Go to Nebaj! Nebaj is just getting some status as a tourist destination, so it’s still off the heavily trodden path. There are loads of inexpensive places to stay. There is a great, cheap restaurant started by a Peace Corps volunteer a few years ago. They have a lovely parque central. And! there are loads of things to do. Through Trekking Ixil, you can do day hikes as well as short treks in the gorgeous surrounding mountains. I also did a few local cultural tours which included visits to sacred sites (those continuing Mayan rituals), making the local food boxboles with a local woman, and sweating it out in a chu (temescal). Great experience…and really super friendly people.

GO!!! (Even though it may take a bit of local transport hustle to get there…Gotta love being smushed into a microbus! At least the scenery is superb!)