Lago de Atitlan

Last weekend Dany, the chica who was also living in my house, and I went to Panajachel (pron: pan a chel) , a town on Lago de Atitlan. The lake is really deep (300m) and was orginally formed in the crater of a volcano. Since then more volcanos have sprung up around the lake so its quite a spectacular site. There are a number of little villages around the lake that you can take a boat to. Lago de Atitlan is one of the main tourist attractions in Guatemala for foreigners and Guatemaltecos alike. It was much different from Xela, which has foreigners but isn´t based around a tourist economy. It was the only time since I´ve been here (only two weeks, but still) when Iñve had children and old women following me around and approaching me while eating to buy things.

We went to Santiago Atitlan and then to San Antonio. San Antonio was a tiny place that basically
comes to life when a tourist boat shows up and the selling begins. There is one narrow road that goes straight up to the church. This picture is from San Antonio. One woman was trying to sell me a scarf that I was interested in (the one I´m wearing in the photo) when another woman came up and said that I could get the same scarf in Panajachel for a third the price. She wasn´t even trying to directly sell me what she had with her, she was just set on ruining this other woman´s sale. The first woman told me that the other woman was crazy (and some other things that I can only guess how they translate). She got really pissed and was frantically trying to not lose the sale. I ended up agreeing to buy it for less than we had talked about realier, but more than I knew I could get it for elsewhere. But then she didn´t have change and my boat was leaving so I left scarfless. But, if you like any of the scarves you see in the photo, let me know and I bet I can hook you up.

Here is a link to more photos. They´re all Danny´s photos, but could basically be my own.
http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=33471220836543308/l=423072095/g=143524399/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB