San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

Disasters in Ecotourism

Ok, so I´ve been told by one of my close college friends that Lago de Atitlan or Lake Atitlan was one of the most beautiful places in the world. She was right. This lake is surrounded by volcanos and boasts amazing views. One problem. As of this year, the lake is completely contaminated and is...

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joshandmary on December 25, 2009 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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Took a boat across the lake

Took a little side trip here on Monday, Em was under the weather so I had to figure it out myself. I caught a boat from the shore for 25 Quetzales or around $5CDN, it is a little more expensive than it use to be according to Em but everything is a little more expensive around here since the...

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Chris Pagett on March 2, 2009 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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La Laguna

In my fourth week of Spanish classes, now at the same school as last September. Spending most of my time studying and reading in Spanish, and doing research online for future projects. Feeling the effects of the shrinking US dollar and high inflation in Guatemala - still relatively cheap but...

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cjones on July 31, 2008 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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Sustainable development projects at Lago de Atitlan

In the past few days, I visited a couple of sustainable development projects in San_Juan_La_Laguna - a small town about a half hour's walk from San Pedro. The first was a textile and handicraft association called the Asociacion de Mujeres Tejedoras Con Tinte Natural, which uses natural dyes...

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cjones on September 14, 2007 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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Spanish classes

Taking classes and learning about the current situation and history of this place. If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. John 7:17

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cjones on September 11, 2007 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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San Pedro

Arrived in San Pedro yesterday and signed up for Spanish classes next week. Has the reputation of being the party town on the lake, but so far except for the firecracker at 5 AM this morning (tomorrow's the national election), it seems muy tranquilo, cheap, friendly and a good place to study...

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cjones on September 8, 2007 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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