On the way to the maize mill
This has to be one of the most frequent vistas in rural Guatemala. A woman or girl carrying a load of cooked …
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 …
Colorful Doors: Blue
The blue looks even more colorful against a gray unpainted wall, don’t you think?
Recycling Around Antigua Guatemala
Often I have shared with you the different recycling programs available around Antigua Guatemala. There are many recycling approaches that people use …
The Woman Who Wasn’t There
When I took this photo I knew right there and then that it was going to be a black and white photograph. …
Recycling the Maize Canes
It’s amazing how this farmworker can carry so many discarded maize canes on his back, just like an ant, carrying more weight …
Antigüeños contra la delincuencia
Los antigüeños ya estamos cansados de tantos hechos delictivos que están pasando en nuestra amada ciudad mientras tanto las autoridades no se …
Antigua Florida: Bougainvillea Flowers Everywhere
The slogan of Antigua Guatemala is “La ciudad de las perpetual rosas” which translate as “the city of the perpetual roses” more …
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 …
Architectonic Details: Búcaro Fountains
A búcaro fountain is half fountain normally embedded in a wall, normally near an inside patio, but it can be anywhere. I’ve …
Architectonic Details: Octagonal Windows
I swear I could do a series just on unusual windows found in Antigua Guatemala. As a matter of fact, when I …
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 …
Perspective Is Everything!
Yes, perspective is everything! If you don’t believe me compare the Tea Partiers and the Occupy Wall Street movement, since both share …
Colonial Pila & Lavadero Fountain
I have mentioned it a few times, but let me repeat it again. There’s are aesthetic principles which are used and apply …
Independence Day?
Guatemala has many traditions that have remained until now and will hopefully remain for centuries to come. One, as you already know …
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 Slang: Chaye
Chaye is the Guatemalan slang for broken glass. Lots of chayes are installed on top walls to discourage people who like to …
Man-made Tree-looking Structure
Today’s entry is a follow up to Camouflaging Cellular Towers where I mentioned how fortunate we are in La Antigua Guatemala where …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Carne adobada
I can’t believe it has taken me over 5 years to share with you a plate of carne adobada. Shame on me. …
Window Gardens
In other places of the world, windows are just windows. In La Antigua Guatemala windows are shop displays, gardens, pet spots, plant …
Theme Day: Color Green
As every fist of the month, the Daily Photo community has a theme day and the color green is what was chosen …
Take My Photo or Simple Rainy Season Vista
Call it synchronicity or better yet, serendipity because that’s the story behind this simple rainy season vista. For a while now I …
Catholic Decorations: San Cristóbal
We continue the Catholic Decorations series with an image of San Cristóbal (Saint Christopher). Because Christopher offered protection to travelers and against …
Catholic Decorations: Angel
Angels are, of course, the most often found catholic imagery decoration found in La Antigua Guatemala. The wooden angel above can be …
Tropical Fruits Rainbow
In La Antigua Guatemala we are so lucky to have fresh tropical fruits year round to prepare our licuados and smoothies. Since …
Architectonic Baroque Details
La Antigua Guatemala is full of hidden treasures which are visible at plain view. One must be ready to look for them …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Meet Pinar Istek from XelaDailyPhoto
Meet Pinar Istek, the photojournalist behind XelaDailyPhoto.com with her omnipresent Cabro beer; her favorite from Guatemala she claims in An irresistible fact …
Poinsettias Everywhere
In Guatemala poinsettias are known as Flor de Pascua, Flor de Noche Buena or simply Pascuas. Poinsettias are native to Guatemala and …
Scenes From The Upcoming Film “Polvo”
There’s never a dull moment in La Antigua Guatemala. Let me explain. The other day as I am driving back home, I …
Fresh Fruits All Year Round
We are so lucky in Guatemala that we can have fresh fruit every day of the year. Often times the fruit has …
Ugly Wires on Calle del Arco
I am with MO with regards to how electric wires become visual pollution, especially in colonial Antigua Guatemala. However, I have tried …
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 …
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 …
Antigua Abstracta
Early on I had been bewitched by the abstract possibilities found in every nook and cranny of this enchanting and vibrant sleepy …
Coffee, Bagels and Free Wifi
The Bagel Barn is a popular venue in La Antigua Guatemala for getting a bagel sandwich, great coffee and checking your email. …
