In October, Facebook reminded me I spent part of 2010 in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. The reminder came as I sat at a table with other reporters at La Esquina - a trendy Guatemala City restaurant.

While Guatemala has its fair share of jaw-dropping volcanoes, waterfalls and panoramic vistas, it’s also remarkably rich in cultural distinctiveness, and no two of its villages are alike. Each boasts ...

Lake Atitlán, the deepest and probably best-known lake in Central America, was formed out of a super volcano whose chambers collapsed to form a caldera 84,000 years ago. Oft-compared to Italy's Lake ...