Project Steev

Lago de Atitlan

Last weekend I went to Lago de Atitlan, which was formed thousands of years ago when a huge volcanic explosion made a giant crater that then filled with water. It´s really beautiful. this photo was taken in San Pedro last sunday morning, note local women doing the laundry on the shore. San Pedro is kind of the Haight Street of Guatemala. Tons of gringo hippies, guys tryign to sell you all manner of chemical recreation in the street, and lots of hippy restaurants and stuff. But it was kind of relaxing, especially being on the lake. And that kind of tourist infestation is a little less obnoxious to me than the sort of mainstream disneyland kind of shit that is in the main town on the lake, Panajachel.

Anyway, i´m glad I went, it was a nice little weekend excursion, thought the bus trip back was hellish.

I need to run. Tommorrow morning, I head to Copan, which is a set of Mayan ruins on the Guatemala-Honduras border. That will be the start of my weeklong break from spanish school. More later...