Arriving in Panajachel, the vibrant, backpacker focused town on the shore of Lake Atitlan felt somewhat… familiar. Market stalls, street food carts and hawkers were as far as the eye could see, and the hustle and bustle was unlike anything we had experienced in a while. We had four nights in this beautiful Guatemalan highland region, and it had certainly been difficult to choose our base from amongst the many small towns that dotted the shore.
