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Atitlan.com is the online representative of the Lake Atitlan Resort Association. LARA hotels distinguish themselves as unique and discerning, yet reasonably priced.

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However Atitlan.com not just a guide to hotels. Atitlan has been my home for twenty years and Atitlan.com is an online travel magazine in which I explore different features of this lake and the exotic Mayans who live here.

The Atitlan Travel Magazine

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Introduction About us

Where is Lake Atitlan? In the mountains of Guatemala.

The New President Democracy won in a landslide.

A Chicken Bus Story Terror on the highway.

The Big Explosion How the lake was formed.

Angelica's Mother Died A sad day.

A Street Corner Mundane yet curious.

Drying Coffee Making sure it dries evenly.

Chichicastenango Well worth visiting.

A look at a "guipil" from Santiago The best weaving goes to the locals.

A Visit to Santiago Atitlan Some photos and a bit of history.

Catholicism and the Mayans Catholic in name alone.

Guatemalan Slingshots Pure folk art.

Mayan Dress; San Pedro La Laguna The other Tzutujil speaking village.

Shade Tree Coffee Organic coffee

Santa Maria de la Concepcion One of my favorite villages.

The Cemetery in Solola A fine place to be buried.

The Significance of Mayan Dress It's hard to overstate the importance of dress to the Mayans.

The World Trade Center Bombing Poverty's role.

Spanish Books ¿Donde esta el baño?

Where and what is LARA and Tropico? About Us


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Thumbnails An overview

Various Views Some examples of what one sees here.

San Lucas Toliman A beautiful, but seldom visited village.

Solola Photographs from market day.

Antigua, Guatemala The original Spanish capitol.

Luciano Pavarotti Photos from his visit to Atitlan.

Volcano San Pedro Mayan boys Making tortiilas Wooden Saints

Most photographs throughout Atitlan.com can be clicked on the see larger.

The view of Atitlan from the Pan American highway
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