Overlooking Panajachel and Lake Atitlan

May 14, 2008


Overlooking Panajachel and Lake Atitlan
Originally uploaded by Lake Atitlan.

This is the incredible view overlooking Panajachel and Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in Central America.

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Maya Agriculture

January 23, 2008

Maya agriculture
campesinos trabajando
Originally uploaded by pablo nilo.

Maya agriculture is marked by well-tended fields, usually on steep land. In Guatemala, The richest 1 percent of the people own 70 percent of the land. The Maya are not rich, so there is very little good land available for Maya agriculture.

More photos from Guatemala.

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Maya from Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala

December 26, 2007


Chapina linda
Originally uploaded by alonsodr.

This young Maya girl is from Santiago Atitlan, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. She wears the traditional clothing style of that village, including the "tocoyal", the headress distinctive to Santiago Atitlan.

More Guatemala photos.

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