Hello again! Hope ya'll had a good weekend. I spent the weekend in paradise...
My weekend began with a trip to Antigua. Myself and three other interns spent the night in Guatemala's Europe eating yummy food (think beef stew flavored with cardamon) and laughing. Early the next morning we boarded a two-hour shuttle for Panajachel. Panajachel is a small town that serves as the gateway to Lago de Atitlan. During our journey, we passed a number of small town, catching a glimpse into Guatemalan life. We also stopped at an overlook outside of Panajachel to capture a panoramic pic of Lago de Atitlan.
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| Travel buddies at the Lago |
As you can see, it's beautiful. Just a little info about Lago de Atitlan...
The lake was originally an unfilled caldera formed by volcano eruption 84,000 years ago. It then filled with water (hence lake). Today, the lake is the deepest in Central America at 340 meters (or 1/5 of a mile). It's surrounded by 3 volcanoes making it especially picturesque. Lago de Atitlan is also home to several villages and towns of Maya people. In other words, it's like heaven.
So after arriving in Panajchel, we made our way to Santiago Atitlan, a small town across the lake in a little bay. The boat took about 30 minutes, crossing the entire lake. After arriving in Santiago Atitlan, we walked another 20 minutes or so to our amazing house/hotel.
At this point, I should thank trip advisor and Scott, who works at my office. With both of their suggestions, we chose to stay at La Posada de Santiago. La posada is so incredible I'm not sure where to start...
We stayed in the casita cafetal, which is a small cottage with it's own hammock and fireplace. I put a pic below to show part of the casita, but it just doesn't capture everything.
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| Our awesome casita |
Our hotel is made up of these different sized cottages, making for a very private and serene vacation. La posada also has it's own pool, hot tub, canoes, coffee farm, and, best of all, a restaurant. We ate incredibly well during our 24 hour stay. We started our food journey with homemade ginger beer at lunch (pictured below) and guacomole/frijoles/blue corn tortilla chips. We ended with breakfast the next morning with blue corn pancakes and homemade cinnamon/walnut syrup. YUM!
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| Homemade Ginger Beer! |
Based on this, you might think all we did was eat, but that is not the case. We swam in the lake, shared stories, napped in the hammock, and used our fireplace. It was absolutely one of the most relaxing mini-vacations (or any vacation) I've ever had. We all wanted to stay!
We finished our trip with a tuk-tuk ride back to the dock. It was my first tuk-tuk ride (don't know how I avoided it in Thailand) and so much fun!
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