We finish this week’s mini series on handmade signs of Antigua Guatemala with a wider perspective that includes the sign of Café La Parada and a coffee lover enjoying one of the espressos one can have in our charming town.
There’s so much diversity in the signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through the more than 212 signs I have shared with you thus far. Have fun and let me know which one is your favorite sign.
The handmade wooden sign for Mexico Lindo is simple yet effective with simple hand-writing letters and a Catarina skull with lots of negative space. ¡Qué rico!
Today I share with you the handmade sign with wood and metal parts for Donde el Gringo; you can find it right …
Here’s your illustrated Spanish word of the day: Alto for Stop.
La Antigua Guatemala is full of creative signs like this one: A falta de amor, otra cerveza por favor. How would you …
Here is yet another quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala, as I promised to share with back in May 1st, 2006. A sign …
So what differences do you find between the two women?
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Chompipe for Turkey If you think the Spanish spoken in Mexico has too …
You can never get bored with the signs you find in Antigua Guatemala. If you don’t believe me, take a photographic tour …
It’s been a while since I shared a hand-made sign with you guys. As many of you know, I enjoy collecting pictures …
Every so often I capture the current state of the façade of Casa de los Gigantes, located right across from Iglesia de …
Here’s a creative way to place a business sign on the streets by using a vintage bicycle in front of the doorway. …
Houses with names and figures, that’s so common around Antigua Guatemala, how about where you live, do the houses in your neighborhood …
It’s been a while since I last fed the Signs category, over two months ago to be precise. As many of you …
I never get tired of telling you how much Guatemalans love fried chicken. We have so many fried chicken restaurants from the …
I have a soft spot for the business hand-made signs found in Antigua Guatemala. Some of my favorites are the Liquor and …
It’s been a while since I shared an interesting sign. In this case, the sign is found everywhere, generic really, but the …
This has to be the most creative business sign I have ever seen. I found this sign in San Juan del Obispo …
Honestly, I can not understand why I took so long to publish the sign of La Casa de los Gigantes since this …
I guess too much tourism can be invasive or at least that’s the message I inferred from reading the sign, “Este es …
It’s been a while since I posted something to the sign category, today, I break from the hiatus with a very fine …
This signs reads, For Sale: Mangoes with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita o pepitoria), Tangerines (mandarinas) with ground roasted pumpkin seeds (pepita), …
Sometimes it pays to be present at the right moment with the camera ready to capture a fleeting instance. Such was the …
Tiendecitas or tienditas, little convenience stores, have to be the most popular business enterprise in Guatemala. I can not imagine living without …
Tax evaders in Guatemala take the risk of having their business shut down temporarily and have a sign like the above posted …
It looks like the Muni is almost ready to wave goodbye to 2011. The sign for 2012 is already in place and …
This is how maps looked like in colonial times. Can you see the reference to Cerro de la Cruz? You may have …
Pastis (pronounced in UK: /ˈpæstɪs/, US: /pæˈstiːs/) is an anise-flavored liqueur and apéritif from France, typically containing 40–45% alcohol by volume, although …
It seems like most churches and buildings in La Antigua Guatemala have a sign similar to the one above. Another such sign …
… as seen at Héctor’s restaurant, which by the way turned 4 years old this week. Congratulations Héctor for this extraordinary achievement …
Flying through the air you can see all through the valley at Antigua Canopy Tours which is located at Finca Filadelfia. Seven …
This sign can be found in the hallway of the SAT building in La Antigua Guatemala. By the way, SAT is the …
This is a follow up to the Pearls and Pans and Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket posts where I …
I found this colorful sign at the entrance of El Jaulón building, just one block east of Parque Central. I am sure …
Since my handle in the English language is not so good, I would like to request for you guys to help me …
Stop, left turn only. I believe this is a sign that tells me I must take a new direction. I will. What …
I was very impressed to find out many of you knew about the original street name signs and also knew where they …
This is one more sign style found in La Antigua Guatemala. There are 133 pages in the Signs category, which I believe …
