Thursday, May 23 2019
Oh man was it a long day. We spent the day traveling to Panajachel in Lake Atitlan. We stopped at a tradition Mayan healer in Chichicastenango during the drive. We spent close to 6 hours with her. She talked a bit about natural medicine and herbs. She then gave a demonstration on how she gives abdominal massages for women struggling to get pregnant and how she can manipulate the uterus with her hands by massaging the abdomen. Afterwards, she met with each of us to talk about our Noales. Noales are similar to astrology signs for the Mayans. I didn’t expect much before hand, but after talking to her I was very surprised. Everyone has three noales according to your birthdate and year. My noale associated with my birth was associated with my ancestors. She told me that I am going to accomplish something that one of my ancestors was unable to, through my own interests. I thought It was ironic that I was named after my great grandfather that I died before I was born. We had a really good dinner when we arrived in Panajachel. We were even lucky enough to have one of the cleaner street dogs join us under our table for dinner. The dogs in Guatemala are interesting. When we left the hotel at night to go out, there was a pack of six or seven dogs that herded us to wherever we were headed. One or two dogs were in each corner, as if they were protecting us. They would wait for us outside the restaurant and then walk us all the way back home. Panajachel is pretty touristy, but it’s a good break from Xela. We have three more days here at the lake, so I’ll probably post again once we leave.
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