Guatemala City from the air
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
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
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
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.
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