Lago de Atitlan

After the Earth Lodge, we took the chicken buses to Panajachal, the main city in Lago de Atitlan (Lake). Panajachel reminds me a little of Goa. The main areas being touristy, but fun with shops selling clothes, jewelery, and other trinkets, cute restuarants, hotels and hostals and then at the end of it all is a beautiful body of water, in this case, a lake that was formed because of a collapsed volcano. The lake is absolutely gorgeous, turquoise blue waters with 3 volcanos surrounding it.

We took a small boat to another city on the lake, called San Marcos. San Marcos is a small lakeside town known for yoga, meditation, reiki, and massages. San Pedro is another town nearby known for its drugs and parties, but we´ve heard they have a pretty good Spanish school there. We found a really nice hostal in San Marcos and stayed there for two nights. We´re thinking about going back to do a massage course, in case you don´t know, I´ve been told I´m not very good at massages (I think my hands just aren´t strong enough) but I´m hoping they´ll have some techniques to show me.

We really just read, studied, and relaxed in San Marcos. Took in the beautiful views, put our feet in the water (a little too cold to swim in, but definitely next time), exercised and semi-meditated in the beautiful gardens in the mornings, and explored the small town and the restaurants in the evenings. It was a good relaxing couple of days before we thought it was going to get hectic...