Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Basura for either trash, garbage or rubbish, depending on which side of the Atlantic you live in. You would have thought that people would produce less trash while under lockdown and curfew, but it turns out that we are producing more garbage now that we stay … Read more
Another common sight of this pandemic is empty streets; especially with the reduced mobility regulations we are experiencing in Guatemala. Depending on whether your license plate is odd or even, you can be driving or not.
In Guatemala face masks are obligatory everywhere outside of your home. Even though face masks have been a common sight in other parts of the world, now masks are becoming the “new normal” sight in Guatemala as well. Are face masks mandatory or recommended where you live?
In Guatemala all the restaurants were forced to close their dining areas, so queues outside for food pick-up or to order to go are a common sight of this pandemic. How is it in your neck of the woods?
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Mascarilla for face mask. Well, mascarilla is the most often used word in Guatemala, although in the Spanish language we have many words for face masks, such as máscara, careta, nasobuco, cubreboca, tapaboca, and barbijo.
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Sastre for tailor. In this challenging times many of us we have to reinvent ourselves or perhaps point our skillset in a different direction as this tailor did by switching to making face masks to help keep a steady supply of protective face masks.
Let the walls in Antigua speak: Todo va estar bien or everything is going to be alright. Especially if we have beer and food to go or delivery. I have read that in other parts of the world have been shortages of both food and beer. Fortunately, at least in Antigua Guatemala, the micro breweries … Read more
La Calle del Arco, actually 5th avenue, is the landmark street of Antigua Guatemala and certainly always packed with people, except during this pandemic. Even though we don’t have a curfew during the day, only from 6pm to 4am, it is recommended that everyone, except essential workers, stay at home. A quick look at Calle … Read more
Masks are obligatory in Guatemala whenever you head out of your home. Even though masks are a common sight in other parts of the world, masks are still an unusual sight in Guatemala, but with almost two months of seeing them, we are becoming accustomed. Who know how long this practice will remain in place, … Read more
In Guatemala restaurant food is delivered in motorcycles. Even the food delivery apps use motorcycle drivers with color brand backpacks. Today I share with you a hive of those motorcycle drivers just waiting for the next order to drop on their smartphones. They gather around this area, right across the Parque Central, main square, because … Read more
Since March 16, 2020 restaurants are allowed to operate for take away and delivery order only. Many had to adapt to selling food online as well as to take take away orders by phone. For order delivery, some restaurants have their in-house food delivery motorcycle while the majority of restaurants depend on the food delivery … Read more
Face masks are obligatory to use outdoors in Guatemala at present time. I imagine it is the same, more or less, all over the world, right? Tuk tuk moto taxis are quite common in Guatemala as well. Tuk Tuk motorcycles continue to morph into all sorts of vehicles from fried-chicken stands to fire department units; … Read more
Since many of you might still be under lockdown or quarantine regulations [that’s the case in Guatemala] and traveling is still out of the question, thus, I decided to share a typical “post card” vista from Antigua Guatemala with y’all; with its vibrant colors, towering volcanoes and Fuego puffing, of course, all bathed with the … Read more
Ambulant vendors are one segment of the tourism industry who is really hurting this pandemic where tourists pretty much vanished from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. I know some of the Maya weavers are producing more textiles, vibrant clothes and house garments, but how long can they go on without selling, without an income. I … Read more
AntiguaDailyPhoto.com began on May Day 2006 with the goal of sharing daily life imagery from the little town of Antigua Guatemala, embedded among towering colossal volcanoes in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala, located in northern Central America. With a tiny footprint of about one squared kilometer [0.6 of a mile] I figure I would ran … Read more