Traveling on the Lake

I took this photo from the boat that took us to Panajachel.This is not the greatest picture, but you can see the Indians standing up to paddle around the Lake in their small wooden boats. Mom says it takes a lot of skill to just maintain your balance. The Lake looks very clean; you can see to the bottom along the shore. Dried fish from the Lake are sold in the market.
This is the harbor at Santiago. The larger boats leave more or less on a schedule, while the smaller ones go when there are enough passengers for the owners to make a profit. For example, we had to wait until we had 12 passengers to go to Panajachel, which took about half an hour. It takes roughly an hour to ride to Pana, depending upon the speed of the boat. It's cold enough on the Lake that you need to have a jacket or sweater, even on a warm sunny day.
This is the shore at Panajachel, with Rachel following Mom and Paul (carrying a sack of coffee for Dan Willey), as Paul finds us a boat to take us back to Santiago. Kathryn treated us to a lovely homemade vegetarian lunch that day. Mom showed me pieces of volcanic pumice along the Pana shore. I brought several of these home, certainly the lightest load in my carry-on luggage! I gave one to my friend Debbie, who wanted me to bring her back a rock from Guatemala.