Today is the last day of Carnival in Guatemala. Tomorrow Lent begins with Ash Wednesday. You can see lots of repairs and new paint jobs all over Antigua Guatemala. The streets are no exception as you can see here as the crews apply a new paint job to the curbs and trees along Alameda El … Read more
Often times it feels that the walls of Antigua Guatemala are always being painted. I know some houses that are painted once a year or more often. If you walk around town, chances are you will encounter a painting crew working in a house or building. Now, is this color in the official color palette … Read more
Once again, the façade of the cathedral of Antigua Guatemala has received a new paint job. I hope you enjoy this black and white picture of the process of painting the cathedral. Soon, I will share a picture in color of how the cathedral looks now. Stay tuned!
The streets are as good a place as any to apply a new paint job to an ice cream cart, right? At least, this painter had not issues with doing a facelift to this cart right across from the cathedral. The streets in Guatemala are the place to do just about anything. What’s the strangest … Read more
As I have mentioned before because of the high levels of humidity around Antigua Guatemala, people have to paint their walls often, sometimes in a yearly basis. Not every time walls get painted they use the same color and after so many years when the paint peels, you get the gorgeous texture where the different … Read more