Antigua's red, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
The restaurant La Fonda de la Calle Real is another of Antigua's landmarks. You can find it at three locations all around Calle del Arco, which is Antigua's most famous street. The one in the picture is in front of the main location, which …

Antigua's green corner, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
This corner has appeared in two previous photos: the street lamp on Antigua's rush hour and the green wall on Opposite ends of life. Today I decided to give the whole corner and a little bit a local's insight.
You can get some of …

Wood Window works, originally uploaded by rudygiron. The wall's zapote color takes its name from the fruit Mammea americana, known here as zapote (click to see it) and zapote mamey in Mexico. It is a dark salmon color. Have I mentioned yet that Guatemala is great place to eat all kinds of fruits …

Mico sign, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
Yesterday I started the photo series about Antigua's color palette. In this photo you get two of my objectives: 1. the color which sky blue and 2. the mico sign for a tradicional wooden toy store. Does anybody know what a mico is?

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Yellow wall and window, originally uploaded by rudygiron. The Antigua's color palette only accepts about 12 colors. Here you see the antigüeño yellow. This week's photos will be about the color palette. You have already seen red and green. This yellow wall is the outside of Hotel Aurora.Technorati …

Rush hour in Antigua, originally uploaded by rudygiron. On the weekends the traffic in Antigua quadruples. Here, it might not seem like much. But, if you consider that Antigua is only a 10 by 10 block city and the every street is filled with traffic like the one in the picture, it might begin to …

Palo de Izote tree, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Palo de Izote is a relative of the Yucca Tree. It is present in almost all gardens and fences here and everywhere in Southeast Mexico and Central America. In my Santa Clara ruins photo on June 10th, it caught the eye of Patsy. I do not know …

Antigua's electric-wire web, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
Spiders are not the only animal that creates webs: humans do too, and all different kinds...

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Welcome to Antigua, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Antigua Guatemala has four entrances to the city. If we think of them as doors, this would be the main door: the road that comes from Guatemala City. La Antigua Guatemala is located at only 45 kilometres from Guatemala City; you can travel it …

lock and stock, originally uploaded by rudygiron. The side entrance to the garden of Hotel Porta Antigua is guarded by this very old lock. I was shown the key to the lock once and as I remember it was huge compare to our modern standards. I like the look and feel of the whole gate.Technorati tags: …

Old tree from the Popenoe House garden, originally uploaded by rudygiron. As your enter the Popenoe House, the main feature of the garden is this old tree. The house is only open for two hours (14.00 - 16.00 hrs.) every day except Sunday. Entrance fee US1.25. I am planing to do a photo tour of …

Entrance to the Popenoe House, originally uploaded by rudygiron. This is the entrance to the Popenoe House, a colonial mansion restored by Wilson Popenoe from the United Fruit Company. An intimate glimpse into the house and its rich history and rebirth was done on the May issue Revue Magazine(page …

Look, I am watching you, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
A young Antiguan lady was watching me as I took the photo that will be published tomorrow. As I turned around, I saw her peeking through the window, and I was quick on the shutter button. I guess I was lucky that the camera responded …

Santa Clara ruins, originally uploaded by rudygiron. There are many ruins in Antigua, most of them, are churches, convents and monasteries. Santa Clara ruins is pictured here. This photo was taken half a block from the previous entry and about two minutes later.Technorati tags: Antigua Daily Photo …

Selling furniture on Antigua's streets, originally uploaded by rudygiron. The other day, on my way to work, I saw this wood-carver selling his furniture on the street. I parked and took a snapshot for this blog. Later that day, on my way home for lunch, I saw a car parked next to wood-carver; he …

Best coffee in the world, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
We produce the best coffee in the world: coffee from Antigua. I said it on my May 1st post and again on May 26th, but I am not the only one saying it. Here you see a sign at the entrance of a Cafe near my office.

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Chiltepe - hot pepper, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
Chiltepe is the name given to Guatemala's most widely-used hot pepper. I posted a photo of shrimp ceviche, a shrimp coctail, on May 14th that had chiltepe in it. Here you can see it as it is sold.

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Fruits and jelly, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
Here is another fruit stand in Antigua's market. Most vegetable and fruits stands are owned by Guatemala's indegenous people. The mayority of Guatemalan markets do not pay taxes to government and they do not extend sales receipts. Vendors …

Veggies and Lucky, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
Antigua's market days are Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Although, you can go to the market everyday, vegetables and fruits are fresher on those days. In market days the supply of goods cuadruples. I posted another shot of the market on …

Arch and fountain of Jaulón, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Okay, here is another fine example of a building restoration. Most buildings in Antigua are one-story, but you can still find two-story buildings, usually used as shopping centers. The Jaulón building houses a bank, a cafe, a …

Selling orchids on the street, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
If you thought I was kidding when I said that if you take a stroll in Antigua you will be approached by people trying to sell you orchids. Well, here you have the sellers, some of them at least. Come on down to Antigua, they …

Antigüeños demand safety, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Many businesses and Antigüeños demanded safety from the city and province government today. There has been a lot of crime for a while now and the Antigüeños said today: enough is enough. The whole story can be read in …

Veggie Oil Bus, originally uploaded by rudygiron. For being such a small city, Antigua has more non-governmental organizations (NGOs, thanks anonymous) based here than maybe any city in Central America. NGOs or private voluntary organization (PVO) are tough cookie to swallow and there seems to …

To sleep or to guard, that is the question, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
There can not be a cat photo without a dog photo. So here you have a dog asking himself the difficult questions that troubled Shakespeare and not allowed him to get a good-night-sleep. I believe that dog has resolved …

The Panza Verde Cat on the dome, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
The Mesón Panza Verde is one the best Bed-n-Breakfast in Antigua. It houses a very fine restaurant, an art gallery and the hotel. I have mentioned Panza Verde on my entry about Sabor Cubano and Cuban music in Antigua. …

Guatemalan textiles, originally uploaded by rudygiron. If you come to Antigua and decide to take a stroll you will be approached by a lot of people trying to sell you orchids, jade necklaces, Guatemalan textiles, and all sorts of native folk art. Here you see the back of a lady with many kinds …

Church and stars, originally uploaded by rudygiron. There are about 12 churches, colonial nonetheless, in Antigua and today it occurred to me that, except for the Cathedral, I have not posted a single church photo. Now, I am not the type of person that visit churches very often, but if you have …

Sabor Cubano Restaurant sign, originally uploaded by rudygiron. Slowly but surely Cubans are building a community in Antigua. Here you see the sign for Sabor Cubano Restaurant (4a calle oriente #3A), one of the latest Cuban joints to open in Antigua. They have live Cuban music Thursdays thought …

Guatemalan beers, originally uploaded by rudygiron. These are the widest available Guatemalan Beers. In the picture you can see the 1 liter container for Gallo, Victoria and Brahva. There are five other brands which belong to Gallo house (Cervecería Centroamericana) as well as Victoria. Beer …

Wood as fuel, originally uploaded by rudygiron.
The name Guatemala derived from the word Goathemala which was given by the Spanish conquistadors and it derives from Quauhtlemallan a word from Nahualt language spoken by the Tlaxcala's natives that accompanied the conquistadors. Quauhtlemallan …