in 1892, british archeologist alfred percival maudslay and his wife, anne maudslay, visited panajachel during their long journey throughout guatemala; their impressions were reported in their book "a glimpse at guatemala", published in 1899. they arrived to the town after spending a night in san antonio palopó and a short trip of 12 km; anne maudslay described panajachel location as this: «a little town standing on a rich alluvial plain formed by a swift stream which issues from a narrow cleft in the hills, and has spread out the earth in the shape of an open fan until it forms a mile of frontage to the lake atitlan.»