Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where ... accidentally 12 years ago by a diver exploring picturesque Lake Atitlan, ringed by Mayan villages and popular with foreign ... ; said Roberto Samayoa, a businessman and recreational diver who grew up near the lake where his grandmother told him legends of a sunken church. Samayoa ...

... y familia We are writing from the San Marcos on the beautiful Lake Atitlan. After saying our goodbyes to Xela and all of our new acquaintances we headed off ... . Walking up to the viewpoint and seeing the jaw dropping view of the lake with a bright orange sun coming up over three volcanoes that ... which loyally supported me our three day trek from Xela to Lake Atitlan. La Paz is the absolutely perfect ...

... in educational travel packages to a small Mayan village on Lake Atitlan. The business was recently launched in an attempt to bring ... and Mayan families without resources in Santa Catarina Palopo. Lake Atitlan is no stranger to tourism. People have been flocking to the shores of this famous Central American lake for decades. With three picturesque volcanoes and traditional Mayan villages painting ...

... , San Pablo La Laguna, and surrounding rural areas on the shores of Lake Atitlan. We have been working in these villages since 2005 with the recovery effort after the ... . Medical teams can conduct temporary clinics in the rural area around Lake Atitlan. Or please contact us about how your non-medical work team can help us build or refurbish our clinic, schools or other needed facilities around our ...

... ... Nature is the supreme problem solver. And this algae bloom on Lake Atitlan is no different. Nature is simply responding to the changed conditions in the most ... with any sort of public sewer collection system (and the two that I know of do dump directly into the lake) so there are not many of these beasts that need to be paid for. Now, the bulk of the valley population use septic systems, and ...

... the jungle. The current administration of Guatemala is allowing industry and uncontrolled population growth to pour waste matter into Lake Atitlan, a sacred Maya pilgrimage site mentioned in the Popol Vuh ... doubt cause havoc for the kickass sunken Mayan temple residing on the lake bottom. The modern Maya are getting kicked off their land to make way for American ...