My Trip To Guatemala

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Last year I traveled to Guatemala, and met beautiful places, such as the lake of Atitlan. this place is impressive, to be able to reach the other tourist places, with an indigenous culture. you need to go by boat. At night is very beautiful, because there are bars, nightclubs. In that place live many foreign people since it is a very beautiful place. I also went, to Antigua Guatemala, a colonial city, where the houses are very old and baroque, its streets are of stone, that city is very beautiful, its churches are impressive. I gave a tour in a cart with horses throughout the park. Then I went to my hometown of Huehuetenango, where I spent Easter. There it is a very devout place, and with many traditions, in that week all the people make

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