...behind closed wooden doors lies courtyards, fountains and lush greenery..
As you wake up in the morning to the sound of church bells, cars stumbling along the cobble stone roads, you are greeted by the magnificient volcano..Volcan Agua.. which sits south of the city....
..The streets are lined with colourful buildings, rows of souvenir shops and the occasional museum, church or restaurant...
I spent my second day along the shores of Lake Atitlan...similar to Lake Como in Italy...but packed with the indigenous people of Guatemala .. the Maya..in their traditional attire of wrap around skirts and tunics in many colours....speaking one of their 30 or 40 different Maya languages...
At last...some culture in Central America!!!!
Indigenous people make up 60% of the population with their fellow citizens being mixed with Spanish blood. Around 40% of their 13 million population live in Guatemala City and 44% are under 15 years of age!
...just dropped a few facts for the interested to stimulate those brain cells.....hehehehe.....
Off to Tikal to discover the Mayan Civilisation.....
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