Guatemala Blog January 19, 2016
January 20, 2016 at 5:14 AM
Guatemala Blog January 19th, 2016
San Juan and Santiago ... today we spent a portion of the day traveling by boat to the villages of San Juan and Santiago. Both villages sit on Lake Atitlan which is a 300 meter deep lake that was formed when a giant volcano collapsed 1,800 years ago. The result a beautiful lake with many small villages.
Each village is unique with both their dress and what they offer. When we visited San Juan we visited several artisan locations including a fabric co-op and a medical herb co-op both were very interesting and offered up many photo opportunities.
Later in the afternoon we sailed to Santiago and toured the village streets, again many different photo opportunities. Tomorrow we depart this region and drive to Antigua. Enjoy this evenings selection of images.
The many colourful hammocks in our hotel.
Our goodwill ambassador hard at work again today.
Mom and little guy then posed for a photo.
Headed down to the wharf to sail to San Juan.
This lake is rising and some houses that were built along the shoreline have been abandoned due to the continuous rising water.
This heron checking us out as we left our ship.
Another house too close to the shoreline.
A beautiful song bird singing it’s heart too.
Zhugang posing beside a Tuk Tuk.
A bee on the top flower.
Interesting shadow.
A Black &White shot of a Tuk Tuk.
Family out shopping.
Many interesting murals.
Our goodwill ambassador with more toys to hand out. Nice work Paul.
Walking through the village it produced many interesting shots.
The different wools that are used in the process.
Working on spinning the wool.
Getting ready to start weaving.
The colours dyed in the shop.
More colours.
Demonstrating refining the co-co bean.
Many small local bars.
A happy guy.
Headed back out on the boat to Santiago.
Do you see the face???
Time for a taxi into town.
Many private traffic taxis.
At one stop this is the locals loading the cab.
Boys outside the school today.
This lady was looking for a hand out.
I don’t think this is the Canadian Embassy!
Back at the shore.
As we arrive back to our hotel.
Paul chatting with a local.
Tonights sunset at the shore
One more from tonights beautiful sunset.
That’s if for today, thanks for checking out our images, good night from Guatemala.