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Left Antigua yesterday via shuttle bus. 3 hours later we came up over the mountains and stopped for our first view of Lake Atitlan. Lago de Atitlan was formed 150,000 years ago in an eruption that sent ash as far as Florida and Panama. The chaldera filled with water and created this amazingly beautiful 128 sq. kilometer lake. It is ringed by three volcanos, Atitlan, San Pedro and Toliman, which is where we are now...on the lake. We navigated our way successfully, after some firece negotiation with boat captains in Panahachel, crossed the lake and landed at Santiago Atitlan where we got a ride in a tuk tuk up the hill to the Posada Santiago. How can we describe the posada? The interior is like the inside of a medieval castle built from volcanic rock overlooking the lake at Volcan San Pedro. It last erupted some 30,000-40,000 years ago so we're either okay or overdue. This is an incredible posad and as luck would have it, a world class chef who normaly plies his trade on world-class yachts is staying here for 3 months...poor us! No dieting here. The food has been simply unbelieveable. We've walked into the village itself a couple of times but went to our first Friday market today. I don't think I've ever seen so many avacados in one place...or handwoven, brightly embroidered fabrics and women and men like exotic birds all around us. Pretty special. Our bungalow is a stone hut with a toasty fireplace...a cross between a hobbit house and the stonecutters cottage in a fairy tale. We'll be here a few days and plan to explore some of the villages on the hills around us. More later...
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