Tom & Lori
Exploring
Lake Atitlan
2009

Exploring around Lake Atitlan, San Pedro volcano in the background

Gardens of Hotel Atitlan

Colorful Mayan cemetary on the lake

Suspension bridge in the jungle

Tom on the zip line

Lori takes the fast way down

Success on their first zip line experience

Boat pier at Santa Catarina Palopo

Colonial church at Santa Catarina

A peak inside the church

Onion terraces in Santa Antonio Palopo

Empanadas for lunch at Santa Antonio Palopo

Afternoon nap

Visiting the image of Maximon in Santiago Atitlan

Maximon is a Mayan diety, accepting gifts of booze and cigarettes to dispense blessings

More of Maximon's surroundings

More traditional Mayan worship, a mixture of Catholicism and Shamanism

Tuk-tuk, the local taxis in Pachajachel

Some of the street hazards in driving a car in Panajachel

Looks like the Alamo, in Panajachel

Local parade

School children in the parade

Transportation center at the Solola Friday market

Pictures of the Guatemala bus fleet. They are old school buses from the USA and then customized by the driver.

Building commemorating the PanAmerican highway

Flowers at the market

Nap time (again)

Leaving our dock for a boat trip around the lake

The ever-present volcanoes

The captain

First mate

Our lunch stop in Jaibalito

Dock in Jaibalito

A yummy lunch...

...with great views

Tom's favorite view

Returning to the villa

Typical roadside view around Atitlan

The dusty PanAmerican highway