San Marcos is another town I visited on Lake Atitlán, much smaller than San Pedro, and only a short boat ride away. It has become a kind of new age tourist center, drawing mostly hippies, or ex-hippies and other foreigners to its blend of Mayan culture and various new age “spiritual” enterprises. At least the tourism provides the locals a market for their Mayan handicrafts and produce. I hiked to the nearby nature reserve, which has a trail to many nice overlooks of the lake.
