Guatemala: Lake Atitlán to Antigua

Day 10

We excitedly headed down to the lake to catch a boat to our breakfast destination!

We arrived at ‘La Casa del Mundo’ and it was a unique cliff-side hotel with plenty of balconies and spectacular views over the lake.

We poured over their delicious sounding menu, soaking up the views (and the sunshine!)
Their food is all homemade – hand selected from Panajachel’s indigenous market. I chose the homemade granola with coffee which was a perfect start to a Monday morning – “breakfast with a view” rarely comes better than this!

Then there was time for a little sunbathing before we re-boarded our boat.

This time heading to San Juan village. Here there is a GAdventures “Planeterra project” where they support families to get involved in the Posadas Mayas programme and also invests in solutions to reduce environmental impacts of tourism.

We were shown around by one of the residents, starting at an art gallery…

…then heading to a weavers, where they showed us how the create the wool, the colour and then the materials...

…where a number of us bought scarves from the local ladies, in support of the local community enterprises.

For lunch we visited a local family’s home where they made us a tasty feast.

Tamales – a corn paste wrapped in banana leaves

Pepián - a popular Guatemalan stew.

After lunch we headed back down to the lake for our journey back across to Panajachel. Unfortunately the wind picked up and the lake was very choppy, meaning we had a very wild (and bouncy) trip…not great if you suffer from motion sickness!

Then we piled into our bus for the long bumpy drive to Antigua.