Archive for December, 2009
Lake Atitlán: A Mayan Mosiac
Fifteen Mayan villages are scattered around the shores of Lake Atitlán, cozily nestled within the lake’s surrounding crags. Each village is distinctive in its charm. With the lakes three captivating giants – Volcan Atitlán, Volcan Tolimán and Volcan San Pedro – the lakeside pueblos create a culturally colorful Mayan mosaic, which [...]
The Majesty of Lake Atitlan
It might sound cliche, but when you finally glimpse the shimmering turquoise-blue waters between the breaks in the jagged landscape of the Guatemalan Highlands, you catch your breath. The beauty of Lake Atitlán is, as one famous English writer alluded, overwhelming: "Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly [...]
