As said in the last page, we took a trip across the lake to visit two small villages. On the way to San Pedro, we passed several beautiful homes...probably belonging to the rich folk in Guatemala City. This is coming into San Pedro.
Another shot of the entrance to this pueblo.
This is where we docked...one of those pangas is ours. This is the view from the restaurant where we had breakfast. We were leaving this day to head to Antigua so we didn't have much time. We got up before dawn's crack in order to visit the two towns.
Here we are having breakie. It was good and the restaurant had a great view, as you can see. I believe we paid something like $3 or $4 for fruit, eggs and ham, toast, and coffee!
In Guatemala, they have Tuk Tuks, just like in Thailand. Great for getting around and cheap too! Nothing else could get down this street, but it still was a tight squeeze.
Both the towns are very hilly...we worked off our breakfast this day.
And there they go! Not all that comfortable a ride being that the streets are all cobble stone.
Tradional Mayan clothing. Mostly it's the women who wear the traditional garb, but you do see men as well.
Traditional cruiser garb!!
These "boats", and I use the term loosely, were out on the lake. They are used by the fishermen. I don't think we've ever seen such efficient bailing!! Lorraine thought there was a pump on board one because he had it down to such a fine art of timing and precision!
In Santiago, it was market day. It wasn't a market day for tourist...the locals were doing their shopping. The colour was amazing!
Ladies selling various kinds of beans. As you can see, they carry a lot of their wares on their heads.
Most didn't like their photo being taken, so you had to be quick. I thought this old lady very interesting.
Beans and veggies.
Mangoes, limes and cantelope.
These are huipiles, or traditional Mayan blouses. All those designs are embroidered and absolutely amazing!! They are made of fairly heavy cloth, and have intricate designs and most seem to be quite regional.
You can buy rugs, wall hangings, tablecloths, runners, napkins etc. All in vibrant colours.
A heavy load of who knows what? These are traditional mens' pants. Some had embroidery too.
Tomatoes anyone?
Just loved the embroidery on this lady's huipile.
A better shot of male clothing, although he's not wearing a traditional vest.
Another shot of the embroidery.
Even the kids dress in these outfits.
Ralph loves the character shots. We have a camera that kind of allows us to photograph without being obvious and it's been great here. Ralph does take most of the photos and is getting really good at it! However, I've been known to wrestle the camera from his grasp, as in the embroidery photo two shots back.
Another great shot!!
And again!!
And one more time! These hats are very interesting. They're a long strip of embroidery wrapped around the head and wrapped, and wrapped, and wrapped...
This old woman tried to sell me the bananas. She was just a bit of a thing.
Not happy with me, but less agressive than in Panajachel!
This is the panga we took to get to the villages. It cost us $40 for the 4 of us, for about 3 hours. It was probably too much but worth it to us.
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