Lake Atitlan Information
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Spanish speaking country Guatemala has quite a few indigenous speaking languages such as Cakchikel, Tzutuhil
....In the nearby village of San Marcos they speak about three different dialects.
Depending on the time of the year you may find in Pasaj-Cap
assistance in english, spanish, german, portuguese or french.
But it may also happen that you have to deal with only spanish speaking people.
Average temperature in the day time is 83°f (28°C°) and 58°f (15°C) the whole year round.
Winds over the lake comes mainly every afternoon in a smooth way but from November to February
northern winds shows up from time to time. Rainy season goes from May to October
with a break in July and August. Rains come mainly in the afternoon.
It is so common to hear from tourist or residents say
“Climate on Lake Atitlan is one of the best in the planet.
Never too hot neither too cold and with sunny days most of the year”
At an altitude of 5000 feets (1500 meters), Lake Atitlan faces 3 impressive volcanoes of 10000 feets (3000 meters).
Don’t worry they are not active but from time to time you may see the burning lava coming out of the far
away volcano FUEGO, distant of 60 kms.
Cost of living and Availability of daily products
The minimum wages are quite low compare to other Central American Countries and therefore
restaurants services etc.... are offered at a very reasonable price.
But a gallon of gasoline goes for 4 US$ and imported products are not always that cheap
There is a large range of Chilean wines and Swiss cheese, and excellent coffees.