
Waiting #1 in Antigua Guatemala
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! Guatemalans are not known for their punctually so often you see people waiting. …
WIN A PHOTO POST CARD FROM ANTIGUA DAILY PHOTO! Guatemalans are not known for their punctually so often you see people waiting. …
This has to be one of the most frequent vistas in rural Guatemala. A woman or girl carrying a load of cooked …
When I took this photo I knew right there and then that it was going to be a black and white photograph. …
Life is short but there is always time for courtesy. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Buenos días, buenos días, que le vaya bien, they …
It’s incredible how long it takes me to show you the most common vistas from La Antigua Guatemala. See, one of the …
On the weekends Calle del Arco is turn into a pedestrian strip and several business bring out benches, carts and flowers and …
Often we hear that Guatemala is a country of contrasts. Even I try to show it often and what better way to …
The people from Guatemala City are known as capitalinos; residents of the Capital city. Women from Guatemala City would be capitalinas. La …
Last Monday 8 of March was celebrated the International Women’s Day through out the world. I believe women should be celebrated everyday, …
The devil wears prada and many young tourists wear thongs. I have shown these sandals before in several photos, but just now …
We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house We all live in a yellow house Yellow house, yellow house …
We know it’s in your hand. 😉
Other colonial measurements still in use in present-day Guatemala are: Una mano (one hand or five of anything), un manojo (a bunch), una libra (a pound; this one may hurt many of you, but for sure, the civilized world now uses the kilo), una picopada (a truckload), una fila de frances (a row of french rolls), una arroba (@ or 25 pounds) un quintal (100 pounds), una cuerda (a cord equals 1/6 of city block), una medida (a measurement of whatever fits inside a small can or basket), una penca de banano (that’s a banana cluster), et-cetera or basically that’s what I can remember right now. I am sure the Guatemalans visitors will share other colonial measurements being used in Guatemala. There was a recent article about colonial measurement in Prensa Libre’s Revista Domingo under the title of Costumbres que pesan {ñ}.
Un poco de todo or A little of everything could be the most appropriate description for La Antigua Guatemala’s Central Park. Interestingly enough, we call it central park or El Parque Central although its official name is La Plaza Mayor (The Main Plaza).
That is exactly what Guatemala needs from the new Social Democratic government: Real people making real miracles (or at least real positive changes)!