I lived in Guatemala for two years. I love the country and people. You are absolutely right about the three negatives. 100%. I subscribed! Thanks for the video. You're great!

Amazing as always, I truly value your perspective and storytelling, your content is engaging, interesting and educational, I look forward to your videos!!

Loved your video!! 😍 Thank You for sharing quality content about my beautiful country!! 🇬🇹❤️

@MargaritaMeza-sj7ym

3 ай бұрын

She basically trashed the country the whole time.

I absolutely adore you girl. You are very brave! Thank you for uploading Hugs xx

Big compliment, Diana: Your videos are carefully made and very informative! 🎉

My idea was go to Morocco next yea r to my vacations. But I fell in love with Guatemala when I saw your first photo from there. Pretty excited to go to Guatemala in 2024!

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

I really wanna go to Morocco as well. Have you been?

Very interesting video as usual. You showed us both sides of this beautiful country. Be safe დე❤

love this! so insightful and rare to see🥰

Great content and really appreciated your honesty!

You inspire me 🌱💚🧚 and your videos deliver joy, love and hope! Thanks for sharing your experiences, for educating, for living so freely, for loving so deeply :)

I'm going to Guatemala end of March & am your biggest fan thx for the video

Revista VOGUE eligió a Guatemala como uno de los 12 mejores destinos turísticos del mundo para 2023

...Diana - you're one of the best!! I love your energy, your playfulness, and your information flows out of you so naturally - its easy, and fun!, to follow .. and of course I know: its a lot of WORK to get it all together and do the editing... you are just roundabout brilliant, girl! 💖

I am in love with you and your videos.❤ I have just discovered you and your travels. You are such a bright and beautiful personality. You light up everywhere you go with your joy and happiness. Thankyou for sharing and adding to my bucket list. Meeting you and spending some time with you is now on my list🥰. Enjoy your travels. Looking forward to our trails crossing 🫶

@dianawanderlust

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael a lot

Wow... great video and info. Such a brave young woman.

Amazing finding somehow that knows how to make real travel videos! Great advice

Great video Diana, so much information in a short time 😁

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

Loved the video👏💪

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

So glad!

Was missing you here ! welcome back!

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 🥹 sorry it took me a while

good opinions 👍🏼, loved the video 🎉

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much

Great video ! ❤

Thanks again for sharing your experiences. And of course: liked & subscribed (long time ago)😊

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️🥹🥹🥹 I know Dave, I know

I really like how you presented this ❤

Diana I so value your simple truth! Heading to Antigua in July following some time in Cusco. ❤

Excellent tips in this video. Most videos I've been watching so far seem to draw on very short touristy experiences in Guatemala rather than a two-month experience like you have.

@dianawanderlust

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

BBC reconoció a Guatemala como uno de los 10 mejores destinos turísticos del mundo en el plano cultural.

So cute hair accessories ❤

❤Guatemala is just cool 🆒 food places people weather don’t matter is a pleasant spot full of surprises. Welcome and enjoy while you can ‼️

Hi, I was looking for a video about the reality from Guatemala. It's true you are saying. I'm a local here and always I go to a park or just trying to hike a mountain everywhere we have garbage. I always try to collect them into a bag and throw it into the trash can. And additional to that business people are destroying forest, rivers and go on doing it. I am feeling overwhelm to be honest with you , you know is my country and I'd like just make conscience with this people and resolve this issue. Weather here is more hot than other years. I think this is the main problem after all. However I really enjoyed your video, you have a new sub. 🎉❤

loved it

As a local I can't agree more with you, those problems affect us too.

Guatemala es uno de los 19 países megadiversos del mundo.

❤ The ups and downs of your travels! 😊

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

They are both very desirable parts of travel, no?

@deansawich6250

10 ай бұрын

@@dianawanderlust Si!

Great video Diana, I love the Architecture & the doors & windows! (Strange I know but I've worked with wood all my life!) It's really sad about the garbage but it happens all over even in places that have the education & facilities! It drives me mad 🤬🤬 Take care & stay safe x 🙏❤🇬🇧

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

It drives me mad as well. I’ve been following the news about ocean cleanup (mostly The Great Pacific Garbage Patch) and every time I use plastic I imagine it ending up in the ocean 😢 where else can it go? Especially in the counties where they don’t have recycling at all 😢

@steves7013

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I carry a plastic bag when I'm out walking & try to collect as much as I can, but folk just throw it out of their cars! That really winds me up 🤬@@dianawanderlust

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

@@steves7013 😢😢 I am with you

@ragpicker7740

9 ай бұрын

I'm looking into moving to Guatemala. Thanks for your take on life there, Diana. According to a 2017 study, across the globe, one million plastic bottles were sold every minute. Of those, only a small percentage were effectively recycled. It's worse now. Of course there are billions of other plastic products being tossed into the environment too. Microplastics, forever chemicals, radioactive waste, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, air pollution, etc. have created a toxic stew. And we wonder why more and more, especially young folks, are dying of cancer.

Very good information!

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thanks always🥹

Great video. I want to visit.

Great video. Need to visit Guatemala someday ...

