Market in Solola

Xela is often described as being akin to an grim industrial town in the north of England, which is maybe why I felt so at home in Xela. Despite the bitter cold at night I ...
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From San Pedro la Laguna we decided to do a day trip to Chichi, famous for its market where hundreds come for a bargain buy (Thursday and Sunday). Instead of taking a tour, we decided to take the ...
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After spending a night in Antigua where we finally manage to see the Volcano Agua, (now that the weather improved) we took a bus to Chichicastenango. ...
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We left on January 25th from California and caught a flight to Belize City, Belize. We were meeting Kevin's dad, Dan, and his wife Christine there on the same day. We arrived in ...
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Hazel was flying to Guatemala in less than a week, and so I decided to visit the market in Chichi. With the rather evil intention of taking advantage of Hazel and making her ...
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After Antigua, Aidan, Lacey, Jenny, Chris, Jamie and I continued on to Panajachel, from which we took a lancha (boat) to San Pedro. It is situated on Lago de Atitlan (Lake Atitlan) which is ...
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Time to do some shopping! We wandered around this great working class (NO other Gringos!!:) in Solola where the women still religiously dress in their region's traditional patterns. I bought some ...
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