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San Marcos La Laguna Slideshow
Top Hotels in San Marcos La Laguna
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Hotel Jinava San Marcos La Laguna
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Las Piramides San Marcos La Laguna
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Posada Schumann San Marcos La Laguna
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San Marcos La Laguna
Travel Blogs from San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala
borders can suck
This is a top pick! ... , "look is their a problem or can i have my passport back?"...never a fun experience... both got quite a bit of sleep on our 16 hour bus trip, got off the express bus in Pachutla, took a collectivo to San Agustinillo and finally we were at the ...
Everybody smiles in ...
This is a top pick! I quickly moved to San Marcos la Laguna, also at lago Atitlan but with a completely different feel to it. It is divided in two parts by the road around the lake, the hostels, restaurants and meditation centers, in short the tourist area is located below ...
San Marcos la Laguna - Spiritual Heaven
This is a top pick! Where is the light? Everything, all light, exist inside of ourselves. All we need is there! The unity is there. The outside world is there to help us find that, through it's elements and their ...
Learning to Moon
This is a top pick! ... last night of hedonism in San Pedro, Dee bid farewell to Mr Lee and crossed the lake to the hippie haven that is San Marcos. Why am I here again? Primarily to learn a few meditation techniques. Solo attempts have inevitably ended up in Dreamland, ...
Why I Stayed
This is a top pick! ... and increasing my energy levels, and meditation techniques that help me to clear my mind, to calm my body and to access my subconscious. Why would I leave now? Besides the view of the volcanoes and Lake Atitlan from San Marcos is absolutely gorgeous! ...
Thanks to the Mango
This is a top pick! ... I thought it was Colombia. Given the expanse of the world I guess I wasn't far off. All along it was San Marcos, Guatemala. Writing a Guatemalan spiritual teacher's biography seems like a crazy idea since I have never done anything quite like this before. ...
One Year On...
This is a top pick! One whole year on the Road Lees Travelled already? What a year it has been! There is so much for us to be grateful for... Opportunity. Choice. Freedom. Health. Happiness. Having each other - bestest of best friends, constant companions, partners ...
Silence, please!
This is a top pick! ... I grow up? I was also curious to see how I would deal with the silence. The "best part" according to ex-mooners. Silence in San Marcos? It is not exactly the sleepy town that people believe it to be. At night it comes alive with a fiesta of sounds. ...
What the Fork?
This is a top pick! Fork in the road, that is. Mario hightails it to Quetzaltenango, (aka Xela), while Dee eases into life at Las Piramides (The Pyramids). ...
Yoga Town
This is a top pick! Depending on who you ask, San Marcos is either a sleepy town with nothing much to do or it's a peaceful spot for a retreat where you can experiment with alternative therapies. On our approach across the lake in a tiny boat we could see people performing ...
Through the Guatemala roads
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San Marcos de la Laguna
... at the shoreline contemplating the water run through her fingers. We walked along the beach and saw more signs for The San Marcos Spanish School, massage of various varieties and Yoga Courses. We encountered a Maya tout. We have met many on ...
Hippy heaven
Woah, San Marcos is serious hippyville. It´s gorgeously situated on the lake, with a path/rocks snaking around the lakeside and goosepimpling but refreshing water to flop about in seal-like, surrounded by the "good vibes" that have attracted a small but ...
Down by the lake
Saturday 27th Feb 2010: The 4hr minibus ride to San Marcos was pretty uneventful, except for the scenery coming down to the lake which was incredible. Lake Atitlan is a huge lake formed when rain filled the craters of a couple of collapsed volcanoes over ...
Hola Guatemala!
... this town that felt like it was in the middle of nowhere! Terrifying journey down the windy roads to lakeside village San Marcos, also very rainy, but the lake was still breathtaking. A load of local kids took us to our hostel and then ...
Silence week
... and fasting tied together the previous 3 weeks of the course. It was humbling, reflective, positive and affirming; I left San Marcos and the moon course with a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation for such a unique and enlightening experience! ...
Banoffee Tribute
... I guess never noticed or gave it a second thought). Anyways, I´ve had 3 very different versions here in Guatemala: one at Fe´s in San Marcos, which was a little disappionting bc it was more of a puff pastry version, don´t know how he figured that ...
Knock, knock, knocking on ......
16th March 2010 Hotel Santiago, Coatepeque, Guatemala (160Q) Manze – Coatepeque (65 kms) Hot and humid The road to Manze involved a bit more climbing than we anticipated, nothing major but the heat made it very difficult. We finally ...
Lago de Atitlan
... to Lago de Atitlan - we caught a chicken bus (for the right price this time!) to Panajachel and then a lancha (small boat) to San Marcos, a really quiet village on the lake. Lago de Atitlan is amazingly beautiful - it is in a valley, surrounded by three ...
lake atitlan / where was the earthquake ?
... the market, saw nice presented meat (not really) and heaps of vegatables, flowers and herbs. We then took a boat and went to San Marcos de Laguna, which is definitly the nicer place to stay. We found a place with a nice garden and a kitchen for about 8 ...
Oh San Marcos...
Oh San Marcos what a funny little town you are! Signing up for a month long Moon Course at Las Piramides for yoga, meditation and metaphysics classes I really had no expectations, which was prob the best way to do it anyways. My first dinner ...
learning the lingo / lets learn spanish
We moved to a even nicer place 2 nights ago and are really happy now with our room. Not to much to tell. We have been to the Sunday market at Chichicastenago which is really big and famous for the handicrafts but as a matter of fact our backpacks are ...
Meditating on our Mission
(Andy's entry immediately following this one is covered detailed descriptions of daily camp life) I associated peace of mind and relaxation with the Mediation Course, which is why I have wanted to go since I read the book Eat, Love Pray. I just didn't ...
Meditating on our Mission (Andy)
... out to be extremely difficult for me. On July 11th of 1991 Chaty Secaira started the Las Piramides education center in San Marcos (a city surrounded by three volcanoes) under a solar eclipse. One of the courses she started for the education ...
Mis Nalgas
... end? Got to Pana, walked straight through to the boat with a white face and a jostled stomach, got on the boat and arrived in San Marcos. Got a hotel room and ran to get a massage. Best massage I ever had, walked around, ate dinner at an ...
Brief daily account of my illness
Later in the evening, the bee sting is ancient history, and actually I´m feeling a bit preoccupied for the stomach cramps and fever coming on. It feels familiar and I´ve had it before and dont want it again. Around 8:30 pm find myself ...
San Marcos, Lago Atitilan
... locals werent excited to see us. I suppose their nervous about gringos turing their quaint little town into another San Pedro, with drunk hippy backpackers and north american influence threatening their mayan culture. It was pretty cool to ...
Is this a Dream?
... and well-loved around Guatemala. About 10 years ago, there was an organization of people in Europe who were coming over to Guatemala and stealing children for adoptions in Europe. (Anybody remember this?) She would go out of her body in dreams and "go" ...