Sights of Our Times — Masked girls carrying water jars home
Pandemic or not, life moves on and things that are necessary at home must still be procured, such food, medicine and water …
Sights of Our Times — Wear Masks Outdoors
Guatemalans are wearing masks in all public spaces, indoors and outdoors, even as in trails in nature, such as seen here where …
Sights of Our Times — Veggie Home Deliveries
As I said yesterday, Guatemalans are resilient. Motorcycles and bicycles have turned into the preferred vehicles for all home deliveries. Of course, …
Sights of Our Times — Guatemalans are resilient!
With so many people who have lost their jobs or their main source of income, pop-up stands are showing up everywhere to …
Sights of Our Times — Lottery tickets vendors waiting for clients
Honestly, I wonder how many people are still buying lottery tickets. Covid-19 has proven to be a formidable virus, turning the world …
Pandemic Sights: Fast Food To Go Only
Welcome to the new normality in Antigua Guatemala. Restaurants can only serve to go or delivery; thus their gorgeous dining areas remained …
Pandemic Sights: Farmer’s Market Stand
Not everything is bad about the Cover-19 pandemic. Farmer’s Markets and local fruit and veggie stands are popping up everywhere. For instance, …
Pandemic Sights: Garbage Collection
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Basura for either trash, garbage or rubbish, depending on which side of the …
Pandemic Sights: Empty Streets
Another common sight of this pandemic is empty streets; especially with the reduced mobility regulations we are experiencing in Guatemala. Depending on …
Pandemic Sights: Face Masks on Everyone
In Guatemala face masks are obligatory everywhere outside of your home. Even though face masks have been a common sight in other …
Queue To Order Food to Go in Calle del Arco
In Guatemala all the restaurants were forced to close their dining areas, so queues outside for food pick-up or to order to …
Sights of Out Times: Face Masks on Everyone
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Mascarilla for face mask. Well, mascarilla is the most often used word in Guatemala, …
Tailor Turns into Face Mask Maker
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Sastre for tailor. In this challenging times many of us we have to reinvent …
Message to the World: Everything is going to be alright!
Let the walls in Antigua speak: Todo va estar bien or everything is going to be alright. Especially if we have beer …
Sights of Our Times — Nearly Empty Streets
La Calle del Arco, actually 5th avenue, is the landmark street of Antigua Guatemala and certainly always packed with people, except during …
Sights of Our Times — Doing Errands with Masks
Masks are obligatory in Guatemala whenever you head out of your home. Even though masks are a common sight in other parts …
Sights of Our Times — Food Delivery Apps
In Guatemala restaurant food is delivered in motorcycles. Even the food delivery apps use motorcycle drivers with color brand backpacks. Today I …
Sights of Our Times — Restaurants Open Only for Take Away and Delivery
Since March 16, 2020 restaurants are allowed to operate for take away and delivery order only. Many had to adapt to selling …
Sights of Our Times — Face Masks and Tuk Tuk Bars
Face masks are obligatory to use outdoors in Guatemala at present time. I imagine it is the same, more or less, all …
Antigua Awaits You!
Since many of you might still be under lockdown or quarantine regulations [that’s the case in Guatemala] and traveling is still out …
Ambulant Vendor Waiting for Tourists
Ambulant vendors are one segment of the tourism industry who is really hurting this pandemic where tourists pretty much vanished from the …
14th Anniversary — Only Shopping for the Essentials
AntiguaDailyPhoto.com began on May Day 2006 with the goal of sharing daily life imagery from the little town of Antigua Guatemala, embedded …
A Typical Vista from Our Times
Antigua Guatemala is so photogenic that even under quarantine, lockdown and curfew still looks amazing, don’t you agree? Here’s one of favorite …
Good Friday in San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala
Even though Antigua Guatemala is the top destination in the world for the Holy Week celebrations, many destination through out Guatemala also …
The Quietest Holy Week Ever in Antigua Guatemala!
With all the borders closed, including the airport; all non-essential activities forbidden, including religious services, processions and vigils; plus all gatherings prohibited, …
Atypical Vista from Antigua Guatemala
I imagine lots of people are in need to visit their churches and have mass or religious services; especially catholics during the …
Adapt or Perish
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative. — H. G. Wells (1866-1946) I have always admired the speed at …
Juntos Resurgiremos — Together We Will Re-emerge
As we enter our 4th week of health and economic crisis, I see messages of hope posted on walls all over. Certainly, …
A Quiet Palm Sunday in Antigua Guatemala
2020 will be remembered as the quiet year; a year without processions; a year without massive events; a year without crowds. Yet …
Atypical Morning Vista of Calle del Arco
Even though there were still a lot of people on the streets on the first two days of April, mostly cashing paychecks …
Almost a Ghost Town
I could have never imagined desolate streets during the most important week of the year: the Holy Week of Antigua Guatemala, how …
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, …
Things Will Get Better
Things will get better, stay safe, stay strong, stay tele-connected with loved ones and stay actively creative. Take advantage of all the …