Rows and rows of fabric for sale on the lower level of the market

I find a vendor selling fresh squeezed orange juice to go in a plastic bag.

Once I buy a bag of juice, everyone on the tour decided they want one, so we all have a laugh about drinking from baggies with straws!

Furniture manufacturers in the market

Woman with baby in sling examines high chairs for sale in the furniture market.

The bus parking lot is full for the market which only takes place on Fridays.

One of the largest Spanish colonial churches in Guatemala in nearby San Cristobal. The wooden roof was built like the upside down hull of a ship. The Spaniards built huge churches in the small Mayan villages as a sign of power.

A fitting rest stop along our morning tour.

This tiny hillside village of San Andreas Xecul is known for dying yarn. Note black, yellow, green, purple, and red yarns drying.

Racks of thread drying in the sun in preparation to be dyed.

A street in San Andreas showing the more traditional adobe buildings alongside the newer, more modern houses built from concrete cinder blocks after the 1976 earthquake.

A mayan ceremonial site, but has a Christian twist which is common in Guatemala to mix the two spiritualities.