Parque Central is still the best place to meet with friends and acquaintances. Better yet if it’s after 4pm when the light and the ambience becomes magical. On Fridays you can even the municipal band playing some live music. What else is there to ask? 10-year Countdown Aside: I’ve been publishing for 3,632 consecutive days … Read more
Adjust your focus, always. This was my directional command from the very beginning. Post stuff no one else is covering; focus on the daily life. Focus on the people. Focus on the culture and traditions. Focus on the language and the food as manifestation of the identity. Focus on the awesome alternatives. Stay away from … Read more
We wave good-bye to Semana Santa 2016 with the most emblematic image found during the Holy Week: The Selfie. As every year, I always like to share with you my impressions about the bad and ugly of the Holy Week. That’s right folks, this year more than others, selfies are the most common seen vista … Read more
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: lustrador or shoe-shiner Having one shoes shined is one of the favourite activities of people at Parque Central or Plaza Mayor, the actual official name. You can be chatting with friends, watching people go by or be immersed on the updates of the latest gossip on Facebook … Read more
What better way to start the new year than hanging out with friends at parque central of La Antigua Guatemala; sharing a piece of cake from Café Condesa, some hot coffee and chatting and catching up. This is much better than «likes» and «comments» on Facebook or Twitter, don’t you agree? BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER: … Read more
Believe it or not, it seems fluorescent colours are coming back. From a fluorescent pink bicycle to electric green socks. Or perhaps they never went out fashion, right? Anyhow, here’s another slice of daily life as seen at the parque central. Definitely, the main square is the heart of La Antigua Guatemala; the spot to … Read more
Today I share with you a warm picture of a little girl enjoying the sun from a unique and advantageous position at Parque Central. How would you caption this picture?
Networking 101 for La Antigua Guatemala: Hang out at Parque Central. The main square of Antigua Guatemala has been our social media network since 1541. No batteries required. Some people show their pictures of the recent eruptions of Volcán Fuego on Facebook and other social media channels. Others turn to the Parque Central of La … Read more
The weekends in La Antigua Guatemala are full of fashionistas. I believe I could try to do a weekly blog post inspired by the work of the legendary Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham who spots and distills the latest fashion trends on the streets of New York. Of course, these posts will have a marked … Read more
As we have discussed many times before, the Plaza Mayor, Main Square, better known as Parque Central is the premier place to meet people, either family and friends or total strangers. Los encuentros is such a complex frase; it can mean the meetings, it can mean the crossroad, it can also mean the clashes. What … Read more
This picture was captured during a street photography walk around Antigua Guatemala. The approach here is how to photograph from behind people’s heads. My approach is to get really close, with a wide angle, take two frames, one with the focus on the subject the other with the focus on the camera or smartphone camera. … Read more
Okay, I am going to come clean. We have not been suffering through Winter. I know I have complained about the harsh cold temperatures, you know 10C/50F, that we have experienced this winter. Well, the one piece of information I left out is the fact that those cold temperatures only last for a couple hours … Read more
If you are suffering the effects of the Winter season where you live, come and enjoy our Winter season. At the time I took this picture, it was windy, but with a 24C/75F temperature and beautiful light as you can see. It was really too much, such a wonderful day to be in Antigua Guatemala. … Read more
Did you know that the official name for Antigua Guatemala’s parque central is actually Plaza Mayor? Also the benches around the Fuente de las sirenas, mermaids fountain, in Parque Central, are a great place to enjoy the spirit of Navidad, especially at night with all the Christmas lights providing a beautiful enchanting atmosphere.
This picture was taken from the second floor of the municipal palace, around 7pm, even though the City Hall building closes its doors around 5pm. So, how does one manage to get access to the second floor of the Muni after the doors are closed? Well, if one happens to know that the days the … Read more