These are some people from the small neighboring town that we saw along the way. They are mostly potato farmers. During the hike, we saw a group of small boys wielding machetes, which was pretty creepy. I figured out what those machetes were for on the way back, when I saw them carrying these big bundles of firewood back up the steep climb. People in many of the villages here use the firewood for their cooking stoves. The boys are carrying the wood in typical Guatemalan fashion, in a bundle strapped to their backs with another strap over their forehead to help with the weight (remember that the head helps to carry heavy things). If you look closely at picture #1, you can see that the boy's machete is stuck in the bundle of wood. The second picture is a man with two sheep following behind. There were also some people walking cows. The third picture is the group of boys from behind, walking into the mist.
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