More about the lake

Here are a few more pictures from the lake. Below is a beautiful house, looked like an Italian villa, but we're somewhere else!
Below is the view around the corner from where we were staying. The volcano is dormant, but wow...how beautiful!
A bride an groom were taking pictures on the dock below us. I'll bet they were beautiful!

This is Santiago. While we were here, we went to see one of the local sights, a "diety" called Maximon. This statue moves from house to house as determined by the leaders. Offerings are made (cigarettes, liquor, cigars, money) and healings are conducted by special healers. While we were there, there was a ceremony in progress, complete with incense, chanting, offerings, etc. But in the middle, the guy who was doing the chanting's cell phone went off! Cute little ring, and then the whole thing was interrupted by "Halo, halo...." It was a really funny juxtaposition of modern and ancient, and for heavens sake...turn off your cell phone in church!!!!
This is my hotel...I mean Elena's hotel...it's casa Elena. Pretty, huh...
I'll post this and see if I can load the pictures from last week and this weekend. Time is just going too fast!!!!
Earline