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  1. The Villages of Lake Atitlán – San Pedro & Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala

    Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 24 October 2011

    During our time in Panajachel (aka Pana), the biggest town on Lake Atitlán, we took a day to visit two smaller lakeside villages, traveling in long, narrow, wooden boats called lanchas. San Pedro la Laguna For 25Q per person (about US$3) we got a 45 minute ride across the lake to San Pedro la Laguna, where we had a lovely breakfast at a restaurant right on the lakeshore, complete with French Press coffee. A wander around San Pedro revealed a nice backpacker buzz with fewer travelers than Pana but a tempting array of coffee bars and Spanish schools and budget hotels.

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  2. Impressions of Guatemala

    Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 27 June 2009

    My first trip to Guatemala in 2007 was extremely brief – I spent just two days there on a brief visit from Mexico to see the Mayan city of Tikal – but it remains probably my best travelling memory. Tikal is the most amazing place I’ve visited, and viewing the sun rise over the jungle [...]

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