Like the Sanitarios sign, you should also make sure you know how to read this sign. Salida de Emergencia means Emergency Exit. …
Oficina de atención al ciudadano P.N.C. or Citizen desk of Civil National Police (P.N.C. in Spanish acronym) was written in the back …
I like the ceramic “doble vía” signs and metal frames in La Antigua Guatemala. To be honest, I like all the ceramic …
It’s incredible how easily I fall for hand-made rustic signs in La Antigua Guatemala. A tour through the Sign category with over …
I want to live on Calle de la Tostaduría. Do you know why? Club Fotográfico de Antigua Photo Exhibition: Once again I …
Vive tu vida y deja vivir translate more or less to Live and let live. Well, I can believe I am letting …
“Chunches y Chunchitos” is what a call a creative Guatemalan name for a business. What do you think they sell inside and …
What kind of business do you think corresponds to El Cofre sign? Like every first of the month, today is theme day …
One of the things I enjoy very much of visiting my dear friend Pascu, manager of Antigua Canopy Tours, is having a …
Stucio C took part in the realization of visual effects for more than 350 shots for the movie “The Chronicles of Narnia: …
La esquina means the corner so what a fitting name for this restaurant and shop located on a corner house one block …
Trust me, do no trust your nostalgic memories; they will mislead you. 🙁 Today’s sign of al Macarone is a very good …
When was the last time you had chocobananos or chocofresas? Do you know what they are?
Last month I shared with you La Antigua Guatemala Sign Ordinances. I will again post the information below to keep fresh. One …
Beautiful, simple and elegant sign made with six ceramic tiles. Now, I wish I knew what they do or sell at Alforja. …
Perhaps the fact that I am a graphic designer is what causes me to stop and take pictures of signs in La …
Pollo Campero is Guatemala’s most successful transnational company. With its tender, juicy and crunchy fried chicken, Campero has done what other Central …
We continue feeding the sign category with a sign made from ceramic tiles. There are over 106 sign entries thus far. You …
I believe the Muni should begin posting these signs all over town. Let licuado lovers be aware!
When he had fished the last fish, poison the last river, and cut down the last tree, man will realize that he …
Just by walking around the streets of La Antigua Guatemala you can learn a whole new vocabulary by reading sings. If you …
I love signs; as the Sign category can testify with 98 entries so far. I am sorry about that since you have …
Café Barista is the newest hipster kid on the block in La Antigua Guatemala. Café Barista opened its doors the week before …
This is the actual plaque, in which, chiseled over a piece of stone you can read the UNESCO’s declaration of Patrimony of …
Oh I really like the texture and shape of this sign. Do you know what pietra is? It’s not a Spanish word.
According to the statistics only 67% of the population has Internet access in Guatemala (source somewhere in elperiodico.com.gt or prensalibre.com.gt), but by …
One of favorite sections of the Los Angeles Times used to be Only in LA and I believe that when I started …
With new Municipal government in 2008 came some rather obvious nice things that were missing from the main entrance to La Antigua …
Every year, On January 15th, thousands of pilgrims from Guatemala, the United States, Europe and other Central American countries flock to pay …
Okay, if you have followed the daily dispatches from La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a while, you would remember that back …
It’s amazing how creative are the sign makers around La Antigua Guatemala. A quick glance at the Signs category can show the …
I really like the naí¯f aspects of this sign. I like how the composition is trying very hard to include all the …
La Antigua Guatemala is so full of antique signs that you can find while strolling around the ruins, buildings and parks. Today’s …
I am sure that most people that visit La Antigua Guatemala get to see the fountain at the Main Square; some might …
Believe it or not what you call the Santa Lucía Street is the biggest controversy on this 6-block-long avenue. See, most people …
Here’s a second wooden sign for the Sabe Rico Delicatessen Chocolatería which can be found hanging at the entrance doorway. I really …
Obviously not all the signs are for new business. Sometimes, there are business which did not succeed and their local is taken …
I said it before, but I repeat it now: I could go on forever photographing the never-ending supply of signs around Antigua. …
I wonder what was going through the old man’s mind while watching the young tourist with flip flops (thongs) and short shorts. …
Quick question, what does Tres tiempos mean for a tortilleria?
