Guatemala: Panajachel

Main Street in Panajachel

Lake Atitlán (Lago de Atitlán) is a large endorheic lake (one that does not flow to the sea) in the Guatemalan Highlands. While Atitlan is recognized to be the deepest lake in Central America, its bottom has not been completely sounded. Estimates of its maximum depth range up to 340 meters. The lake is shaped by deep escarpments which surround it and by three volcanos  on its southern flank. Lake Atitlan is further characterized by towns and villages of the Maya people. Lake Atitlán is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west-northwest of Antigua. (text from Wikipedia)

View of Lake Atitlan

Lake Atitlan

Mayan Storekeeper. The storekeeper had a great smile and was very shy. This was one of the hundreds of small shops selling Mayan art in the streets of Panajachel. Many of them were just stands next to the street or actually Mayans were just sitting at the street, selling their beautiful colorful stuff. Unfortunatelly, this photo is a very bad quality, because I failed to set my camera properly, and took the photos very underexposed and as jpegs instead of raw, and a very high iso, but I think it’s still interesting to share anyway because of the at least remotely shows a glimpse of what it was like to be there.