Culture & Heritage
El Baul
El Baul
In 2005 I was honored to visit Takalik Abaj, the site of early Mayan culture from the time when they...
Culture & Heritage
Sugar cane
Sugar cane
The good side of the production was that the infrastructure of communication and transportation was ...
Culture & Heritage
Trains - memories in Reu
Trains - memories in Reu
In 1968 system built by FECA was taken over by the state. But, still, there was no luck for trains...
Culture & Heritage
Iximche
Iximche
The architecture of the site included a number of pyramid-temples, palaces, and two Mesoamerican bal...
Urban & metropolitan
Botanical garden in Guatemala City
Botanical garden in Guatemala City
At the end of the 19th-century, Dr. Julio Rosal was proposing an opening of a botanical garden,...
Urban & metropolitan
Central post office
Central post office
Zone 1 is a mixture of older architecture that mirrors in many family houses, but also in th...
Urban & metropolitan
Pedestrians, cyclists and a lot of dogs
Pedestrians, cyclists and a lot of dogs
But in last year more and more people with their dogs are taking over those closed streets; here you...
Urban & metropolitan
El Portalito - cult bar of the capital...
El Portalito - cult bar of the capital...
But, there is more of the fame; it is said that in the early fifties, El Portalito was a favo...
Religious & Spiritual
Burning of the Devil in Guatemala
Burning of the Devil in Guatemala
The religious meaning of this activity is known: in Catholic Church 8th of December is the day of ...
Religious & Spiritual
Dance of the Mexicans
Dance of the Mexicans
One of the most interesting dances is called “The dance of the Mexicans”. Now, why would people in...
Religious & Spiritual
San Andres Xecul
San Andres Xecul
But it is not thickness or history that attracts visitors; it is the facade of the church, painted...
Religious & Spiritual
Fiambre
Fiambre
Fiambre started out from the tradition in Guatemala of taking dead family members their favo...