OK, I got a good price on the cat ... it will go to Vermont as a
thank you to our cat-sitter
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Panajachel, by the lake, is sometimes called "gringo-tenango", but
over the Semana Santa it was more "Maya-tenango", full of people in
colourful clothes.
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Panajachel was full. The little girl gets a ride on her
mother's back.
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Men, as well as women in typical "traje".
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Men, as well as women in typical "traje" on Calle Santander,
Panajachel's main street.
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She comes from Santa Catarina Palopo,
you can tell by her "huipil"
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Let's buy a few earrings!
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You can buy Mayan dogs ...
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... or Barbies dressed in traditional Maya
clothes
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Hair for sale, complete with a Jamaican
hat and dreadlocks.
The market has just about everything that you would want to buy.
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This woman is in Santiago de Atitlan, the
other side of the lake,
where we went the next day (see below).
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Shop till you drop, then relax by the
pool.
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At Barry & Nannette's house in Santa Catarina
Palopo, after shopping.
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Did we buy enough earrings ? No,
no, we have to buy more tomorrow!
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Lake Atitlan at sunset |
Barry & Nannette's house in Santa
Catarina Palopo ...
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... also spectacular at night.
Click on any photo to see a larger image.
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The moon is very bright over Volcano San Pedro. You, too can
enjoy the same view. Just visit
http://casatzampoc.com/ and make a reservation!
It's a steep drive up the hill, but the views are to die for.
See a couple panoramas below, taken from the terrace of their house.
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Click to see a large panoramic view. This is where Photoshop
comes in handy, putting photos together. |
Click to see a big image of this one. You, too can enjoy the
same view. Visit
http://casatzampoc.com/! This is called advertising.
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This is where Josef's big fancy camera comes in very handy.
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Water level in the lake went up 2
meters in the past couple of years.
Here palm trees are
flooded as are rooftops beyond them of a new park.
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Santiago is full of colourful shops
with a huge variety of arts and crafts.
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In Panajachel, people speak Kakchiquel.
Here, in
Santiago, just across the lake, they speak Tz'utujil.
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The main square is always full of men wearing their traditional "traje".
Click to see a bigger image. |
Women washing laundry in the lake, near
simple fishing boats.
We were here on a weekend.
During
the week, there are dozens of women washing.
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This is a taxi. And it is very
overloaded.
We were in Panabaj, where a 2005 landslide
during
hurricane Stan buried some 400 people in mud. |
... and so she bought it. I am sure that Santiago needs
financial stimulation for its economy and that day we did our very
best to help.
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Amazing selection of colours.
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Here are huipiles made into table runners.
One of them is now in Vermont.
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Woman selling mangoes in the market.
Everyone is wearing what Jana, just above is looking at.
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This is material out which skirts are made,
see them on the left.
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Even the ropes in the market come in
many colours.
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Guatemala is the center of the world.
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The streets of Santiago are full of
shops for tourists ...
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... and the market is for locals, just as full
of people. |
From Santiago Atitlan, Manuel took us on a long ride to lunch in San
Lucas Toliman, at the foot of the Toliman Volcano. We passed
fishermen.
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In the restaurant, they had hummingbird feeders that were popular.
Some of Josef's cameras can capture them in flight. |
On the way we passed by Barry & Nannette's house. It is left of
center of the photo, a white house above a bright orange house. |
