On Saturday, Glenn and I picked up our good friend, Carol (Forrest arrived on Sunday), and we headed to Lake Atitlán. Glenn decided to drive the back way, by way of Patzicía, Patzún and then a more rustic route straight down the side of the mountain through the small village of San Antonio Palopó.
We've taken this road 3 times before. It is not on your recommended high speed roads routing. It is mostly a one-lane, gravel and dirt road. There are two spots that have several yards of rippled concrete to help with traction. Once, going uphill on a pretty difficult climb, the rear drive wheels were slipping and sliding. But mostly we were going downhill, so we felt confident that we could make it to our destination in our trusty Toyota HiAce (the Silver Bullet).
We came across a small hut with this huge Poinsettia tree,
approximately 12 feet tall.
The sign says:
You are stupid if you take this route.
No, just kidding.
It really says,
"...alternate route to Panajachel, Be Careful, Dangerous Curves."
We are going there?!
Glenn and I enjoyed a beautiful sunset.
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