Family Travel – Atitlan’s Villages, Guatemala
After a successful bargaining deal with the head hancho of the Panajachel Piers in Guatemala, we were on our way.
The tour was to take us to 4 villages. The first one was Santa Catarina la Laguna. Now that I’ve done this village I can honestly say, I would not choose this as the starting point.
It’s a truly indigenous village, however it lacks the BOOM you want when you come to somewhere like Lake Atitlan, known for it’s Mayan traditions and eccentric foreigners and expats.
As a matter of fact we were quite disappointed with the experience and immediately changed tactics since out of the 4 villages, 3 others were exactly like this one.
Once that was taken care of, the craziness was about to begin…
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