TODAY'S JOURNEY - Today the team will travel by lancha to the nearby community of San Juan La Laguna. They will hike to the Mirador Kaqasiiwaan for a view of Lake Atitlán, tour the community's murals, watch the local Ajpopab' Tz'utujil team practice the traditional Maya ball game, and visit an artists' cooperative featuring the work of 26 painters in the costumbrista style.'.

TODAY'S JOURNEY - After breakfast and morning meditation, the team will travel by lancha across Lake Atitlán to the community of Panajachel. There they will visit the Atitlán Nature Reserve, home to a butterfly habitat with more than a dozen varieties of butterflies, spider monkeys, and coati mundi. Some members of the team may choose to zip line while others hike the nature trails.

Good morning! We're at breakfast now at Cafe Boheme. Just ordered breakfast and lots of coffee to wake us up! We fell asleep to the sounds of local birds and beautiful local Guatemalan music. After breakfast we head to the bank to exchange our money and then off to the lake with a stop at some ruins with a story to tell about colonialism. The visit to the Mayan ruins was incredible. We had a tour guide that showed us three commons with two royal houses. A competition fie

TODAY'S JOURNEY - Today the team travels from Antigua to San Marcos La Laguna, a Kaqchikel-speaking Maya community on the shores of Lake Atitlán, where they will spend the week at Casa Kotz'i'j Pa' Tak Abäj (House of Flowers among the Rocks). Along the way, they'll visit the ruins of the ancient Kaqchikel Maya capital of Iximche'.

TODAY'S JOURNEY - Today our mission team departs Boston for Guatemala. After arriving in Guatemala City, they'll travel to the beautiful colonial city of Antigua, where they'll spend the night before continuing to Lake Atitlán tomorrow.

Today was mainly a travel day that started with a 2am wake-up call and a 5am flight. The flights and luggage and drive to Antigua were uneventful and everyone is doing great. loving this colorful unique town. We walked around most of the afternoon to check the vibe...the old colonial buildings set against the volcanoes is lovely.