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- Aug 9, 2024, 3:22 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,654 m
- GuatemalaDepartamento de SololáSan Marcos La Laguna14°43’34” N 91°15’48” W
Lake Atitlan
August 9 in Guatemala ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After the volcano hike, I spent one more night in antigua to recover and then headed to meet Jodie at lake Atitlan the next day. The lake is huge and there are a load of surrounding towns, all named after the 12 Apostles. Jodie was staying at a yoga retreat in a town called San Marcos. The retreat was an eco lodge up in the hills, there werre some amazing views of the lake from up there and we had a really nice room with great views.
Jodie had been there a few days so she showed me around and we did a yoga class together the next morning which was very relaxing. We also tried temezcal which is essentially a traditional sauna followed by an ice plunge. There was a huge thunderstorm happening one of the days we did the cold plunge so was amazing to see the lightening across the sky.
After a couple of days in San Marcos, we headed to the nearby lake town called Jaibalito. We'd booked a special airbnb up in the hills here which had a private yoga shala. One of the nicest airbnbs I've stayed in, with some more amazing lake views. We wanted to make good use of the private shala so I helped Jodie film some yoga videos against the lake as a backdrop for her new yoga business. We managed to catch the sunset in the background which looks really good on film! Sadly the airbnb was only available for one night but we definitely made the most of our time.
Our penultimate stop in Guatemala was Pana, which is the largest town on the lake but not the best place for backpackers. We were staying in a nice cabin but I wasn't a huge fan of this town, as the views of the lake weren't as good and it were more cars/grungy areas than other parts. Also it was around this time that my allergic reaction to a mosquito repellant was getting really bad. I had a lot of red blotchy patches on my skin and i was pretty much constantly itchy for about a week and a half around this time. I had to go to the hospital here as well to get an IV with antihistamines as it got quite bad. Hoping I can recoup the costs of it on my insurance!
After Pana, we finally went back to San Marcos to finish up in Guatemala in a place we really liked. We were in a new hostel this time which also had nice lake views.
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Traveler Wonderful photos. Sounds great apart from the allergic reaction to the mosquito spray!! Looking forward to reading all about Mexico and seeing you soon in Scotland 🏴💕
Traveler Wow!!! Fantastic photo!
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