Guatemala en Grande - BIG
I believe that landscapes should tell a story. The volcano is called "Agua", meaning water in spanish, on it's slopes lies Ciudad Vieja or Old City, where a few hundred years ago a lagoon on top of the volcano leaked and destroyed the town. Therefore the volcanoes name.As for the Trash, most landscapes in Guatemala will be covered by it, it happenes less nowadays.
This vista from Cerro de la Cruz is one of the best known ones to view Antigua Guatemala, a colonial period capital that escaped modernization by luck. The city was abandoned in 1773 after a huge earthquake struck the spaniards believed that the proximity to volcanoes was the problem.
Yaxha used to be a military training site, more or less like Angkor Wat was a refuge for the Kmer Rouge. This mayan site is close to two lakes.On this image you can see the light going into the modern mayan altar.
Cerro Cahuí or Crocodile Hill, can only be viewed on the east side of Lake Petén Itza. On this picture rain came and the clouds set the mood for this usually pleseant lake.







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