Lago de Atitlán

Lago de Atitlán is a large, beautiful, volcanic lake located in the highlands of Guatemala.  The lake sits at the base of three volcanos: Atitlán, San Pedro, and Tolimán.  There are numerous villages dotted around the edges of the lake that are accessible by boat. One of the larger villages, that gets a lot of tourist…

Read More

Antigua

Antigua was the capital of the Spanish colony of Guatemala, which encompassed most of modern day Central America and parts of Chiapas, Mexico.  Named Santiago de los Caballeros in antiquity, Antigua was founded in March 10, 1543, following the destruction of the first capital, the original Santiago de los Caballeros.  Antigua was the seat of Spanish…

Read More

French Bread

It has been eons since I have baked a classic French Bread.  I usually skip right over it in favor of egg rich breads or breads with different flours and flavors.  In my years of baking bread I have learned two things  1) practice makes perfect and 2) that said practice needs to be continuous….

Read More

El Petén

I made my first trip into the Guatemalan Petén about ten years ago for a brief two day stint.  I spent one day visiting the archeological site of Yaxha which was just opening up to the public, and my second day at Tikal, overnighting in the town of Flores.  This time around I planned for another…

Read More