Colorful religious procession during Holy Week. Boat trips to other small towns on other side of lake. Good hotels and restaurants. Very colorful religious procession during Holy Week. Curanderos say prayers for a price.
Local artisans are famous for their colorful tapestries.
The local currency in Guatemala is the Quetzal. The dollar-Quetzal exchange rate is approximately 5.85 Quetzales to the US dollar. Volunteers may exchange their dollars to pesos at a money exchange window before they enter the luggage pickup area of the Guatemala City airport or at a bank on the second level of the airport. It is not to your advantage to change dollars to Quetzales in the United States. Volunteers may use credit cards and check cards to make purchases in the larger cities, but only ATM cards tied to local Guatemalan banks are useable to make cash withdrawals.