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Antigua of Guatemala, Central America.
Welcome,
Some years ago, after several turistic trips we fell in love with the country in 1999 we decided to come to Guatemala to build an ecolodge located in the northern part of the country, in the middle of the jungle, nearby an arqueologic Mayan site.
During the construction and the exploitation of the ecolodge until 2003, we got to know the nature, the Mayans, their customs and their wonderful craft. After the sale of La Lancha ecolodge to the director Francis Ford Coppola, the idea of promoting their Mayan products of handcrafts Guatemalans came to us. Immediately we started traveling through the country, these mountains and towns, looking for craftmen who work the wood, the earth, clay, ceramic, fabrics... Another new project was born.
At the moment , we help them in their work, choosing esthetic carefully the shapes and colors. And then we adapt those products to the foreign market tendency. 
Nowadays, in our store located in La Antigua, opened since November 2003, we test directly those products brought from the craftsmen. With the will of supporting all the communities that need commercial organizacion, we created a web site to distribute their crafts throughout the world and so, assure them a worthy pay to their works. Through all the products of a fair trade we want to share our experiences, the history and the Mayan culture, the Guatemalan crafts customs.
Isabel and Didier.
The wing beat of a butterfly here, can cause...

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