This a typical vista during the dry season, normally November through April. This year however, this is the sort of vista one can expect during the rainy season, May through October. I believe this is the second year in a row where we are experiencing droughts in and around Antigua Guatemala. Is it raining where … Read more
If you are a fan of people watching you are hard-pressed to find a lovelier place than La Antigua Guatemala to enjoy the lazy hobby. Whether you find a bench in Parque Central, Tanque de la Union, Cerro de la Cruz… or perhaps, you simply prop yourself against one of the many boldly-colored walls that … Read more
Today we had the first official rainfall of the rainy season 2009 in La Antigua Guatemala. Even though, yesterday and a few days ago we experienced some light and fast drizzle, it was not until today that we had our fist real heavy precipitation. If you are coming to Antigua in the next following semester, … Read more
Even while doing errands and chores around La Antigua Guatemala, you are given the opportunity to experience a post card moment. Life is good! 😉 There are two volcanoes in the background, can you name them?
Sorry for being absent the last few days. I do have the photos for the missing days and I will be updating tonight. I needed a short break; I hope you forgive me. 🙁 I have a food series coming up in preparation for the Independence Day Celebrations. Stay tune!
I believe that I do tend to be a voyeur or obsessive observer when it comes to capture the most natural street life scenes. My goal is to capture the intriguing split-second scene. I do not like posed photograph, especially posed street photos because once the subject is aware of the lens the natural feel is lost; the window that I open for you into the daily life of La Antigua Guatemala is broken.
The cellular telephone industry is one of the fastest growing industries and they just broke a new record for Latin America: 10 million 150 thousand users or the equivalent of 75% of the population has now an “active cellphone”. The key word here is: Active. This makes Guatemala one of the most connected countries in Latin America. (Source: Guatemala bate récord de usuarios de telefonía móvil at elPeriódico {ES}).
The photographer was capturing fleeting emotions, split-second gestures, temporary smiles or pensive introspections, passing pedestrians, et-cetera. Stealing souls, pues! 😉
Watching the Watchers Watch is what we call in Spanish a trabalenguas or tongue twister.
What kind of stories do you see in this picture?
The irony of life in La Antigua Guatemala, a tiny colonial town with hundreds of bed & breakfasts, luxury hotels, cozy posadas, 5-star hotels, and thousands of rooms for every kind of budget. Yet, the number of homeless people without a roof increases every year. Certainly, life can be tough in La Antigua Guatemala.
There are many complications when you take an adopted child from Guatemala to a foreign land and to a foreign culture. One complication could be that he or she will be marked as strange because of her Mayan traits and the dark color of the skin.
Hispanic and Indigenous children might be walking on uneven streets if they are taken to mostly white neighborhoods where racism and discrimination could part of their daily bread.
We can derive three facts about Antigua from this photo. 1: Maids wear an apron all day long. 2: Many doorways in Antigua have one or two lamps to the sides. 3: Many doors in Antigua are framed by concrete and plants. On the other hand, all entries were imported to this new blog. Chances … Read more