"Atitlan... with the embellishment of several immense volcanoes, is really too much of a good thing" commented Aldous Huxley in 1934. Whether viewed from the expatriate mecca of Panajachel or from the more indigenous Santiago Atitlan, this lake and its surrounding volcanoes is without question, one of the most astonishingly beautiful sites in Guatemala.

We leave early in the morning from Quetzaltenango and go directly to a women´s weaving cooperative in a remote community outside of Sololá. Here students will hear the history of the cooperative and have the chance to buy their products. Then on Sunday, students will go to the rocks of San Marcos La Laguna for swimming and sun.