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Solola Local “Super” Market

Halfway up the switchback road from our hotel’s crater lake setting is Sololá Market. It’s an authentic indigenous market, not looking for tourists…as we find as we’re elbowed and pushed by the 5′ tall Mayans hurrying to set up and … Continue reading

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The Chichicastenango Cha Cha

Chichicastenango (Chichi) has been dubbed Guatemala’s Mecca del Turismo. It’s a spectacular and vast open air market that happens twice a week in this central highlands town. Not a whole lot of tourists on our trip, but tons of traders … Continue reading

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From the not-so-sublime (Guatemala City) to the Sublime (Lake Atitlan)

A whirlwind tour of Guatemala City is almost all from our mini-bus windows. The old/historic part of town is pretty seedy and not really conducive to walking. The modern town is not really remarkable so we jump off for a … Continue reading

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