Winter is coming!
You better make your way to Antigua Guatemala to enjoy the Fall and Winter light and colors and our temperate weather. Today …
333 Steps to Cerro de la Cruz
For nearly 450 years if you wanted to climb to Cerro de La Candelaria, now better known as Cerro de La Cruz, …
Antigua Guatemala’s Street and Cerro de la Cruz
Any other year, this week the streets of Antigua Guatemala would be packed with people, processions and beautiful Semana Santa carpets. Now, …
Trivia about Cerro de la Cruz, Oops, I mean Cerro de La Candelaria
That’s right, what everyone calls Cerro de la Cruz, is actually Cerro de la Candelaria. The cross placed there fairly recently by …
This is Cerro de La Candelaria
Most people refer to this hill as Cerro de La Cruz, Hill of the Cross, because there is a huge cross on …
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 …
Day of the Holy Cross and Construction Worker
On May 3, many countries in Latin America, including Guatemala of course, celebrate the Day of the Holy Cross and also the …
Handicrafts Market El Carmen
Here’s another panoramic vista taken from Cerro de la Cruz, which shows 3a avenida norte and the handicrafts market of El Carmen …
Cerro de la Cruz Entrance
This is the main entrance to El Cerro de la Cruz park and mirador (viewpoint). There are two other entrances, one is …
It’s Canícula Time
C’est la canicule ! ¡Es la canícula! It’s the dog days! Call it what you want, but canícula even though elsewhere it …
Cuddling Couple at the Cross
I wonder if the lookout point has been dubbed “make-out point.” This couple is certainly enjoying the ambience of the hilltop vista. Can’t say I blame them…
Framed Street from Antigua Guatemala
It is difficult to frame a shadow, especially if it’s moving, but it can be done. Now, if you had asked me …
I wish you were sitting here
For a long time I did not want to take the same shots from Antigua Guatemala that everybody else does. Also, I …
I wish you were here too, honest!
Elizabeth, I am telling you, he’s going to be regretting it when he also receives this photo with the line: I wish …