Typical Guatemalan Sundays

Earthquakes and Bribes

Ok, so maybe it’s not a typical Guatemalan Sunday. But there is news about former president Alfonso Portillo and the earthquake that happened three hours ago!

Head on over to Blogemala for the full story 🙂

A whole lot of pictures from Maundy Thursday (Part 2)

Some pictures from inside of the Cathedral of San José

Beautiful alter

Moving to the Hospital/Church of Hermano Pedro

Onward to the San Francisco Church! Unfortunately, I couldn’t enter because I was wearing shorts and that was against dress code. So I took some pictures from the front door and around the market area.

Beautiful architecture inside the San Francisco Church

A little garden and cross in the market area near San Francisco church

Kids playing

Beautiful trees in the large market area

The market area by the Tomb of Hermano Pedro/San Francisco Church

And all through the town, there are decorations filling the streets!

No flour used in this design, just pine leaves and flowers!

Creating a mural from pine and flowers

Colored flour

You can see the different supplies used to create these beautiful murals

Beautiful remains