Guatemala is an awesome place, but for the tourist, there may be things that take getting used to! What things have you had to get used to in your travels?
Thank you for your awesome videos, I am from Guatemala but I live in your beautiful country USA that gave us the great opportunity to be here work and make some money. Thank for visiting my country and thank you for showing it to the world.
Lovely video. My best friends are Guatemalan so I have stayed there for 6 weeks a year for over a decade and plan to move to my small rural community when I retire. Your video is charming; you really captured the spirit of Guayemala... the people. Thank you for the delightful video.
Pana isn't all Guatemala. It's about Pana only. Pana it's village on the lake. I'm living almost 8 years in Guatemala and I'm happy here. You have all what you want. I live in Antigua. Internet perfect. Water - you can drink. Food - Austrian, french, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican. Many American supermarkets here. What different? Here is simple life, there horse race.
I have two sweet Guatemalan "adopted" young adults. Thanks for sharing this video since I knew very lil about their country. I'm envious of your children's childhood memories they will have as they grow up. THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR MOVING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO EXPOSE YOUR FAMILY TO THE WORLD OF WONDER. Virtual hugs and prayers for health, safety, and hope!
Gracias amigo por apreciar Guatemala. Panajachel is unusual, to the rest of Guatemala.; most turístic , you can manage without Spanish, temperature ideal go with not heat or a/c. Guatemala City offers everything money can pay. It is good to take every common sense precaution to have a good experience. I am glad you buy bottled water , use seat belt , every thing you know is good in the USA, if is available there. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! Nos encanta Guatemala! De hecho regresamos hace unos meses y manejamos desde la frontera de México hasta Lago Atitlan. Nos dio la oportunidad de conocer más partes del país. Conocimos a Xela, Antigua, y algunas otras ciudades. Mi hija y yo subimos el volcan Acatenango también.
Love your take on the people, and their trusting, and honest nature. My philosophy is that people that travel are usually more open minded, and accepting of other cultures. What do you think?
I totally agree. Travel opens your eyes to other ideas, cultures, and lifestyles. I also am a firm believer that if you look for good in the world you will find it.
Gracias Renato. Es un país bellísima. Acabamos de visitar otra vez el mes pasado, y subimos el volcan Acatenango. Y de hecho ya hablamos español 😁 gracias por visitar nuestro canal!
Great video! Your kids are adorable and you did cover a lot of the differences in Guatemala, although I was surprised you did not mention the stray dogs. I agree with all your points but one thing. Unfortunately, in my experience living in Pana for four years, I have found that the storekeepers and vendors are extremely dishonest! Perhaps you didn't notice, but gringos get charged a different and MUCH higher price for everything. I have been shortchanged and lied to more times than I can count. They look like they're being helpful by adding it up on a calculator for you, but they're tacking on an extra Q20 or more. If you don't watch the weigh scale, they will put in less than you ask for but charge you the same. They double the price on everything. I'm not just talking about the vendors on Santander, whose job it is to make money off tourists as fast as possible! I'm talking about tiendas and the mercado. It is very unfortunate. They think that because we can't speak Spanish, we can't do math?? I have found only one tienda near my house that treats me fairly and honestly, and I have told them how much I appreciate that. It is best to know the prices of things before you shop and if a storekeeper is dishonest, tell them so and take your business elsewhere.
We did have some experiences with that, but overall it actually wasn't that bad for us and our positive experiences outweighed the negative ones. My wife and I both speak Spanish. I'm fluent and my wife is conversational, so we were pretty savvy when it came to getting taken for a ride with prices. We found that going to the Mercado with a Guatemalan friend made a huge difference. My wife would go with her Spanish teacher and vendors would give us fair prices because they knew they couldn't get away with it. We also haggled like crazy, and we are pretty stubborn with what we are willing to pay. At the same time though, we did have a couple people try to rip us off, especially when we hired a private boat to go across the lake. We just flat out refused to pay what they asked after they went back on their word, and they had to deal with it. Knowing Spanish definitely helped. When we went to the Reserva they tried to charge me an extra 20% on top of the lunch menu prices. I gave them a mouthful and they took it off. We made a lot of friends with tuk tuk drivers, vendors, and laundry people and they were always more than fair with us. So, yeah...I totally get what you are saying. I still do feel like our positive experiences far outweighed the negatives, and it was much easier to gain and hold trust with the Guatemalans we became friends with.
Oh, and stray dogs...lol I guess they just kind of faded into the background for us ha ha! We were in Mexico before Guatemala and the strays are SOOOO much worse there, that Guatemala felt pretty tame. Good catch though!
