Lake Atitlan at sunset

Pana and Chichi

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February 8th 2009
Hi travel fans! Yesterday we traveled by car with a driver over the considerable mountains to the market town of chichi, as it s called. we got in a traffic jam on the mountain road due to construction. they stopped all the cars and so we waited for an hour. a bus pulled in front of us and then another bus tried to get into the half car length space! so he was sticking out into the other lane. ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Chichicastenango

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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