The name "Guatemala" is most likely from the Nahuatl word "Cuauhtēmallān," which means "land of many trees."
On Day 21, January 23, we visited Fuentes Georginas (pronounce the G's like H's), which are natural hot springs. It was very relaxing, but we all smelled of sulfur on the way home. I finally had an opportunity to test out the water-proofness of my water-proof camera. The water was too cloudy for pictures to be any good, but the camera survived.
I seem to have a lot of pictures of Camina making weird/adorable faces. More of those to come.
I will take this opportunity to share photos of the beautiful countryside -- they didn't seem important enough to take up space in previous posts, but now it seems they are.
The first in the "Dana Sleeping in Unusual Places" series.
Day 26, January 28, we foolishly "took a walk" up a mountain to get to Lake Chicobal. The whole time I reminded myself that it wasn't as bad as Santa María, but it was still hot and dusty.
Santa María in the distance.
After admiring the view of the crater lake from above, we had to go down A LOT of steps to reach it.
"NO SWIMMING (WITH CLOTHES)" Lake Chicobal is a sacred place to the Maya people. Around the shore there were ceremony sites and bouquets of flowers. People are allowed to touch the water but not to step a foot in it.
A log.
The second in the series of "Dana Sleeping in Unusual Places." This time, with the dog that followed us.
Day 24, January 26, we went to Almolonga, a town fifteen minutes outside of Xela. They grow a lot of vegetables, and use a lot of fertilizer. It also gave us this very pretty view.
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