That happens here in the States also bro. I have been charged more for just being hispanic than just the regular gringo community. I just bring it up, when I see comments like this one. Not only I have been charged more but i have been discriminated against also. Where I have feared for my life also. In the case of over charging in Pana is not a race thing. They just not over charge gringos, but any one who is an outsider, that can be a capitalino, people from Guate city. Now that I live in the States and go back to Guate with dollars, I dont mind to be charge 1 quetzal or may be 5 Q more, as an american now, it doest affect my economy really, I try not to be that stingy.
@@bondedteam626 totally agree man. We often paid more for things while in Guatemala and Mexico, just because we knew the people needed it, but there were some times that people were down right dishonest and it wasn't a matter of 5 to 10 Q but like 50 bucks more. It does go both ways, like you said though. Discrimination is everywhere, and it is sickening! Why can't we all just treat each other as humans regardless of where we are from or what race we are?
@@OurMillionAdventures I had relatives, well I still have in Santiago Atitlan. We used to go visit them. Sometimes we crossed the lake by boat other times we drove around. Have you taken your family to the atitlan reserve. There are exotic animals, zip lines and a butter fly place. Try to visit the gardens of Atitlan hotel also and have a snack. Your famili will enjoy it.
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Guatemala is an awesome place, but for the tourist, there may be things that take getting used to! What things have you had to get used to in your travels?
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Thank you for your awesome videos, I am from Guatemala but I live in your beautiful country USA that gave us the great opportunity to be here work and make some money. Thank for visiting my country and thank you for showing it to the world.
Thanks for watching! Guatemala is a treasure, truly a special place.
Lovely video. My best friends are Guatemalan so I have stayed there for 6 weeks a year for over a decade and plan to move to my small rural community when I retire. Your video is charming; you really captured the spirit of Guayemala... the people. Thank you for the delightful video.
beautiful videos, thanks amigos Guatemala loves you
I am from Guatemala living in houston TX..hope enjoy my country.
So brave to just pack and go with your family…. I wish wish to have that courage! 💕💕I’m Guatemalan! Thanks for your videos
This is so well done. Very entertaining having your kids re-enact situations, yet still relevant info for all travellers.
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Nice video!!!😊
You're pretty, Lilian.
Pana isn't all Guatemala. It's about Pana only. Pana it's village on the lake. I'm living almost 8 years in Guatemala and I'm happy here. You have all what you want. I live in Antigua. Internet perfect. Water - you can drink. Food - Austrian, french, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican. Many American supermarkets here. What different? Here is simple life, there horse race.
I have two sweet Guatemalan "adopted" young adults. Thanks for sharing this video since I knew very lil about their country. I'm envious of your children's childhood memories they will have as they grow up. THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR MOVING OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE TO EXPOSE YOUR FAMILY TO THE WORLD OF WONDER. Virtual hugs and prayers for health, safety, and hope!
Thanks for your comment! Guatemala is an amazing country with incredible people.
Great video brother!
Still living in Guatemala 🇬🇹? I watched your video 2 years later lol. I hope you’ll enjoy my country. It’s funny I’m in NY
Thanks for watching! Guatemala is awesome. We aren't there anymore, but I am hoping to go back this year to Coban.
Nice 👍. I hope you will enjoy the trip also try to visit Petén if you haven’t. Lots of Mayan ruins theres.
Hahaha your kids are so sweet and cute! How long did you live in Guatemala?
Thanks 😁 We were there for a month, but are hoping to return at the end of this year for a longer stay.
Gracias amigo por apreciar Guatemala. Panajachel is unusual, to the rest of Guatemala.; most turístic , you can manage without Spanish, temperature ideal go with not heat or a/c. Guatemala City offers everything money can pay. It is good to take every common sense precaution to have a good experience. I am glad you buy bottled water , use seat belt , every thing you know is good in the USA, if is available there. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! Nos encanta Guatemala! De hecho regresamos hace unos meses y manejamos desde la frontera de México hasta Lago Atitlan. Nos dio la oportunidad de conocer más partes del país. Conocimos a Xela, Antigua, y algunas otras ciudades. Mi hija y yo subimos el volcan Acatenango también.
Love your take on the people, and their trusting, and honest nature. My philosophy is that people that travel are usually more open minded, and accepting of other cultures. What do you think?
I totally agree. Travel opens your eyes to other ideas, cultures, and lifestyles. I also am a firm believer that if you look for good in the world you will find it.
@@OurMillionAdventures Also if you treat people with respect and kindness, they will treat you the same way.
Many blessings for you and your family
What a beatifull Family , many blessings
Thanks!
John, hi family, hope all is well.
Hi there! Thanks for visiting!
Gracias por visitar mi país
Es un pais hermoso, de hecho estaré allí de nuevo esta semana que viene, viajando a Coban. Gracias por su comentario amigo.
