Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddh...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud and seed pod, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hin...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, The Giant Water Lily or Queen Victoria's Water Lily, Victoria amazonica, is the world's largest water lily, with lily pads up to 3 meters or 9.8 feet in di...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, The old City Hall built of timber and completed 1889 in the Danube Gothic style. It is no longer the city hall and has fallen into disrepair.

Flowers and seed pods of a plant of the Genus Senna in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

Flowers and seed pods of a plant of the Genus Senna in the Atitlan Nature Reserve near Panajachel, Guatemala.

Guatemala, Solola, San Antonio Palopo, A Cakchiquel Mayan woman at her pottery workshop in the traditional dress including the elaborate cinta or hair wrap, woven blue huipil blouse, faja or belt, and...

Guatemala, Solola Department, San Pedro la Laguna, Catholic procession of the Virgin of Carmen. Women in traditional Mayan dress with white mantillas over their heads. Women carry the image of the Vi...

Guatemala, Solola Department, Santiago Atitlan, A Mayan woman wearing traditional dress carries bundles of flowers on her head in the market.

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, A woman at the Sunday market wears the traditional colorful woven huipil or blouse from that town.

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, Quiche Mayan woman in traditional dress selling flowers on the steps of the Church of Santo Tomas.