street repairs

Paving streets by hand, one block at a time

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I know I have shown street repair crews before, but I don't think I have mentioned that most streets in and around Antigua Guatemala are built and paved by hand, one cobblestone or block at a time. In the picture above we are seeing adoquin stone tiles as they were being layout on one of … Read more

Street Repairs Before Lent

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Another typical vista from February are the streets repairs done before or during Cuaresma, Lent, to have all the streets in their best condition for Semana Santa, Holy Week, in La Antigua Guatemala. Do you know how much money is spent every year on street repairs? Hint, the answer is in the archives.