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Guatemala City

We arrived!!

Guatemala City from the air

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Antigua Guatemala

Not feeling the best we made it to Antigua, Guatemala for their huge NYE celebrations!!

The famous Arch in Antigua

Soooo many fireworks

Happy New Years

First day exploring Antigua Guatemala

Volcan Aqua

Arch of Antigua

Volcan Fuego Erupting

Our Airbnb entrance

Our cute Airbnb

Artesian Marquet in Antigua

Inside market

Posada del Don Rodeigo Hotel

Guatemalan famous dish Papian stew

Green pumpkin pie ... yum

Day3 in Antigua

Cero de la Cruz: early morning hike

Fuego erupting from top of cross hill

Ice cream carts

Old washing basins in center of towns

Cathedral ruins in Antigua - ruined during earthquake

Antigua Brewery

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Santa Catarina Palopó

Rest days on Lake Atitlan in Santa Catarina

Exploring Santa Catarina on Lake Atitalan

The village was the most incredible shaded of blue

Huge soccer field at water front

Beef tacos

Ceviche

Guatemala flag

Town Center

Sunset on Lake Atitlan

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Santa Cruz la Laguna

Heading to other side of Lake Atitlan to Santa Cruz, La Laguana

Boat from Panajachel to Santa Cruz

Our amazing Airbnb "Sacred Tree Atitlan"

CECAP- Wonens training cooperative

Best coffee in our travels

All made locally by women in Santa Cruz

Where they make the items

Market square in Santa Cruz

Path to get from ferry dock to our Airbnb

Our favourite place out of where we stayed

Incredible lake and volcano views

Our front porch where we spent a lot of time enjoying sunshine

Traditional Mayan sauna

The scared tree... so majestic

Incredible sunsets

Sunrise

Sunrise over Volcan Fuego

Morning views of Atitlan and San Pedro Volcanoes

Mayan wedding we happened to stumble upon in the morning heading up into town

Volcan San Pedro

Volcan Fuego erupting... only active volcano in the area

Breakfast at CECAP (women's training cooperative)

Saturday market at the top of Santa Cruz

So many stairs and such a steep village

Lots of Mirador look out points

CECAP building from hill

Walking back down, we usually took \240a tuck -tuck up, well worth the $3.00

Incredible retaining wall

This still doesn't show just how steep the hills are to get to the top

One day we'd like to do Spanish lessons here for 2 weeks while visiting

Santa Cruz from \240the water

This hotel was incredible architecture, we walked to it for lunch a steep and sweaty walk

Kayaking, my favourite place to be is on the water

Banana tree

Trail along lake to get from one village to the next

View of Santa Cruz

Where we had lunch

Million dollar view for lunch

I can't imagine how long it took to build this place on the side of a cliff

Stunning grounds

Sunset from hot tub... the temperature drops to about 12 degrees after the sunsets

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San Juan La Laguna

San Juan La laguana, the most traditional Mayan village in Lake Atitlan... so beautiful! We loved learning how to make chocolate as well as the women's cooperative textile making where they still make things by hand... a labour of love.

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Panajachel

Exploring Panajacel on the lake, the main hub closest to Antigua side

Fuego erupting as the sunrises

These are the locals way to get around from town to town, they have unique paintings on them and are referred to as "chicken busses" by tourists

Cool coffee shop in Panajachel

Wanted to try this cafe, next time!

We passed by this on the boat... check out their IG La Fortuna Atitlan, very cool place you could stay on lake.

Where we visited around the lake

Delicious dinner at hotel nearby

The most incredible sunset

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Santa Cruz la Laguna

Last day enjoying the lake and village life

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Guatemala City

Last leg of journey to fly home