Sign — A falta de amor, otra cerveza por favor
La Antigua Guatemala is full of creative signs like this one: A falta de amor, otra cerveza por favor. How would you …
Creative Business Signs in Antigua Guatemala
Business signs are getting more creative in Antigua Guatemala. If you don’t believe, take a tour through Signs category to sample some …
Hand-made Signs
I have a soft spot for the business hand-made signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Some of my favorites are the Liquor and …
Parking prohibited, motorcycle exit
It’s been a while since I shared an interesting sign. In this case, the sign is found everywhere, generic really, but the …
Best business sign ever
This has to be the most creative business sign I have ever seen. I found this sign in San Juan del Obispo …
La Casa de los Gigantes Sign
Honestly, I can not understand why I took so long to publish the sign of La Casa de los Gigantes since this …
This is a place for prayer
I guess too much tourism can be invasive or at least that’s the message I inferred from reading the sign, “Este es …
Casa de los Gigantes sign
It’s been a while since I posted something to the sign category, today, I break from the hiatus with a very fine …
Se venden jocotes con pepita sign
This signs reads, For Sale: Mangoes with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita o pepitoria), Tangerines (mandarinas) with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita), …
Tax Evasion in Antigua Guatemala
Tax evaders in Guatemala take the risk of having their business shut down temporarily and have a sign like the above posted …
Iglesia y Convento La Merced sign
This is how maps looked like in colonial times. Can you see the reference to Cerro de la Cruz? You may have …
Place Du Pastis
Pastis (pronounced in UK: /ˈpæstɪs/, US: /pæˈstiːs/) is an anise-flavored liqueur and apéritif from France, typically containing 40–45% alcohol by volume, although …
Iglesia San José El Viejo sign
It seems like most churches and buildings in La Antigua Guatemala have a sign similar to the one above. Another such sign …
Real Casa de la Moneda sign
This sign can be found in the hallway of the SAT building in La Antigua Guatemala. By the way, SAT is the …
Las Conchas Sign
This is a follow up to the Pearls and Pans and Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket posts where I …
Colorful Circus Bar Sign
I found this colorful sign at the entrance of El Jaulón building, just one block east of Parque Central. I am sure …
La casa de Mónica sign
This is one more sign style found in La Antigua Guatemala. There are 133 pages in the Signs category, which I believe …
Salida de Emergencia Sign
Like the Sanitarios sign, you should also make sure you know how to read this sign. Salida de Emergencia means Emergency Exit. …
Dios te ama
Oficina de atención al ciudadano P.N.C. or Citizen desk of Civil National Police (P.N.C. in Spanish acronym) was written in the back …
Doble Vía Sign
I like the ceramic “doble vía” signs and metal frames in La Antigua Guatemala. To be honest, I like all the ceramic …
Don Quijote Cruisers Sign
It’s incredible how easily I fall for hand-made rustic signs in La Antigua Guatemala. A tour through the Sign category with over …
Calle de la Tostaduria
I want to live on Calle de la Tostaduría. Do you know why? Club Fotográfico de Antigua Photo Exhibition: Once again I …
Vive tu vida y deja vivir
Vive tu vida y deja vivir translate more or less to Live and let live. Well, I can believe I am letting …
Chunches y Chunchitos Sign
“Chunches y Chunchitos” is what a call a creative Guatemalan name for a business. What do you think they sell inside and …
Theme day: Funny sign
What kind of business do you think corresponds to El Cofre sign? Like every first of the month, today is theme day …
Espresso Xing Sign at Cafetenango
One of the things I enjoy very much of visiting my dear friend Pascu, manager of Antigua Canopy Tours, is having a …
Studio C Sign
Stucio C took part in the realization of visual effects for more than 350 shots for the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: …
La Esquina Sign
La esquina means the corner so what a fitting name for this restaurant and shop located on a corner house one block …
al Macarone Pizza y Pasta Sign
Trust me, do no trust your nostalgic memories; they will mislead you. 🙁 Today’s sign of al Macarone is a very good …
Chocobananos and Chocofresas for Sale
When was the last time you had chocobananos or chocofresas? Do you know what they are?
