Well, after a week and a half at the lake, I am on my way to other destinations. I have spent my time here studying Spanish in San Pedro, climbing the Indian’s nose out of San Juan (4 hours round trip) which has a beautiful view of the lake and volcanoes. I am now visiting Santiago to see the Mayan God Maximon. Maximon is in a dim lit room with incense and his mortal guardians. The locals give him offerings of rum, cigarettes and money. Maximon is a wooden depiction of the God, complete with a cigar in his mouth. He is draped in silk scarves and has a sweet hat. If God was a pimp, it would be Maximon. Within the town is an old cathedral that holds traditional wooden carvings of numerous saints. They
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