Temple of San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala
As I explained yesterday, I am on a quest to document photographically all the colonial temples in the villages of La Antigua …
Temple of San Gaspar Vivar, Antigua Guatemala
I have set another goal for AntiguaDailyPhoto: profile all the colonial temples of the villages of Antigua Guatemala to show case their …
Panoramic Vista of San Pedro Las Huertas
Another goal that I have set for myself for this new year is to make panoramic photographs all the plazas [main squares] …
Cleaning the Cathedral of Antigua Guatemala
Ever wonder how they go about cleaning the façades of the churches around Antigua Guatemala. Here’s one such image showing how they …
Lent Sunday Processions: 5th San Bartolomé Becerra
The procession of the fifth Sunday of Lent is quite possibly one of the largest processions in Antigua Guatemala. People just refer …
Lent Sunday Processions: 4th Santa Ana
By the end of the 4th Sunday procession which comes out of the village of Santa Ana, Nelo Mijangos had already walked …
Lent Sunday Processions: 3rd Jocotenango
The third of Sunday of Lent is the turn for the church of Jocotenango to put the best procession possible and believe, …
The San Juan del Obispo Parish in Antigua Guatemala
In my endless quest to bring you new fresh perspectives for the over-photographed vistas of Antigua Guatemala, I present you here the …
Details of the façade of the church of San Gaspar Vivar
Only when you get a close-up and pay attention to the details on the façade of the church you realise how baroque …
Black and White of the Cathedral
It's only when you take a look at a white and black photo of the cathedral that one can really appreciate the …
Façade of the Parroquia de San Pedro Las Huertas
Whenever possible is a good idea to include in the picture something of known size like a person, animal or vehicle to …
Façade of Iglesia de San Gaspar
After several previous tries I believe I have captured the essence of this tiny colonial church in San Gaspar Vivar. Sometimes it …
Typical Rainy Season Vista in Antigua Guatemala
In case you haven’t noticed, we embarked on a Rainy Season Vistas series starting a few days back. This whole week I …
San Gaspar Vivar Church
One thing I have noticed reviewing the archives of AntiguaDailyPhoto is that I have yet to visit all the villages of Antigua …
Painting the San Miguel Escobar Church
About two weeks ago I shared with you a photograph of the façade of the church of San Miguel Escobar in which …
Façade of Iglesia de San Miguel Escobar
Yellow and white have to be the most often used colors in churches in and around La Antigua Guatemala. Above we can …
Details of San Francisco El Grande Church
Without a doubt Iglesia de San Francisco El Grande is one of my favorite churches to photograph. There’s always so much going …
Students Paying a Visit to a Church
Just like the separation of State and Church is not an issue in Antigua Guatemala, taking students from a public school to …
Contrast: Orange and Blue
Okay guys, today’s game is very simple: find as many kinds of contrasts as you can in this image of the San …
Show Me The Moon from Antigua Guatemala
Detalles, detalles, detalles. What better way to show you the brand new paint job at the Iglesia de La Merced than to …
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 …
No, This is Not a Cake from Antigua Guatemala
Regardless what you may be thinking right about now, this is not edible. Believe it when I tell you this is not …
Last-minute Repairs of San Pedro Apostol Church
This is how the inside of the San Pedro Apostol Church looked like last night as the last repairs were being done. …
Would-be High School Teachers Learning History
I caught these would-be High School teachers learning Guatemalan history on Sunday in front of the Church of San Pedro Las Huertas. …
Gringos Making a Holy Week Carpet
Gringos are now an integral part of La Antigua Guatemala and therefore many of them participate of the preparations of the world …
Marimba Orquesta Chicken Bus Ave Lira
Like Manolo said, with Marimba music as the background for many parties and celebrations around La Antigua Guatemala and the rest of the country, I can almost smell the pine needles under my feet and the tamales and ponche (fruit punch) in the air. Oh what memories… sometimes I even wish I could like this type of music. 🙁
Marimba Chicken Bus and Church of San Pedro
Well, well, what we have here… what’s up with that, why are Guatemalans so enchanted with the infamous chicken bus. I mean what makes Guatemalans take on the crappy junk and retired school buses from up north and give them a second life as public transit chicken bus, mobile libraries chicken bus and now as a marimba orquesta mobile unit chicken bus.
Jumping over the cables
Here is a vertical shot of a biker doing a jump in the atrium of the Jocotenango church. Jocotenago is one of the communities very near La Antigua Guatemala. Jocotenango is so close to La Antigua that you might walk and cross over the municipal borders without realizing it. Jocotenango and Ciudad Vieja are the two municipios (counties) where most of the antigüeños moved after they sold their houses in La Antigua Guatemala. Some antigüeños sold their house under pressure from buyers and because the incredible prices buyers were willing to pay. Ciudad Vieja and Jocotenango is where most of the workers of La Antigua Guatemala businesses live. Jocotenango and Ciudad Vieja are ‘REAL’ Guatemalan communities, unlike La Antigua Guatemala. Soon I will post an entry with the following title: La Antigua Guatemala is not Guatemala (which I’ve been saving for a long while now). Stay tune!
BMXing in Jocotenango
In La Antigua Guatemala and surrounded areas, church atriums and basket ball courts are used for many activities ranging from town fairs all the way to BMX bike competitions like the one above where I was lucky to catch a few shots. Believe or not, the kid on the frame above landed with his feet on the pedals. Awesome dude!
Guatemalan Fair: The Ferris Wheel
Ferris wheels are another element of the Guatemalan fair. There is at least one Ferris wheel, but more often two or three of different sizes. The Ferris wheel is known here by these names rueda de Chicago(Chicago Wheel), rueda de la fortuna (wheel of fortune) and vuelta al mundo (around the world). Fairs are made up by all kinds of ambulant stands. Fairs are like accordions, they grow or shrink depending of the size of the community or town. All these photos belong to the San Pedro Las Huertas, a small village just outside and belonging to La Antigua Guatemala. At the end of July, La Antigua Guatemala will have its massive fair in honor of Saint James or Santiago.