes a La Antigua
Do you believe this couple will also record their names interlocked inside a heart as proof their present love?
Coupled Up
For as long as there’s love, couples will feel the desire to record their names, interlocked, as proof that at one point …
Las Capuchinas Ruins Stairway
The Convento de Las Capuchinas is among the best preserved ruins in La Antigua Guatemala. Every nook and cranny of Las Capuchinas …
Time To Take A Nap
Guatemala is a tiny little country with a tremendous wealth of things to do and see. From La Antigua Guatemala, you can …
Keeping An Analog Travel Log
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. —Ernest …
The Titanic Sushi Sampler
In my never-ending quest to bring you the cosmopolitan dining options available in La Antigua Guatemala. Ubi’s Sushi, managed by chef Jeremías, …
Half Marathon Las Rosas 2010 Part 2
The Antigua Guatemala’s Half Marathon Las Rosas consists of a route of 21 kilometers through La Antigua Guatemala, Jocotenango, Ciudad Vieja and …
Half Marathon Las Rosas 2010 Part 1
This past Sunday I covered the Half Marathon Las Rosas 2010 with two cameras and the iPhone. I was tweeting and sending …
The Maestro Behind MaestrosdelWeb
Like I declared yesterday, I am a lucky guy! I am so fortunate to have among my friends and acquaintances movers and …
Benefit Photo Exhibit for Agatha’s Victims
I am a lucky guy! I am so lucky to have among my friends and acquaintances movers and shakers of the Guatemalan …
Weather Forcast for Antigua Today: Sunny
This is how Guatemala’s Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología, INSIVUMEH for short, measures the hours of sun light for …
Green, Green, Green Quetzalumán
A simple image with lots of green and a touch of red, similar to our beautiful Quetzal; Guatemala’s ultimate symbol for freedom. …
Guatemalan Geek Squad Lunch
One important goal for me is to show you what’s possible and what’s available in La Antigua Guatemala. Believe it or not, …
Guatemalan Weekend Tamal Breakfast
Here’s what a typical Sunday morning Guatemalan breakfast may look like. I say Sunday morning breakfast because normally one can only find …
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 …
Maximón Lives!
A few months ago, I posted as part of the Theme Day some Maximón effigies made from wood, now holly wood really …
Once Upon a Time In Antigua Guatemala
Here’s once again my dear friend Nelo being such an accomodating model for my take on Antigua Guatemala’s version of El Mariachi …
Guatemalan Beers: Cabro and Moza
If I had a penny for each time a Moza beer has been shown in the over 1,555 pages of AntiguaDailyPhoto? Moza …
Guatemalan Ceviche Mixto: Concha y Camarón
The best Guatemalan ceviche has to be ceviche of concha and camarón. Concha is sort of a shell clam known in Mexico …
Antigua’s First Recycling Program
A few weeks ago I introduced you to the recycling truck of La Antigua Guatemala and hi-lighted the fact that it runs …
Recycling Bins in Finca Filadelfia
Slowly but surely recycling is becoming a reality in Antigua Guatemala. Can anybody explain me what is the Guatemalan fascination with toneles …