Lago de Atitlan

Lago de Atitlan is a beautiful ancient volcano bed, now extinct and full of water.  The lake is skirted by very steep and tall mountains, and has three extinct volcano peaks on its southern shore.  There are many towns and villages built on any land flat enough.  The people of Lago de Atitlan live with the constant threat of flooding and mudslides...scary

The lake has an average depth of 300m...wow!

We visited the towns of San Pedro, San Marcos and Santiago de Atitlan.  Each place having a very different vibe.  Transportation between the villages here is by very full, and not very buoyant public boats...cheap, fun and dangerous.

 Art of San Pedro...

 Kate and dog...on boat

 The indian's nose...this mountain does really look like a person.

 The coffee of Lago de Atitlan is the best we have ever had.....i love coffee

We begin our assent of Volcan San Pedro...without knowing how high or long we would be walking...

Kate, exhausted, decides to stop after a 500m elevation hard climb up....

Who says im getting too old for this.....a climb of over 1000m elevation in 3 hrs! My first time above 3000m elevation.

Having a cigar and rum shots with Maximon/Sam Simon....a Mayan saint who loves offerings of expensive tobacco and alcohol.  What a dude!

 Hippyville ...... San Marcos