You better make your way to Antigua Guatemala to enjoy the Fall and Winter light and colors and our temperate weather. Today I share with you a vista of Cerro de La Cruz as seen from the 3a avenida norte in Antigua Guatemala so you get an idea what to expect. Take a photographic tour … Read more
For nearly 450 years if you wanted to climb to Cerro de La Candelaria, now better known as Cerro de La Cruz, to take an overview look of the city of Santiago de Guatemala, now known as Antigua Guatemala, you have to take a trail you can find. In 1990, the Municipalidad de La Antigua … Read more
Any other year, this week the streets of Antigua Guatemala would be packed with people, processions and beautiful Semana Santa carpets. Now, the streets are mostly empty while most people stay at home and without people during curfew, which goes from 4pm to 4am everyday. Even Cerro de la Cruz is empty as you can … Read more
That’s right, what everyone calls Cerro de la Cruz, is actually Cerro de la Candelaria. The cross placed there fairly recently by Antigua Guatemala time standards. Also, from the end of 1a avenida norte you can take 333 steps to the top. The plaque there tells you when were the renovations work done. Come back … Read more
Most people refer to this hill as Cerro de La Cruz, Hill of the Cross, because there is a huge cross on it. In fact, the cross can be seen with naked eye from Antigua Guatemala, right? However, this is incorrect because this is actually Cerro de La Candelaria. There is also a monument to … Read more
All of Guatemala celebrated the end of the long count Mayan calendar and the beginning of the new era. There were events and celebrations through out the entire country and a specific places such as Tikal in Petén, Kaminal Juyú in Guatemala City, Iximche in Chimaltenango and Cerro de la Cruz in Antigua Guatemala. The … Read more
On May 3, many countries in Latin America, including Guatemala of course, celebrate the Day of the Holy Cross and also the Day of the Construction Worker. The Day of the Holy Cross is known in Guatemala as Día de la Santa Cruz and you can see many Albañiles (construction workers) placing an adorned cross … Read more
Here’s another panoramic vista taken from Cerro de la Cruz, which shows 3a avenida norte and the handicrafts market of El Carmen in the middle of the photo. I hope you like it, let me know your thoughts.
This is the main entrance to El Cerro de la Cruz park and mirador (viewpoint). There are two other entrances, one is a stairway for people who are walking from La Antigua Guatemala. The other entrance is a very steep roadway accessible only to 4x4s from El Manchén or the road to San Felipe. I … Read more
C’est la canicule ! ¡Es la canícula! It’s the dog days! Call it what you want, but canícula even though elsewhere it is used for referring to a heatwave or the dog days, in Guatemala, or even in Central America perhaps, it’s used to mean an extended break in rainy season where we have dry … Read more
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…
It is difficult to frame a shadow, especially if it’s moving, but it can be done. Now, if you had asked me to frame an entire street, I would have said, sorry, it can’t be done. Well, I guess I was wrong; an entire street can be framed. 😉 Today’s image is more inline with … Read more
For a long time I did not want to take the same shots from Antigua Guatemala that everybody else does. Also, I did not want to take touristic photos since you can find those everywhere in the internet. Well, who the hell am I do decide what photos you should see and what images you … Read more
Elizabeth, I am telling you, he’s going to be regretting it when he also receives this photo with the line: I wish you were here too, honest! Oh I do agree with her: Life is too short not to travel to La Antigua Guatemala during the Winter/Spring season to enjoy the superb weather and mystical … Read more