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Quotidian Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Sunshine Strollers BY RUDY GIRON

Quotidian Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Sunshine Strollers

If you are still suffering the effects of one of the coldest Winters in decades, don’t suffer any longer, we provide Winter asylum and warm shelter. Heck you can even take strolls on the sunny side of the streets to get the vital vitamin D. What are you waiting for?

Coffee and Wi-Fi Are Us

I don’t know if you can find another place on Earth that has more coffee shops and public access Wi-Fi hotspots per …

Army Day Holiday in Guatemala

Today is observed the Día del Ejército (Army Day holiday) in Guatemala, and tomorrow’s the Día del empleado bancario (Guatemalan Banker’s holiday); …

Smiles in Antigua Guatemala

  One of the things one can encounter quite often on the streets of Antigua Guatemala is smiles. Big smiles are everywhere around …

Antigua Guatemala Tourists

This has to be the high season for tourism during the dry season; everywhere you walk, there are tourist groups. Of course, …

North by Northwest

Often I see visitors to Antigua Guatemala getting lost or asking for directions. It’s kind of interesting since La Antigua Guatemala is …

Antigua Hangouts: Parque Central by Rudy Giron

Antigua Guatemala Hangouts

There are many hangouts in Antigua Guatemala such cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs, parks, ruins, etc., but Parque Central or main plaza is …

Making the Sale

If you spent any time on Parque Central, this will be one of the most common vistas. If you spend too much …

All Aboard Now

Okay everyone, I am in the Santa Claus mood, so I will send a beautiful set of three 11″x14″ photos from AntiguaDailyPhoto.com …

Asian Tourists Have Arrived to Antigua Guatemala

…it feels sooo good to know that I’ll be back in one of my favorite cities in the world !! ( though for me it’s more like a nice little village actually, cause people are so kind and open, everyone says hello, you can always find strangers to chat with in Parque Central and when you’re there for two weeks, you always seem to meet the same people all over town almost every day. I so love

What time is it?

Yo creo que es hora de regresar a nuestras clases de español (I think it’s time to come back to our Spanish …

Antigua Tours

If you walk around La Antigua Guatemala, quite regularly, you come across groups of tourists taking tours of the city to learn …

What are you looking at?

There is a “real” story of discrimination, arrogance and patronizing behind today’s photo. If at least ten (10) people request it, I …

Uniformed Tourist Queue

Often, around La Antigua Guatemala, you see long lines of tourist in uniforms; sometimes is just a t-shirt, sometimes is the everything. …

Cafe Micho’s at El Jaulón Building

From the tables of Cafe Micho’s, right across yesterday’s fountain, in the corridor facing south of the Jaulón Building, you can meet with friends and family for coffee or beers, or simply enjoy a sandwich from one the best bistros in town. The tables all face to the central patio, with the fountain slightly off-center. You can enter this beautifully restored building from the east and south entrances; from the south entrance you enter the Jaulón building through and arched d

Tourists and shoe-shining boy

Kids should be in school. In Guatemala there are laws for everything you can imagine, including laws against child labor. Yet there …