With our guests Grammy, Brett, Christy and baby Charlotte, we decided to take a road trip out to Lake Atitlán, but included, for the first time, a side trip to Chichicastenango since we had never been there ourselves. (Our strategy for hosting guests usually includes taking them someplace that we ourselves have never been, to increase our opportunities to see more of the country!) Chichicastenango, or Chi-Chi for short, is a highland town about an hour's drive from the highway exit leading to Sololá on the way to Lake Atitlán, or about 3½ hours from Antigua. It is most known for its markets on Thursdays and Sundays, so on a sunny Sunday morning we set off in our rented minibus with Steve looking very much like the fearless tour guide. En route we were easily entertained
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