Hotel Kakchiquel
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Panajachel, GM
We're now at lago de Atitlan. The lake is beautiful, and situated in an ancient collapsed caldera, creating a ring of mountains and volcanos around it. Panajachel is the main town on the lake, and we took a boat ride to several of the villages at other spots along the lake. A word of advice: don't take the quick tours. They promise 45 to 90 minutes …
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 people and traffic. It's really colourful, the buildings and the costumes are incredible. The …
Guatemala - Lake Atitlan - stunning !!!!
Thursday 24 November
1595m above sea level
Having left San Cristobal for the second time, things finally worked out and I finally got into Guatemala.
I seem to have this kind of bad luck when crossing borders or I must have this really suspicious looking face ( I suspect it is the second option !!! ).
I have …
A day in Pana
Arrived this afternoon via a shuttle from Antigua. At the shuttle stop there were loads of men trying to get us to take their tour-boat-tuk tuk-whatever. We found a hotel and bargained for one night with Horacio our new best friend! Walked around the steets and visited lots of shops with lots of overpriced stuff. The thing here is to offer about …
Panajachel: Volcanoes and a big lake
After leaving San Cristóbal, we travelled through the mountains to the border crossing town of Cuauhtémoc. We duly paid our 20 peso fee (not legal, but you have to pay it anyway...) and we were in Guatemala! With some more winding mountain roads passing some great place names (Huehuetenango anyone?) we arrived at the ridiculously busy market town …
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