Looking through the coffee

More Spanish...... and an unexpected swim in the lake!

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August 26th 2006
For our change of scenery after our week of city life in Antigua we chose to visit one of Guatemala's largest lakes and stay in one of the small villages on its shores. San Pedro was a bus and boatride away from Antigua and we were there by lunchtime. We were greeted off the boat by the usual group of people touting for their hotels and got chatting to one whilst we had some lunch by the quay (us ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » San Pedro La Laguna

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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