Market Sights — Niña Maya and Strawberries
Push and pull, push and pull, slowly but with all the strength of her little muscles this little girl was able to …
Market Vs Supermarkets in Antigua Guatemala
Here are two different approaches to the distribution and sale of food. On one hand, the mercado is an agglomeration of small …
Market Sights — A Head Among The Herbs and Spices
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Mercado for market. If you want to see many more sights of the mercado of …
Fresh Tropical Fruits Anyone, Anyone?
A visit to el mercado of Antigua Guatemala can be an assault on the senses. Rich saturated colours, beats and rhythm to …
Red Box Movies — Antigua Guatemala Style
In the mercado municipal of Antigua Guatemala you can find quite a few booths that offer movie selections similar to what you …
Eggs Are Us
How much for a 30-egg carton of eggs in the mercado of Antigua Guatemala? Well, it depends on the size, the price …
Fresh and Sweet Fruits Year Round in Antigua Guatemala
Oh market days in Antigua Guatemala and it’s never-ending supply of fresh vegetables and fruits all year round. If you like fruits, …
Herbs and Greens Antigua Market Booth
Market days are awesome days to be in the mercado municipal of Antigua Guatemala. Everything is fresh and there’s so many more …
Corozo palms on sale at the Antigua market
Copal incense and corozo palms provide the main aromas of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Corozo palms are sold in …
Licuado Stands Inside the Mercado, Antigua Guatemala
Licuados or smoothies are the most popular beverage after atoles, of course. The price can range a lot depending where you get …
Guatemalan Christmas Decorations Market Stand
Here’s a sampling of the most popular Christmas decorations used in Guatemala. How many Christmas decorations do you recognise or which one …
Light and flowers at the mercado
If you go to el mercado on “market days” you can get an ever larger selection of flowers at lower prices than …
Yellow Flowers at el mercado, Antigua Guatemala
Plastic fake flowers, we don’t know what they are and we don’t need them. We are the land of the eternal Spring …
Guatemalan Spices and Chiles at Mercado Central
To be honest, many times I can not tell what all the ingredients, spices, or fruits are that I encounter when I …
Christmas Decorations Booth at El Mercado
This is what a typical Christmas decoration stand looks like in the market of Antigua Guatemala. Everything decoration you see here is …
