San Marcos La Laguna
We were back to Lake Atitlán this past weekend as DiploMom had a friend in town for a visit. We have really enjoyed being able to visit many of the towns around the lake, as each one has its own...
View ArticleBack To San Juan La Laguna
San Juan La Laguna has quickly become our favorite town on Lake Atitlán. The town is a model for how other towns can increase tourism and commerce by keeping the streets clean and promoting the...
View ArticleCoffee Farm
We were also able to visit a coffee farm while we were in San Juan. The beans they grow here are exported to California, Alaska and Japan. The post Coffee Farm appeared first on DiploDad.
View ArticleDiploTot’s New Friends
While we were are the lake, we were able to pay the housekeeper for the rental property to prepare dinner for us on Friday and Saturday night. This is a great setup as we didn’t have to plan out what...
View ArticleSan Juan La Laguna Artists
I don’t know if San Juan simply has a concentration of talented artists, or if, as I mentioned previously, that they simply have their act together as far as encouraging tourism and commerce based on...
View ArticleLake Atitlán House
With my parents in town for a visit, we headed back to Lake Atitlán this weekend. Thanks to VRBO, we found an amazing house near the town of San Antonio Palopó, which was a part of the lake we had not...
View ArticleSan Antonio Palopó
We enjoyed being able to visit a new town on this most recent visit to Lake Atitlán. Our rental house was just outside of San Antonio Palopó and it was an easy stroll into town to check things out. The...
View ArticleTouring San Juan La Laguna with Juan Carlos
In deciding to pick out one town on the lake to visit with my parents, the choice was obvious – San Juan La Laguna. This was our third visit to the town and we arranged to use the same guide who had...
View ArticleBack To The Lake
With DiploMom having Monday off for MLK Day, we decided to head out for a Saturday night stay at Lake Atitlan – most likely our final visit to the lake before our tour ends this summer. We knew it...
View ArticleHotel Atitlan
In any of our previous visits to the lake, we had never stayed at Hotel Atitlan. Given that we didn’t have plans to take a boat anywhere else on the lake, and that we would be staying one night, we...
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