Santiago Atitlan

Women washing clothes in the lake with the town of Santiago in the distance

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March 30th 2006
We spent last Friday night (Kim, Cari, and Tim) in Panajachel and then met Carina, the director of CASAS, on Saturday morning for a "school trip" in the town of Santiago Atitlan. We took a boat across the lake in the morning. Santiago is a traditional village next to the lake. While we were there we went to the site of the massacre that occured during the civil war, we went to the Ten Thousand Vil ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Lago de Atitlán

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

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