Oh, hello there, hola…   My name is Catalina Cerrato of House Ajaw K’iche’, and I do believe I’ve been asked to give you a tour of my home. This is a rather difficult question as I “lived” in the 16th century, and truly I had several homes all over Guatemala. However, you’ll be pleased to know (or at least, I was pleased to discover) that one of my homes is still standing after all these years, and so are the towns in my book, although some have different names by now. Let’s start with the tiny town of Santa Cruz del Quiché, where my story begins. ‘Tis a mountainous place, green and lush, and scented by forest pines. It used to be called Q’umarkaj, the capital city of the K’iche’ Maya people, my mother’s people. At one point there were several stone palaces and pyramid temples, not quite as sizeable as our most famous ones in Tikal, which are pictured here, but still, rather lovely. Unfortunately, their stones were pilfered by my father’s people and used to build their Catholic church. Next is Santiago de los Caballeros, now known as Antigua. For hundreds of years it was the capital…