Staying around lake atitlan

Let's try again. I don't remember seeing one pyramid in SM. Pyramid is a symbol for the whole California yoga, crystals, vegan, meditation environment/culture. Which, like I said before, is a positive thing, within reason. I saw flyers in many, many places in SM advertising yoga, meditation, massage, etc. From my one day trip to SM, it seemed like a town I would like to relax in, but I would say, it did not seem to be very Guatemalan, in the traditional sense of the word.

So, just to clarify - your daughter and you were laughing out loud at flyers for things that you never actually saw?

OK, that clarifies it a bit. I've never heard of pyramids being a symbol for that so I guess I didn't notice. Give it another chance sometime and you'll see that there is a lot more beyond that first impression.

Yes, SM is famed as the "yoga" capital of the lake. However, if you think that it doesn't have a 100% Guatemalan essence up in the hills, you just didn't find it. I see that you at least did make it to Toto, so you know what more traditional/untouristy Guatemalan areas look like. It would be a mistake to dismiss the whole populace of a town just because of some flyers for tourist places, but yes, if someone is looking for an experience with zero foreigners, than San Pedro, Antigua, San Marcos, Pana and Xela are off the table.

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