Los Vahos

Natural Saunas, Black Madonas and Booze

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December 8th 2010
So yesterday (Tuesday) I took a trip to Los Vahos, a natural sauna just out side of town. We took a 10 minute buss ride to the cut off road. Then we hiked up a dirt road for about 30 minutes through beautiful flower fields. As I have said before Guatemala is a country of volcanoes. So this is a volcanic sulferic steam that is realeased through the earth. They funnel the steam into these small s ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Quetzaltenango

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more