This is a view of Lake Atitlan, with 3 volcanoes, as seen from Panajachel, Guatemala, in Central America. Lots of people think this is the most beautiful place in the world.
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A Mayan man from San Pedro approaches the 16th century church, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America.
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This mural is in San Pedro, a Maya village on the shore of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America.
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This painting depicts some Cachikel Maya in Panajachel, on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America. It shows a flutist, a drummer, and a dancer with incense burner. The painting is for sale in Panajachel.
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These 2 Cachikel Maya from Santa Catarina are selling their wares in Panajachel, on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America. The Maya are amazing craftsmen. Their weavings are some of the finest in the world.
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This is Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America. The vlocano is called San Pedro, ands is 12,700 feet tall, more or less. The tiny boat in the lower left is a Maya fisherman in his dugout canoe. The lake is 1 mile above sea level, and the surrounding area has a perfect climate.
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This Mayan fisherman is working in his dugout canoe on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America. He is surrounded by Volcan Toliman and Volcan Atitlan. Lake Atitlan is a mile above sea level, and 1000 feet deep. The boats do not carry anchors....
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The mouth of Santiago bay is seen between the volcanoes. About a dozen Maya villages surround Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America.
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The Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) is remarkably a green and scarlet colored bird. With the two subspecies strongly extended upper tail covers during the reproduction time, which cover the tail, form and which fail after the breeding time again. The feathers/springs can become long up to 80 cm. Particularly during the breeding time the Quetzalmännchen spectacular implements, few seconds continuing Balzflüge. From the trees within the comb range of the mountains they rise upward with their quackernden flight call in the wavy flight, in order to then disappear in the dive from the sky like greener lightning again in the crowns. With the brood and supply that the sexes alternate mostly two boys. After the breeding time the Quetzale emigrates into ranges of the mountains lain more deeply. The stachelbeergrossen fruits of wildly growing Avocadobäume (Lauraceae) take a high portion in its food spectrum. The Quetzal occupies a key function in the spreading of these tree species.
Habitat
The Quetzal exclusively lives in the wet forests of Central America. The perpetually damp Ambiente transfers stumps of broken off, dead trees into a soft condition, which makes it for the Quetzal possible to dig its Bruthöhle into the rotten wood. Still expanded wet forest areas exist as habitat of the Quetzals in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.
Guatemala
In close proximity to Coban (Alta Verapaz) in the Biotopo del Quetzal (Mario Dary Biotopo) into the Sierra de read Minas on a height of 1.500 to 2,300 m ü. NN are 1550 hectars of this wet forest as national park since 1977 protected. Since 1997 there is also a private protected area, the Reserva Privada Chelemhá with a size of 500 hectars. These areas are the last secured retreat areas of the Quetzal in Guatemala. North and south the Lago Atítlan is reported by some few other populations.
The quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala, and the unit of currency.
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This Mayan woman is weaving on a traditional backstrap loom. One end is tied to anything convienient and the other end passes across her back. She can adjust the tension on the weaving by leaning back. It is an ancient technique still practiced in Santiago Atitlan, and elsewhere around Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, Central America.
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This dock is on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America, with volcanoes Atitlan and Toliman on the left and part of Colcan San Pedro on the right. The colors are spectacular.
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Waiting to take a boat across Lake Atitlan from Panajachel, Guatemala. There are 3 volcanoes on the other side. this photo shows Volcan San Pedro.
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Mayan children swimming in Lake Atitlan, in Panajachel, Guatemala. That is Volcan San Pedro in the distance.
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Beginning of the market, with locals in traditional dress. Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on the shores of Lake Atitlan.
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This is Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, with Volcan San Pedro in the distance.
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This huipil (blouse) is from Santiago Atitlan, on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The Mayans from Santiago Atitlan are known for their skill and craftsmanship. A huipil can take 2 months to make.
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As you can see, the hectic pace around Lake Atitlan can wear one out. Frequent rest stops are recommended.
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Photo of an original oil painting of Lake Atitlan.
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21st century Mayan art. I have no idea what's going on in that picture.
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Notice the beautiful painting on the wall.
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This Mayan woman exhibits amazing balance as she walks past a coffee field in San Lucas Toliman, near Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
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Mayan woman weaving on a backstrap loom in San Lucas Toliman, on Lake Atitlan Guatemala.
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Casa Palopó Hotel in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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This is a walkway thru a neighborhood in San Lucas Toliman, on Lake Atitlan.
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This Mayan grandmother is a street vendor in Panajachel. You can see the same woman on the Mayan calendar.
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This photo of a Santiago Atitlan girl was originally scanned from a 35mm negative, hence the artsy dust and scratches.
In the rainy season, which has begun, lightning in the evening can go on for hours. 200 lightning stikes per minute can be seen behind the volcanoes.
painting from a travel agency sign
We finally got a link in DMOZ!
Spikes on the top of a gate, near Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. I'm not sure who put these figures here. I take it as a statement about civilians, largely ethnic Maya, being caught in the middle of opposing forces during the long Guatemalan civil war.
Actually these are worry dolls. You tell them your troubles, and then you don't have to worry.
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. The lake was so clear you could see the waterplants at the bottom.Taken with a Rolleiflex 2.8D Planar TLR at f22.
That's lake Atitlan in the background. Next year there may be a hotel on this spot.
The traditional pants tells their origin. I saw them in Panajachel, beside Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala.
This is a costume for the Dance of the Conquistadors, which is celebrated all over Mayan Guatemala.
Flowers on the steps of the Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala
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