Sign Crazy
Last month I shared with you La Antigua Guatemala Sign Ordinances. I will again post the information below to keep fresh. One …
Alforja Sign
Beautiful, simple and elegant sign made with six ceramic tiles. Now, I wish I knew what they do or sell at Alforja. …
Antigua Tabaco Company Sign
Perhaps the fact that I am a graphic designer is what causes me to stop and take pictures of signs in La …
Resistance is Futile
Pollo Campero is Guatemala’s most successful transnational company. With its tender, juicy and crunchy fried chicken, Campero has done what other Central …
Posada El Antaño Sign
We continue feeding the sign category with a sign made from ceramic tiles. There are over 106 sign entries thus far. You …
Let The Signs Speak No. 2
I believe the Muni should begin posting these signs all over town. Let licuado lovers be aware!
Let The Signs Speak No. 1
When he had fished the last fish, poison the last river, and cut down the last tree, man will realize that he …
Tartines Sign
Just by walking around the streets of La Antigua Guatemala you can learn a whole new vocabulary by reading sings. If you …
Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta Emblem
I love signs; as the Sign category can testify with 98 entries so far. I am sorry about that since you have …
New Café Barista Sign in Antigua
Café Barista is the newest hipster kid on the block in La Antigua Guatemala. Café Barista opened its doors the week before …
La Cocina de la Abuela Sign
Okay, here’s a sign of restaurant exploiting the fact that everybody knows all grandmothers prepare the best food and have the most …
Antigua’s Pietra Sign
Oh I really like the texture and shape of this sign. Do you know what pietra is? It’s not a Spanish word.
Only in LAG: Refacciones Típicas
One of favorite sections of the Los Angeles Times used to be Only in LA and I believe that when I started …
Bienvenidos a La Antigua Guatemala Sign
With new Municipal government in 2008 came some rather obvious nice things that were missing from the main entrance to La Antigua …
Quirio Cataño, Sculptor of the Black Christ of Esquipulas
Every year, On January 15th, thousands of pilgrims from Guatemala, the United States, Europe and other Central American countries flock to pay …
New CitiBank Sign In Antigua
Okay, if you have followed the daily dispatches from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, you would remember that back …
Don Chobe Acuario Sign
Acuario is the Spanish word for aquarium and Don Chobe is the only shop in La Antigua Guatemala that caters exclusively to …
Hotel Posada San Vicente Sign
It’s amazing how creative are the sign makers around La Antigua Guatemala. A quick glance at the Signs category can show the …
La Casa de las Mixtas Sign
I really like the naí¯f aspects of this sign. I like how the composition is trying very hard to include all the …
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales Sign
La Antigua Guatemala is so full of antique signs that you can find while strolling around the ruins, buildings and parks. Today’s …
Mermaids Fountain Sign at Antigua’s Main Square
I am sure that most people that visit La Antigua Guatemala get to see the fountain at the Main Square; some might …
Alameda Santa Lucía Sign
Believe it or not what you call the Santa Lucía Street is the biggest controversy on this 6-block-long avenue. See, most people …
Sabe Rico Wooden Sign in La Antigua Guatemala
Here’s a second wooden sign for the Sabe Rico Delicatessen Chocolatería which can be found hanging at the entrance doorway. I really …
Sabe Rico Sign in Antigua Guatemala
Obviously not all the signs are for new business. Sometimes, there are business which did not succeed and their local is taken …
Santo Restaurante Lounge Sign
I said it before, but I repeat it now: I could go on forever photographing the never-ending supply of signs around Antigua. …
What Was the Old Man Thinking?
I wonder what was going through the old man’s mind while watching the young tourist with flip flops (thongs) and short shorts. …
Tortilleria Ericka, Los Tres Tiempos
Quick question, what does Tres tiempos mean for a tortilleria?
Instituto Normal para Señoritas Olimpia Leal Sign
More than once I have explained my method of taking photographs around La Antigua Guatemala. Back in April 23rd, 207, I explained …
Familia Gaytán Durán Sign
This is another tradition which is disappearing from the façades of La Antigua Guatemala. Having a tiled-sign with the family names on …
Marimba Orquesta AVE LIRA Sign
The Marimba Orquesta Ave Lira Sign is so small that you may have trouble finding their home-base. I have published a photo …
Room for Rent, Ring Bell 1
I guess we can continue a mini series of signs… here’s the most common sign seen in La Antigua Guatemala. Sometimes you …
Billboards and Large Banners and Signs are Prohibited in Antigua
Somethings or their absence, really, make the lifestyle of La Antigua Guatemala very pleasant. The absence of billboards, banners and large signs …
Niños de Guatemala Sign
If I started a series about the NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) headquartered in La Antigua Guatemala, one per day, I could probably …
Pues sí tú, Manolo!
