Happy Holidays from Antigua Daily Photo

Navidad or Christmas is an easy-going day in Antigua Guatemala. Except for the burning of firecrackers and fireworks at noon and at 6pm and mass services, the day goes by in recovering mode from parting all night long. Christmas is also a day of feasting on tamales, chompipe and ponche. Feliz Navidad everyone!

Winter is coming to Antigua Guatemala, so should you!

Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Invierno for Winter. How could you not like the chilly, lots of sunshine, mostly cloudless dry season in Antigua Guatemala which happens to fall during otoño, Autumn, and invierno, Winter? Come on, tell me what’s not to like about it. Did I mention the most colourful … Read more

I wish you were here!

It was merely two weeks ago that I offered these seats and table as a destination to enjoy the Winter season in Antigua Guatemala and we already have the first takers, a couple from Alberta, Canada. That’s right, the first wave of Canadians and people from the United States living near the norther border have … Read more

Antigua Guatemala Rooftop View During Winter

One of the most striking features of the Winter season in Guatemala is how much sunshine we get. Perhaps, we notice it more simply because the cold wind blowing from the true north, pushes the, otherwise stationary, clouds away. This much sunshine, of course, counters the cold wind, thus give us such wonderful temperate weather … Read more

Winter is coming!

This is what the Winter season looks like in Antigua Guatemala. Temperate weather, somewhere between 60ºF and 75ºF, clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and a pyromaniac show courtesy of Volcán Fuego, the active volcano seen from many spots in and around Antigua Guatemala. I could go on and on about the reasons to hibernate … Read more

Side view of Iglesia de la Merced, Antigua Guatemala

This morning I was looking at the photo stream of a friend from Antigua Guatemala who is living now in Willmington, Vermont, U.S. and she shared they are experiencing a temperature of -21C/-6F which feels like -34C/-29F along with some pictures of what seemed to be the most inhospitable place on earth. Of course, I … Read more

Celebrations of Environment Day in Antigua Guatemala

What a day to be celebrating the Environment Day in Antigua Guatemala, especially so as many places up north are about to be buried under 3 feet of snow. Of course, this cold weather is coming our way, so the weather gurus have forecasted the coldest week of the season starting tomorrow or Wednesday depending … Read more