GuateWk2- Pana-Adisa-IndepDay

view of Volcan San Pedro from boat

Santiago boy fishing at dock

View of Santiago from boat to Panajachel

Kyle, my cousin's husband, at dinner

Kyle as entertainment

Erin and Kyle...happily married

Erin and Kyle

Local Panajachel band

Erin as dancing entertainmentthe band

Erin and Annie- Peace Corps

Erin still dancing

Peace Corps Vols and the view from Pana

Panajachel Cathedral at Night

Cathedral during the day

Pana boy sliding down ramp on plastic bottle

Cojoyla weaver on backstrap loom

Avocado Day in Santiago--Monday

More avocados

Lisa with Elena and Andrea at Adisa

Cooking workshop with Adisa

More cooking... Apple pastry

Amanda and the kids cooking

Cooking

Cooking

Adisa Truck getting ready for las Torchas

View from pick up to San Lucas

View from truck

San Lucas Festivities

San Lucas

San Lucas Mayor lighting our torch

David with the Torch

David filled with Excitement

finally lit the torch

Starting our walk/runPetronela

La Torcha

Arrival to Santiago from San Lucas with torch

David's family cheering

Approaching Santiago's mayor

Argentina with David as he walked up to the mayor

Elena and Monica afterwards

Lisa and me with our "trajes"-- hupiles y cortes

Amanda and Lisa after all the running

Lisa, me, and Argentina before the Parade

Francisco and Lisa--- note their outfits

3 gringas and Argentina

Before the parade

Andrea at the parade

Our ADISA sign- Respect all and all will live in Peace

Other schools

Getting anxious

Just before time to go

David ready to go

at the parade

Marching bands

other schools

Lisa loving her traje

Santiago boys dressed as indians

other schools

the 4 Mayan groups and patriotic symbols

Petronela as a Garifuna-- African group in Guatemala

After the long, hot parade...

Group photo

Photo with Betty... who loaned us the trajes

Petronela afterwards

last photo opps in traje

last opportunity

The embroidery of hupile--- specific to Santiago

the "traje"

Interesting flower treeLarge Avocado tree