Monthly Archives: January 2005

Up the hill from San Juan to the wet mill for the La Voz coop. Along the way a drying patio… That’s Fair Trade Organic coffee, which you could probably discern even if it weren’t writ large on the bags… … Continue reading →

Work is nearly complete on a new school in San Juan. Every child of the members of the La Voz cooperative goes to school. Every last one of ‘em!

At San Juan, we meet with the people of La Voz [La Voz Que Clama en el Desierto], a Fair Trade cooperative. Green Mountain and Heifer International have been working together with La Voz on a number of projects. GMCR’s … Continue reading →

Before Adobe, there was adobe. And some places, the latter remains more useful.

You’ve climbed a mile nearly straight up on the far shore of Lake Atitlan to the village of San Juan La Laguna and you’re thinking [between gasps for breath] that you’re about as remote as you can possibly be… and … Continue reading →

A view from Bambu, across the lagoon from Santiago. The dock, while quite lovely, is entirely bereft of the boats we hired to take us to San Juan La Laguna. Nothing to do but watch the women doing their laundry … Continue reading →

Travel tip… if you’re going to take a small boat across Lake Atitlan — several times! — then do so early in the morning or late in the evening, and avoid the 4 to 6 foot xocomil wind swells.

The deep blue waters of Lake Atitlan… this view is from above Panajachel [or, Gringotenango] and you can see all three volcanoes – Atitlan is almost hiding behind Toliman on the left, and San Pedro stands alone on the right.