Beautiful
i think the "milky oatmeal" might have been mosh (thts what we call it in my house i dont know its actual name)😂
They called it "avena" where we went, which translated to oatmeal, maybe it had another name too though 🤷♂️ It was tasty either way 😁
Gracias.x hablar bien de mi .pais...espero.estes.bien con tus .nenas....abrazos ...aprende a.hablar español...ok.
Gracias Renato. Es un país bellísima. Acabamos de visitar otra vez el mes pasado, y subimos el volcan Acatenango. Y de hecho ya hablamos español 😁 gracias por visitar nuestro canal!
Did the kids put on their seat belts?
Hello do you have any email where I can contact you
Yes, it's in the details section under "About" on our Channel page: th-cam.com/channels/CR1YFKYNOC7Cl5000Pztcw.htmlabout
Great video! Your kids are adorable and you did cover a lot of the differences in Guatemala, although I was surprised you did not mention the stray dogs.
I agree with all your points but one thing. Unfortunately, in my experience living in Pana for four years, I have found that the storekeepers and vendors are extremely dishonest! Perhaps you didn't notice, but gringos get charged a different and MUCH higher price for everything. I have been shortchanged and lied to more times than I can count. They look like they're being helpful by adding it up on a calculator for you, but they're tacking on an extra Q20 or more. If you don't watch the weigh scale, they will put in less than you ask for but charge you the same. They double the price on everything. I'm not just talking about the vendors on Santander, whose job it is to make money off tourists as fast as possible! I'm talking about tiendas and the mercado. It is very unfortunate. They think that because we can't speak Spanish, we can't do math?? I have found only one tienda near my house that treats me fairly and honestly, and I have told them how much I appreciate that. It is best to know the prices of things before you shop and if a storekeeper is dishonest, tell them so and take your business elsewhere.
We did have some experiences with that, but overall it actually wasn't that bad for us and our positive experiences outweighed the negative ones. My wife and I both speak Spanish. I'm fluent and my wife is conversational, so we were pretty savvy when it came to getting taken for a ride with prices. We found that going to the Mercado with a Guatemalan friend made a huge difference. My wife would go with her Spanish teacher and vendors would give us fair prices because they knew they couldn't get away with it. We also haggled like crazy, and we are pretty stubborn with what we are willing to pay. At the same time though, we did have a couple people try to rip us off, especially when we hired a private boat to go across the lake. We just flat out refused to pay what they asked after they went back on their word, and they had to deal with it. Knowing Spanish definitely helped. When we went to the Reserva they tried to charge me an extra 20% on top of the lunch menu prices. I gave them a mouthful and they took it off. We made a lot of friends with tuk tuk drivers, vendors, and laundry people and they were always more than fair with us. So, yeah...I totally get what you are saying. I still do feel like our positive experiences far outweighed the negatives, and it was much easier to gain and hold trust with the Guatemalans we became friends with.
Oh, and stray dogs...lol I guess they just kind of faded into the background for us ha ha! We were in Mexico before Guatemala and the strays are SOOOO much worse there, that Guatemala felt pretty tame. Good catch though!
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That happens here in the States also bro. I have been charged more for just being hispanic than just the regular gringo community. I just bring it up, when I see comments like this one. Not only I have been charged more but i have been discriminated against also. Where I have feared for my life also. In the case of over charging in Pana is not a race thing. They just not over charge gringos, but any one who is an outsider, that can be a capitalino, people from Guate city. Now that I live in the States and go back to Guate with dollars, I dont mind to be charge 1 quetzal or may be 5 Q more, as an american now, it doest affect my economy really, I try not to be that stingy.
@@bondedteam626 totally agree man. We often paid more for things while in Guatemala and Mexico, just because we knew the people needed it, but there were some times that people were down right dishonest and it wasn't a matter of 5 to 10 Q but like 50 bucks more. It does go both ways, like you said though. Discrimination is everywhere, and it is sickening! Why can't we all just treat each other as humans regardless of where we are from or what race we are?
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Live In L.A.? You have to learn how to spell y si no sabes Ingles escribilo en tu idioma.
Im guatemalan and i flushed the toilet paper. Im from Pana and I live in the US.
Oh wow! We were told to not flush it...and when our kids did it clogged! Thats awesome you are from Pana...great place!!
@@OurMillionAdventures I had relatives, well I still have in Santiago Atitlan. We used to go visit them. Sometimes we crossed the lake by boat other times we drove around. Have you taken your family to the atitlan reserve. There are exotic animals, zip lines and
a butter fly place. Try to visit the gardens of Atitlan hotel also and have a snack. Your famili will enjoy it.
@@bondedteam626 yes, we actually did a video on the reserve as well! We loved it there.
@@OurMillionAdventures Have you visited circus bar. They got live music there
@@bondedteam626 no we didn't. We will have to visit when we go back