1. Central America 2010

Guatemala: Lake Atitlan, San Pedro, Santiago & San Antonio

The volcano-ringed Lago de Atitlan is surrounded by small villages. Our boat trip with a guide was the way to visit several of them and appreciate the local (largely Mayan) culture
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  • The men in San Antonio Palopo wear their version of a Scottish 'kilt'
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  • The innocence of youth. Behind them their mothers are receiving payments for registering them in a government 'scheme'
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  • I don't like using the word bribery to describe what's happening. These mothers are queuing to receive money (300 in local currency) to register (on the copmuter system) their children for something (school maybe?). According to our guide the politicians are buying votes in San Antonio Palopo as they have in other places around the Lake
  • Mothers queuing in San Antonio Palopo to register and receive their 'bribes'
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  • Lili grabs a last picture of San Antonio Palopo
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