I pride myself of knowing every little corner of La Antigua Guatemala so whenever I discover a hidden aspect in this colonial town I get excited. This was the case, when I made a wrong turn and walked into this pila I could not resist pulling my camera and making a HDR photograph. See, for … Read more
If you visit Guatemala, one thing that will be common everywhere you go are the smiling faces. Here I captured the typical smiling face of a girl having lots of fun at the lavadero público in the Pilas de Santa Clara, better known now as Tanque de la Unión. Let’s have another creative caption contest. … Read more
Today I will let you guys caption this picture. I am excited to read what creative stories you guys can come up with for this picture of a little girl barely reaching the lavadero. Next Sunday I will pick the most creative caption send a photo post card to the winner. As in previous photo … Read more
I have always called this monument Tanque de la Unión because that’s what everybody calls it. However, I learned during my Antigua Guatemala’s history certificate course, that most historians call it Pilas o Lavaderos de Santa Clara. I believe both names are correct, but Pila de Santa Clara is probably more correct since these washbasins … Read more
We call them lavaderos in Spanish, pila is also used, pila is actually the water tank. and I believe I have posted at least 6 o 7 entries about the public washbasins and water tanks as I have found them around Antigua Guatemala. The first person who can correctly list all the different posts that … Read more