Pues, what better way to explain one of the most confusing word-expressions in the Spanish language than to tell you about Manolo, …
Esquisuchil Tree Sign at Vivero La Escalonia
This is the technical data sign in front of the Esquisuchil Tree or Tree of Santo Hermano Pedro. Come back tomorrow for …
Private Property Not For Sale
As the U.S. real estate market plummets, especially the sub-prime real estate, the Guatemalan real estate market grows even healthier, especially in …
José María Magaña Juárez Sign
Sometimes just showing a sign can be considered a political act. Today’s photo about one particular architect’s sign falls under the political …
Hooyab Fine Jewelry Sign
Today we resume the sign fetish series. How do you get this vigorous red color? First you find red wall looking west …
La Peña de Sol Latino Sign
Sol Latino is a band that plays mostly Andean and Latin American music. For a long time Sol Latino wonder around the different venues and bar/restaurant circuit in La Antigua Guatemala. Eventually, they managed to get an investor to open up a restaurant-bar so they could have their own stage where to play every night. La Peña de Sol Latino became their home base; thus, they needed to wonder no more.
Which Way to Turn?
Here’s a hypothetical question for you. In Guatemala, who has the right of way among these options: pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, car, bus, truck, eighteen-wheeler truck? If you plan to visit Guatemala, you must know the answer before you arrive.
Signs: Only in Guatemala
No Food, No Cameras, No Guns, No Backpackers and No Private Guards inside, the sign reads. Only in Guatemala you can find this kind of signs (I think). Guns are a big trouble, you know; people do crazy things with them and not only in Guatemala; naked guns are worn in the belts like cellphones or keychains; even banks and offices have an unusual piece of furniture to deposit customers’ guns at the entrance. Certainly Guatemala is not the only gun-crazy country in the world, nevertheless, it sad to see signs like the one above, captured at Angelina’s Doorway.
My condolences to the families and friends of the students who lost their lives yesterday in Illinois. 🙁
Copyright Infringement Sign
Signs: They come with all kinds messages; some with weird information too.
If you’ve been visiting La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a month or longer, you will know that the sign category gets a lot of attention from my viewfinder. You can browse the sign category to see 48 samples of the different signs capture thus far.
Hippies Use Backdoor, No Exceptions
I found out about the sign above via Buried Mirror and I knew a mini series was long over due about this hippie joint in La Antigua Guatemala.
Do you know what place am I talking about?
Who ever came out with this great idea for a sign, for sure, was a hippie who now is very wealthy. Check out this amazing slide show that reveals all the different places where the sign has been posted.
Colombia Without FARC sign in La Antigua Guatemala
COLOMBIA SANS FARC, the sign reads.
Make Sure You Know How to Read this Sign
If you have lived for a while in the ‘first world’, make sure you know how to read this sign. Sanitarios is the Spanish word used in Guatemala for bathrooms. Make sure to memorize it, otherwise you will be running like this little girl. 😉
Don’t you just love this Sanitarios sign… see how can I not suffer a fetish for signs in La Antigua Guatemala when even the most mundane sign is made to look aesthetically pleasing.
Alto, Watch Me
Have I told you about my sign fetish… I don’t know if a cure exist for this sing disorder, but for sure La Antigua Guatemala signs do not help; there are SO MANY of them.
Do you know the etymology of fetish? If not you can find in this site… go happy h
Smoking is Cause of Cancer
Fumar es causa de cancer (smoking is cause of cancer)
The warning above is not used in Guatemala. I have only seen it used in Mexico. In Guatemala, the warning on the cigarette boxes is pretty explicit Smoking will kill you, period.
How to Discourage your Competition
This is a very simple and effective way to discourage the patronizing of the competition. Sign seen at Los Mojados Taquería (The Wetback Taco restaurant).
Bernal Díaz del Castillo Lived in La Antigua Guatemala
The Antigua Guatemala is full plaques pointing to historic sites or events that happened here. The Antigüeños must luck the humor or …