This morning started out with a 30 minute drive to Chinique for clinic at Pastor Roy Espinosa's church. We saw somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 patients there. Then we drove back home to Quiche, dropped off all of our medicine boxes, and drove nearly 2 hours to Panajachel on the shores of Lake Atitlan. Panajachel is a major tourist town in Guatemala.
Normally, the view is staggeringly beautiful. There is a 1,000 ft deep lake ringed by three volcanoes and beautiful, lush green jungle. Since we're at the end of the dry season, though, there are tons of field and forest fires here and the sky is so smoky and hazy you can't even see the volcanoes.
Panajachel is still a neat market town, though, and we got to do some shopping, as well as take a walking tour through the local jungle. We saw monkeys swinging in the trees, walked across some cable bridges, and saw some beautiful waterfalls, as well as some really neat jungle plants.
We had dinner at a very nice restaurant in Panajachel for about $75 (for all five of us) and then drove home - mostly after dark and through (finally) some rain. Unfortunately, it hadn't rained here in Quiche.
Tomorrow, we get up at 5:30 to be on the road by 6am to get some errands run in Guatemala City. Setting the alarm before 6am is never fun....
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Welcome to Panajachel. Did you get to ride the overhead cables thru the tree tops at the Nature Reserve? The monkeys love the entertainment. Great fun! Hope you enjoyed your stay.
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