
Sheree at Mixco Viejo

Mixco Viejo is located 40 miles from ...

40 miles is close in TX but it took 2 ...

Mixco is a beautiful site and well ...

Most of the site has been reconstructed

Mixco was one of the last Mayan cities ...

The brick work reminded us of ...

Sheree on the pyramid.

Phil at one of the ballcourts

Mixco's mountaintop location aided in ...

There's a model of the site under the ...

Our road from Mixco varied from a newly ...

To a nicely graded dirt road

To a rutted path

Our room at Ram Tzul in the cloud forest

The bamboo forest

Ernesto our guide for the hike

The first waterfall

The area was so verdant

The big water fall from the mirador

Sheree at mirador

Chicoj Coffee Cooperative near Coban

Phil gets hooked up for the zipline

The first zipline goes over coffee ...

Two of the ziplines went over water. ...

Gloria explains the coffee making ...

The orchid nursery and Sergio, our ...

Hotel El Recreo - it looks a bit rustic

Our very rustic room

The best way to escape the heat?

The road to Semuc Champey

Semuc Champey en espanol

First view of the pools

Beautiful tropical plants

View of lower pools

Other side of lower pool

Middle pools

Another view of middle pools

Farm next to Chilasco Falls trail

Chilasco Falls trail

Another part of the trail with Phil and ...

Red mushrooms

Sign for Chilasco Falls lookout

Trail to mirador

View of Chilasco Falls - the photo ...

Sign to saltito- another waterfall

Wendy at saltito

Saltito

Sheree's hand and butterfly at saltito

A great place to rest & cool off

Wendy at saltito

View of area around saltito

Rural transportation on dirt road to ...

Hotel Aurora- patio

Hotel Aurora

Antigua main square

Phil's first shoeshine - off main plaza

Antigua arch with volcano in backgroung

Antigua street scene

Volcanoes are visible everywhere - it ...

Ruins of a church

Close up of the church

Indian market in Antigua

Wow, look at that pinata!

Antigua market

People going to the market

Sheree outside of Restaurant 7 & 7

Ummagumma- a Pink Floyd album

American clothes by the pound

Sheree and Lake Atitlan lookout

Hotel Dos Mundos in Pana

The rooms are set off the main street

La Lanterna Restaurant - yum!

Dos Mundos pool

Our room - it had a safe in it- Sheree ...

We delivered our books and art supplies ...

Solola Falls - pretty spectacular due ...

Solola Falls- no hike needed to see ...

Solola plaza on market day

Solola plaza and view of church on left

Sheree bought a beautiful blue apron ...

Solola church

The only photo of Phil and Sheree

Inside the church

Stone baptismal font from colonial days

Solola market and Railroad building ...

Railroad building and Solola market

Woven bag vendor

Traditional and modern clothes

Do you want to buy a CD?

Embroidery thread

used American clothes- sweaters & ...

Lots of shoes!

Jaime, our driver and Sheree at Dos ...

View from boat traveling to San Juan

Our pilot

The boat, pilot, and Hugo

Sheree on the boat in dock at Pana

San Pedro volcano

Reeds near San Juan dock

San Juan- Artist's coop on left

The picture we purchased with ...

Picture in the cooperative.

The mayor of San Juan beautified the ...

Murals beautify San Juan.

Most houses were newly painted and ...

Herb cooperative

One of many murals in San Juan

Fancy tuk tuk with real doors

First weaving co-op we visited

Using the big loom - natural color ...

Mural on the side of a house.

Pounding the cotton to make it thinner

Making thread

Using hand loom

Another hand loom

More murals in San Juan.

Video arcade in San Juan

Santigo de Atitlan- Maximon

Maximon has candles, flowers, food, and ...

Phil asked to have Maximon make his ...

Maximon needed more candles to help Phil

Givinng Maximon a drink to help Phil

Lake Atitlan from Panajachel

Women washing clothes in lake - Santiago

Santiago - scene at lake's edge

Playing soccer in Santiago

Phil & Hugo rode in the back of a truck ...

Jewelry maker in Santiago

Weaving a bracelet in Santiago

Walking to Pana's dock

View on road to San Francisco el Alto

Used American clothes at San Francisco

Sheree and Hugo walk down hill in SF

Vegetable vendors in SF

San Francisco market

Lots of fruits

Crowd at San Francisco market

Do you want to buy a cow?

Piglets for sale!

Baskets held ducks, turkeys, puppies, ...

Sheep

I love my two puppies!

SF is the only market selling large ...

Beautiful cloth for huipils. Available ...

Blouses and fruit

Clothing made in nearby factories

Public wash area near SF

Public washing area in valley outside ...

San Andres Xecul church

The church was repainted in 1999

A guitar player!

Inside San Andres Xecul church

We were late for the Almolonga market

Almolonga Market is known for its ...

"Take our pictures. We want sweets."

Almolonga market- a few vendors were ...

Almolonga market

Cantel Clothes factory- a huge factory!!

Zunil valley vegetable farms.

Church in Zunil valley

Hotel Bonifaz in Xela- we had a ...

Church in Xela's main square

View from Xela's main square

Rey Gitano traveling Circus

The tigers provided sound effects.

Chicken bus in Xela. Gas was priced by ...

Sheree outside of the Pana Rock. They ...

Sunset Bar in Pana with the best ...

Japanese tourists have trouble ...

View of Lake Atitlan from Panajachel.

Model of Ximche ruins.

The Spanish allied themselves with the ...

Founded in 1463. It was the Kaqchiquel ...

Iximche ball court- it was small ...

Hugo and Sheree outside Hotel Aurora in ...