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Note: For more information about these pictures, read about our tour of Lago de Atitlan.

San Pedro — Looking over San Pedro toward the lake, from a hill just behind the town.
Lago de Atitlan — Boat tour of Lago de Atitlan.
Captive Audience — Held captive on our tour boat, a (rather clever) indigenous woman blankets Erin with colorful headdresses and scarves. (She ended up buying one.)
Headdress Demonstration — Keith, posing with an Indian woman in Santiago, who previously demonstrated how 10 meters of cloth were intricately wound and gatehered to form a headdress.
Two Religions Meet — In a most unusual blending of Catholicism and native beliefs, Indian women in Santiago sing and pray native songs before an icon of the Virgin Mary.
Backstrap Loom — A young indigenous girl demonstrates how fabrics are weaved using a backstrap loom.
San Antonio Church — Looking across the lake from the front of a church in San Antonio.
View of San Antonio — Coming across the lake to the secluded town of San Antonio.

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