DAY 47d
Week 7
PANAJACHEL ~ Exploring The Town (Sololá, GTM)
Tuesday April 30th, 2019
TODAYS MILEAGE – 71 miles / 114 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 19,736 miles / 31,762 kilometres
We arrived in the lakeside town of Panjanchel just after 12:30 PM, got squared away at our accommodations at Hotel Posada K'amol B'ey, before heading out on a bit of an orientation walk through the town and then parked up at the Deli Llama de Fuego for a pretty decent local lunch.
While all 5 girls breathed in deeply and "sardined" themselves into a Tuk-Tuk in order to go check out an adjacent national park, I spent the afternoon just exploring the town at my leisure.
Just after 7PM we walked down to the Mayan owned and operated Restaurante Jose Pingüinos for a traditional group dinner. As part of the meal, the owner – Jose, demonstrated the xylophone-type Mayan percussion instrument - the Marimba, how it was constructed and then had his two daughters and a male employee play for us during the meal. With the utmost of respect, the traditional music sounded a lot like a soundtrack that accompanied silent movies or Vaudeville acts of the time.
Jose also had his daughter Michelle demonstrate how a traditional 25 millimetre (1 inch) wide by up to 24 metre (79 foot) long cotton belt is worn as a wide brimmed hat, which in all honesty - was quite interesting.
Our evening walk home was punctuated by an evening downpour, which didn't do anything to dampen my spirits in the least. 
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