The Tienda Transaction

I invite you to caption this photograph of an abuelita buying some soda bottles. The winner selected next Wednesday, will get photo post card on the mail. Good luck to everyone participating! Here’s a peak vista into the real daily life around a tienda. If you have follow AntiguaDailyPhoto for a while, you know that … Read more

The Typical Tienda Vista

As I’ve explained before, a tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition of Tienda is tent as I imagine the original stores were actually tents. Tienditas, are smaller tiendas, or little convenience stores, which sometimes get to be as small as a window, must of … Read more

Guatemalan Tienditas

Guatemala has taken the concept of convenience store to new levels. Tienda is the Spanish word we use in Guatemala to refer for convenience store. The original definition of Tienda is tent as I imagine the original stores were actually tents. Tienditas, are smaller tiendas, or little convenience stores, which sometimes get to be as … Read more