Antigua, Guatemala Week 3

More photos from around Antigua:

Blue skies, smiling on me ...

Art installation by Sheila Hicks, called Peregrinación, made of bamboo wrapped in textiles.

As it is nearing Lent, the stations of the cross on the way to El Calvario are open to view.

 

Hungry but well behaved dig eyeing my papusas. I shared.

And eyeing Richard's sandwich. He didn't share.

Preparation of my papusas. They were delicious.

Awesome cafe created by connecting these two chicken buses.

Fuego poufing.

Bonnie organized a Chilifest as a fundraiser for Casa Sito. It was a huge success and a good time was had by all. They even had a mechanical bull with soft landing pad.

Great country and western band.

Tess, above, has for many years organized the cleft palate surgeries here. Through her work, many hundreds of children's lives have been improved. 

Friends having a chin wag.

Feral cats patiently waiting for breakfast.

Blue corn tortillas. The cooks asked not to be in the photo.

More poufs from Fuego.

Cool dude by a cool wall.

The fruit here is fabulous.

More beautiful walls.

 

Antigua Guatemala Week 2

One of many interesting walls:

Pretty flowers:

Pigeons in tree:

View of Volcan Agua:

Great little ice cream carts:

Where's Ann?

Fuller brush man, Guate style:

Coffee with Linda, Bonnie and Sue:

Religious icon:

Ayudante collecting money on the bus. Notice the display of stuffies at the front:

Guess what Richard is doing:

More flowers:

Pigeon in fountain:

More men working on roof:

Another pretty door:

Around Antigua, Guatemala, Week 1

Richard and I are very pleased to be back, avoiding the extreme cold and snow back home.

I love this door. There are lots of beautiful doors here.

Maureen kindly lent me her seeing machine to sew up a simple dress with beautiful randa, the elaborate embroidery used to join two fabric edges.

The new dress.

Some pretty wild wiring here.

I love the colour combo.

Mobile knife/ machete sharpener. We used to have similar in suburban Toronto 65 years ago. 

See the guys working on the roof?

Street view near El Parque Central. Cathedral on left, Volcan Agua in distance.

Holly tree? Cute ice cream cart.

Fresh fruit vendor.

There used to be horse drawn carriages but they've been replaced by these electric ones.

Hospital Hermano Pedro. Volcan Agua shrouded in clouds.

Pilas (wash tubs) at El Tanque. Years ago you still saw women using them to do laundry. bathe their children, wash their own hair. In smaller towns they are still used by many women who don't have running water ar home.

If you enlarge this photo, you will see numbers enscribed on the larger cobblestones going up the middle. They will be digging up this part of the road, and presumably putting the stones back in order.

Richard in front of a massive old door to a church ruins.

I love the look of the walls when they are stripped back ready for renewal.

These homes show most of the colours allowed by the rules of Unesco World Heritage designation. 

This beautiful rose near our entrance has unusual striations. No fragrance though.