Rainy Season Vistas
I have decided that instead of complaining about the horrible light and photographic conditions of the rainy season I am going to …
Colonial Búcaro Fountain
One or more búcaro fountains are found along a patio or corridor away from the main fountain normally found in the center …
Lent’s First Sunday Procession
Sunday was such a great day in La Antigua Guatemala; nice weather conditions and a wonderful atmosphere all around town with people …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Longanizas
I will let you guys do the caption for this photo by digging through the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto. Here are the hints: …
Wandering around Mesón Panza Verde
I spent four months in La Antigua before I finally ventured to Mesón Panza Verde, one of the most renowned restaurants in …
Dancing Shadow at Las Capuchinas Ruins
The night of Friday, November 6, was the successful inauguration of the first exhibit of the Club Fotográfico de Antigua. There were …
The Last Rains of the Season
This year the first official rain of 2009 was reported on April 24 with a photograph of a woman with a green …
Licuado Culture
Sweet. Refreshing. Natural. Licuados are one of those treats that truly define a Guatemalan experience. The blended fruit drinks can be found …
Antique Decoration Elements: Rusted Metal Sun
Rust is yet another desirable aspect of antique decoration elements for colonial houses. Sometimes the artisans and blacksmith artists speed up the …
Abundant Water for Fountains Around Antigua
The Panchoy Valley, where La Antigua Guatemala is located, used to be a lake at the time the Conquistadores arrived and when …
Water Tanks and Colonial Style Social Networks
Today, as in colonial times, these public water tanks and washbasins serve as the places for doing the laundry and for water …
On the news
Below you can browse the portfolio of the photos or stories in other places beyond AntiguaDailyPhoto. AntiguaDailyPhoto referenced or talked about elsewhere …
Framing Balconies…
La Antigua Guatemala, LAG, draws a large part of its identity from its grid rows of picture-perfect edifices that line the calles …
The Enchanting Nook
Rudy previously called it Stairway to Heaven. I call it The Enchanting Nook. Months ago, during my first visit to La Antigua …
Watching the World Go by…
If you are a fan of people watching you are hard-pressed to find a lovelier place than La Antigua Guatemala to enjoy …
Antigua Abstracted #3
One of Antigua’s many attractions is slowly discovering the piled and jumbled beauty of ruined buildings scattered throughout the old city. The romanticism and nostalgia of shattered architecture has always drawn traveler’s and tourists to places such as these- from the 19 Century grand tours taken by Europeans through Ancient Greece and Rome- to present day seekers of lost cities in the Guatemalan jungles.
Architectonic Details: Beams
Last time I talked about repetition, repetition, repetition, I mentioned that capturing repetition was very desirable in photography. Well, photographing repetition is …
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 …
Jardín Antigüeño: Geranios
Geranio is the Guatemalan name for Geranium, which is also known in Spanish as Pelargonio. Geranios or Pelargonios can be found with …
Jardín Antigüeño: Julias
Julias are flowers that blossom all year long. Julias scientific name is Salvias spendens and normally can be found dress in salmon, …
Jardín Antigüeño: Nazareno
Throughout the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com you can find many of the plants and flowers available in and around the Antigua Guatemala gardens. …
Costumbrism Photographs From Antigua
Okay, here is my contribution to the Costumbrism Photographs From La Antigua Guatemala. What better specimen for the costumbrism photography of Antigua …
The Webs We Weave
Too bad MO does not come by here anymore. He would definitely appreciate a photo like today’s; full of power lines. If …
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 …
Guatemalan Fruit: Jocote de marañon
Even though most people are familiar with cashew nuts (I think), I am almost sure many people do not have the slightest …
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 …
Only in LAG: Homeless in One-Million Home
Every afternoon, the homeless man above walks slowly towards this corner house in Antigua Guatemala, one block away from the Parque Central, …
Casa Antigüeña: The Balconies
What better photo to wave goodbye to the Casa Antigüeña series than an image of the balconies against cloud-free deep blue sky, …
Casa Antigüeña: Tragaluz
The tragaluces (sky lights) are those crystal blocks you see at the far end. Craig was asking if the the light washing …
Casa Antigüeña: The Búcaro
Several times people have asked to show the inside of a house from La Antigua Guatemala and I had said that I …
What in the World is a Búcaro?
