Rows and rows of fabric for sale on the lower level of the market
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I find a vendor selling fresh squeezed orange juice to go in a plastic bag.
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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!
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Furniture manufacturers in the market
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Woman with baby in sling examines high chairs for sale in the furniture market.
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The bus parking lot is full for the market which only takes place on Fridays.
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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.
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A fitting rest stop along our morning tour.
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This tiny hillside village of San Andreas Xecul is known for dying yarn. Note black, yellow, green, purple, and red yarns drying.
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Racks of thread drying in the sun in preparation to be dyed.
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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.
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A mayan ceremonial site, but has a Christian twist which is common in Guatemala to mix the two spiritualities.