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- Guatemala
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- Quetzal (GTQ)
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Lake Atitlan Slideshow
Lake Atitlan
Travel Blogs from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Lake Atitlan
... trip. We left Guatemala City yesterday after a short bus tour of the city and driving toward Panajachel, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, which is surrounded by several volcanos. The lake is over 5000 feet above sea level and with a depth of more ...
Lake Atitlan boat tour
Today at 8am we went on a boat tour of Lake Atitlan. We headed over to a restuant sat on top of the hill beside the lake, it had really good views of the lake and the volcano. We had our breakfast there at 9 and I had a vegetarian omelette which was nice ...
Lago Atitlan- Worth the Wet
... the seating area. Now, in the early morning light, I could take in the view. The hostel opens straight out onto the lake, which spans out calm and mirrorlike until reaching land on the other side, in the form of tree covered volcanoes, their peaks ...
Pretty Pana
... never so pleased to get to the picturesque village of Panajachel (or Pana to the locals). Set on the lake at the foot of Volcan Atitlan, it's a small but pretty town, surrounded by lots of smaller, local communities. The people here may ...
'Strunken' in San Pedro
... straight to Xela but after talking to a couple of people Lago de Atitlan seemed to be worth the trip. Atitlan is a lake surrounded by a multitude of volcanoes i.e totally pictureseque. I managed to work out which 'chicken' bus to take although I ...
So colourful
I spent today just wandering the streets of Panajachel. It is a town on the shores of Lake Atitlan, which is a huge lake surrounded by 3 volcanos. As it's Easter everyone heads to Panajachel to celebrate and party, and the town is pretty seething with ...
Antigua to Santiago, Atitlan, Guate
... 35 minutes away. It was quite a sight to see three extinct volcanos rising up from out of the lake, very impressive! Santiago de Atitlan is a small village, a place where Guatemalans go for their holidays. It is in the mountains, very ...
Shame about the lake
... citizens, oh well, whatever eh!Lago Atitlan, near Panajachel We've spent the last 3 nights in Lago Atitlan in a village called San Pedro. The lake, unfortunately, was full of green, slimey and to put explicitly; shit. Our Swedish friend Erick ...
The Cooperatives of Lake Atitlan
... beautiful bags and clothes, and the other is a cheese and wine restaurant. The walk was pretty with new and different views of the lake, San Pedro, and the surrounding hills, mountains and volcanos. The road was the same one we had driven in on so we got ...