Many times, when foreigners are looking at listings for houses or apartments for rent or sale in La Antigua Guatemala, they come …
Theme Day: Circles/Spheres
“I miss playing tenta, el botecito, escondite, kick-ball, cincos, trompos and all the good old games kids play…” —MO It was only …
Colonial Style Door Knocker and Knob
Lucky me that I learned to have new aesthetic values for things antique and old. Lucky me that I find beautiful and …
Guatemalan Fruits: Nisperos or Misperos, that’s the question
After MO confirmed the spelling for Misperos which Nadia had used in reference to this yellow fruit known in the English language …
Wonderful Sunset and Power Lines
This is the follow-up photo as requested by Matt and MO. Don’t you ever say I don’t cater to your wishes and …
Citibank now In La Antigua Guatemala
Back in December 26, 2006 I wrote about the banking war in Central America between Citibank and HSBC Bank over the access …
Jocotenango’s Cathedral
Those darn electrical wires! There they are again… getting in the way. ¡Son tan metiches! —MO I agree, but what can I …
Nispero Tree in the Garden
I’m amazed by the abundance and variety of fruit in Guatemala. My chapín friends lament the relatively poor selection here, and miss …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Fiambre
How can we go by Día de todos los santos (All Saints’ Day) and Día de los fieles difuntos (All Souls’ Day) …
Habemus New President!
Even the grounds gave us good signs! The rest is history… and hope of a better future. 🙂 This time, I will …
Reuniting the Living with the Dead
Ignacio Ochoa has published a recent article about the history of kite making in Santiago Sacatepéquez under the name of Messenges in …
Guatemalan Dessert: Jocotes en miel
Jocotes (/hoe-ko-tes/) or red mombin are often eaten raw, but you can find them as often in tasty preserves. Jocotes en miel …
Spanish-tile Roof Pattern
We, graphic designers, are a weird bunch. We like thinks like patterns, textures, colors, signs, letter shapes, shapes, you name it; if …
Capturing Sunshine at the Mermaids Fountain
September has been one of the rainiest month thus far, but you would not know it by looking at the recent daily …
Traditional Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler
First of all, click the play button below. It’s the sound track for this entry. It’s been a while since I presented …
Libre al viento tu hermosa bandera…
Here is gift for those of you who like to collect the desktop wallpapers for your computer (18 so far). From here …
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Wear it with Pride (Part 2)
Lo que no se conoce no se ama One can not love what one does not know — Julia Montoya Source: Interview …
We all live in a yellow house
We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house …
Casa de los Pasos in Antigua
This façade belongs to self-titled Casa de los Paso on Calle de los Pasos (Street of the Steps). You can see several …
What Makes Guatemalans Hot?
There you go again thinking I am going to give you the recipe for Guatemalanness… wrong. But, I can do share what …
Familia Gaytán Durán Sign
This is another tradition which is disappearing from the façades of La Antigua Guatemala. Having a tiled-sign with the family names on …
The French are Coming!
Did I miss a fútbol (Soccer) game today, or what? I know Bistrot Cinq is a French bistro on 4a calle oriente …
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New Facelift and Restoration to San Pedro Apostol Church
Do you really want a long name, here’s one: “Parroquia San Pedro Apostol, San Juan Bautista of San Pedro Las Huertas, La …
Sompopo: The Giant Guatemalan Ant
Enough about pondering the big questions! Sompopos are now here and thus we are now “officially” in the rainy season. Sompopos arrived …
Día de la Santa Cruz y el Albañil
In Guatemala and many countries in Latin America today, May 3rd, is celebrated the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
Private Property Not For Sale
As the U.S. real estate market plummets, especially the sub-prime real estate, the Guatemalan real estate market grows even healthier, especially in …
Hooyab Fine Jewelry Sign
Today we resume the sign fetish series. How do you get this vigorous red color? First you find red wall looking west …