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Natural Saunas, Black Madonas and Booze

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December 8th 2010
Published: December 10th 2010
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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 Full Entry



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Rachel Uffer
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After loosing my job last year and being depressed at the bleak prospects that were out there, I decided to make a big change. On November 17, 2010 I fly to Guatemala to begin my Spanish Adventure! I will spend my first 2 month at a language school and after that I will slowly wind my way to South America on a voyage of language, exlporation, laughter, dance and randomness. ... full info
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mantel of religious icons in churchmantel of religious icons in church
mantel of religious icons in church
close up of the "Black Virgin Mary" aka The Balck Madonaclose up of the "Black Virgin Mary" aka The Balck Madona
close up of the "Black Virgin Mary" aka The Balck Madona
To read more about the Black Madona follow this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna
interesting relief under church windowinteresting relief under church window
interesting relief under church window
Foot pedaled loomFoot pedaled loom
Foot pedaled loom
Ceasar working the loomCeasar working the loom
Ceasar working the loom
Caldo de FruitasCaldo de Fruitas
Caldo de Fruitas
In the bottles adn the glass is the actual beverage. It is a fermented fruit drink. The plate next to it contains fruit that has soaked in the Caldo de Fruitas for about 6 months!!! Potent stuff indead!
roof top view from the house with the loom and the boozeroof top view from the house with the loom and the booze
roof top view from the house with the loom and the booze



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