More than once I have explained my method of taking photographs around La Antigua Guatemala. Back in April 23rd, 207, I explained …
And just like that, July left the frame… Oh Cazuza, how right you were… Time doesn’t stop! Okay, the last game for …
This is another tradition which is disappearing from the façades of La Antigua Guatemala. Having a tiled-sign with the family names on …
The Marimba Orquesta Ave Lira Sign is so small that you may have trouble finding their home-base. I have published a photo …
If I started a series about the NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) headquartered in La Antigua Guatemala, one per day, I could probably …
Pues, what better way to explain one of the most confusing word-expressions in the Spanish language than to tell you about Manolo, …
This is the technical data sign in front of the Esquisuchil Tree or Tree of Santo Hermano Pedro. Come back tomorrow for …
As the U.S. real estate market plummets, especially the sub-prime real estate, the Guatemalan real estate market grows even healthier, especially in …
Sometimes just showing a sign can be considered a political act. Today’s photo about one particular architect’s sign falls under the political …
Today we resume the sign fetish series. How do you get this vigorous red color? First you find red wall looking west …
Here’s a hypothetical question for you. In Guatemala, who has the right of way among these options: pedestrian, bicycle, motorcycle, car, bus, truck, eighteen-wheeler truck? If you plan to visit Guatemala, you must know the answer before you arrive.
No Food, No Cameras, No Guns, No Backpackers and No Private Guards inside, the sign reads. Only in Guatemala you can find this kind of signs (I think). Guns are a big trouble, you know; people do crazy things with them and not only in Guatemala; naked guns are worn in the belts like cellphones or keychains; even banks and offices have an unusual piece of furniture to deposit customers’ guns at the entrance. Certainly Guatemala is not the only gun-crazy country in the world, nevertheless, it sad to see signs like the one above, captured at Angelina’s Doorway.
My condolences to the families and friends of the students who lost their lives yesterday in Illinois. 🙁
Valentine’s Day in Guatemala is known as El Día del Cariño. Cariño and caress share the same etymology and it means affection. The Day of Affection would be a close translation for El Día del Cariño, thus it is much more than Valentine’s Day because it is the day to show your affection, love and appreciation to your co-workers, neighbors, friends, family, and of course, your girlfriend or girlfriend; whatever the case may be.
Signs: They come with all kinds messages; some with weird information too.
If you’ve been visiting La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for a month or longer, you will know that the sign category gets a lot of attention from my viewfinder. You can browse the sign category to see 48 samples of the different signs capture thus far.
I found out about the sign above via Buried Mirror and I knew a mini series was long over due about this hippie joint in La Antigua Guatemala.
Do you know what place am I talking about?
Who ever came out with this great idea for a sign, for sure, was a hippie who now is very wealthy. Check out this amazing slide show that reveals all the different places where the sign has been posted.
COLOMBIA SANS FARC, the sign reads.
This is the welcoming display sign that you can find in the hallway that connects the underground parking lot and the Hotel-Museo Casa Santo Domingo in La Antigua Guatemala. Although, there is no reference element in the picture to give you an idea of the size of the sign, I can tell you is very big; the red background of the display must be about 3 meters by 2 meters (9 feet by 6 feet).
If you have lived for a while in the ‘first world’, make sure you know how to read this sign. Sanitarios is the Spanish word used in Guatemala for bathrooms. Make sure to memorize it, otherwise you will be running like this little girl. 😉
Don’t you just love this Sanitarios sign… see how can I not suffer a fetish for signs in La Antigua Guatemala when even the most mundane sign is made to look aesthetically pleasing.
Have I told you about my sign fetish… I don’t know if a cure exist for this sing disorder, but for sure La Antigua Guatemala signs do not help; there are SO MANY of them.
Do you know the etymology of fetish? If not you can find in this site… go happy h
Fumar es causa de cancer (smoking is cause of cancer)
The warning above is not used in Guatemala. I have only seen it used in Mexico. In Guatemala, the warning on the cigarette boxes is pretty explicit Smoking will kill you, period.
