Lago Atitlan
January 9th 2009 Lago Atitlan
We arrived to the Atitlan area of Guatemala on Monday, January 5th. Atitlan is a lake surrounded by mountains and volcanoes in the Guatemalan highlands. The lake itself was formed some 85,000 years ago by a volcanic eruption and is roughly 4500 feet above sea level and its deepest point reaches a depth of about 960 feet; so much for my theory of sinking to the bottom and walkin
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