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Dry Season Blossoms in Antigua Guatemala

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Okay folks, this is the deal. In Guatemala for some strange reason, many plants bloom during the dry season. As a matter of fact, the dry season which encompasses Autumn, Winter and the beginning of Spring really feels like Spring as there are many flowers everywhere. Here, for instance, are some the blossoms at Parque … Read more

Another Rainy Season Vista from Antigua Guatemala

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Here’s another take on the cathedral taken from the municipal building. If you recall, I am taking a certificate course on the history of La Antigua Guatemala and there are many things I have learned so far. For instance, this church which I have always called Catedral is not a cathedral anymore. Once the capital … Read more

Let The Photographers In for Lent and Holy Week

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Just as cucuruchos and processions are the staple imagery of Lent and Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala, so are the photographers who arrive for this very special time of the year. Who can blame them for trying to capture colorful and dramatic images of the largest Lenten celebration in the world. And just when … Read more

Hanging with the boys at the park

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Hanging with the boys at the park by Rudy Girón

“I have everything I ever wanted, nothing I ever really needed,” I read in Twitter. In Guatemala is quite the opposite most of the time for most Guatemalans. Often I see Guatemalans, young and old, have so much fun with so little. Kids buy an inexpensive colorful plastic ball or natural membrane ball and have … Read more

Parque of San Pedro Las Huertas

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I have shown quite of few pictures of the park in San Pedro Las Huertas , a village within the La Antigua Guatemala municipality, but I don’t think I have ever shown the entire park itself. What makes this plaza so particular and unique is the fact that there is a very large public laundry … Read more