@dianawanderlust

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Bendiciones hermosa que lindo que te la pasastes super 🇬🇹❤️🙏

Am from Guatemala and am going there on Christmas! I haven’t been there ever since I moved to the USA now I know English and many more but I still want to visit my family so after like 11 years am going there🎉

Second!!! I was wondering when you were going to post next. Obviously enjoying yourself too much. Take Care Diana. Coby x

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Always happy to see your comments 🥹

Take a boat trip from Fronteras down the Rio Dulce to Livingston. It is a beautiful winding jungle river gorge with 200 high cliffs.

very happy to seeeee yoooooo Love you diana

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

👏well done

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Thanks

Muchas Gracias por compartir sus observaciones, experiencias e información! Soy Guatemalteca y puedo ver el subdesarrollo personal e intelectual de la mayoría de los Guatemaltecos! Pienso que la intervención de la CIA atrasó muchísimo al país, y con la pobreza que quedó después de tantos años de guerra, a los Guatemaltecos nos está costando muchísimo salir de nuestro subdesarrollo 😢 Buen viaje y vuelva cuando quiera y pueda a Guate! Mi casa es su casa! 💐

Having lived in Guatemala for 2 years, I do agree with the 3 negative ones. I remember walking once down the road and there was a sign that said don’t throw trash “no tire busura” and there was a massive pile of trash. I also asked locals what they paid on the buses and only gave that much exactly because they try to over charge. I told a local family how much the taxi wanted me to pay and they laughed and asked if they offered a ride in a helicopter lol, I loved it and would love to go back. I was there in 1999-2001 so been a while

I am planning on riding my ADV through Mexico, to Belize and then into Guatemala in November. I used to be conversational in Spanish and I am studying and hope it comes back. I am also learning French for a trip to Canada in August.

Great video! Could I ask how/where you found your volunteering? Thank you :)

Awesome, traveling there for Christmas lol

Plastic straws are healthier than paper straws for all of our health - fact! However, there is NO excuse to litter, everyone need to be responsible. Thanks for your honest insights. Very informative.

Guatemala cuna y corazón de la civilización Maya.

If you mind me asking, where did you volunteer at / through ? I am currently looking to spend a month in Antigua, Guatemala. I want to volunteer at a place that offers accommodations as well.

Nice 👌

I love your videos!! You inspire me so much💞 would u recomment traveling to Guatemala if you`re not speaking spanish?

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely

Planning a trip to Guatemala, is may a rainy season?

Great video. Do you speak Spanish? Wold like to know more about how to go about volunteering as well.

@dianawanderlust

2 ай бұрын

You can find me on instagram and I can explain

Hi nice vid

What country is your favorite so far that you have visited?

Wow, lots of other placed to explore.

@dianawanderlust

3 ай бұрын

Yupp

I think prices for tourists will always be higher no matter where you go , do you know a county where tourist pay the same as locals ?

@marplato2558

Ай бұрын

Tax payers subsidize and locals support the country (security. Infrastructure) unlessVisitors spend good money there, locals get to keep your trash, sewage and later your trash talk on videos. At a net loss. Visitors should pay more.

Hi! I’m traveling to Spain to tutor kids English through world packers. Do you have any tips for a 19 year old solo traveling female?

my parents are from guatemala, im from the U.S so i went in 2022 i had all kinds of experiences, i had good, bad experience in guatemala but mostly i loved it alot. i went to guatemala city, lake atatlin, antigua, mostly those 3. zone 10 los americas in guatemala city was my favorite if i can i would fly back in a heart beat but i am currently broke so hopefully i can go back soon. good video by the way !

Yeah... I found the love of my life in Guatemala and now I live here. 😂 Everyone has their own opinions of course. Mine is the opposite. I feel like Guatemala is the most underrated country I've ever been to and that's after visiting 70 total!

@dianawanderlust

6 ай бұрын

I say im genuinely happy for you. It’s wonderful to live in a place you love

So interesting how Guatamala looks EXACTLY like Nicaragua where I lived for 3 months in Leon and Granada. No difference at all. Not even the trash in the streets, lol.

Love your stuff please tell me what camera you use for your videos or do you use a iPhone

@dianawanderlust

9 ай бұрын

I use my iPhone ❤️

@user-yl3fx9hp3d

9 ай бұрын

Editor on it as well? What app sorry so many questions I start my journey on 2 months

@dianawanderlust

9 ай бұрын

@@user-yl3fx9hp3d no I edit in final cut pro

Great how described the culture and what is driving the environmental problems. But that is just an example, you talk about many cultural; elements.

Do you recommend any apps for connecting flights and or bus routes?

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

I don’t think there’s any 😢

Guatemala has great people, food and vibe! $1 equals Q7.00 quezels. Your money doubles. Your money will go a long way as long as you don’t go to luxurious boutique hotels, restaurants. . 🎉 thanks for the tips

This wise traveler will absolutely love El Salvador..!!! Once she’ll set one foot in El Salvador….. she won’t want to leave El Salvador ever again..!!! It is just a magnificent land…!! It is clean clean clean…. Not a speck of garbage nowhere..! Very pristine environment all around and everywhere….!!! And the food..!! Best food in the region and cheap, affordable, delicious, plentiful and safe, clean, just heaven to taste!!!! The people, best in the region also…!! And plenty plenty plenty volcanos to see, climb up and enjoy…! There’s also plentiful rivers, lakes, and the best beaches in the whole wide world!!!! The sea is wild, good, a must to see..!! Paradise you may say…. And right on…! You want to stay forever in El Salvador…!! It is just another dimension…!!!!!!!!! Very clean place…!!!

@rokosbasilisk913

9 ай бұрын

Guatemala is better. Guatemala has everything ES has and then some.

@mygiboxatgmail

5 ай бұрын

If your thing is going to the beach yeah I guess ES has some nice places now if you want the best climate, food, culture, nature, archeology I think I'll stick with Guatemala. (and yes I've been to ES many times)

Nar Geo recomienda a Guatemala como uno de los lugares que debes visitar al menos una vez en la vida.

I guess its the same here in Georgia with the prices for the tourists and I feel too bad for my foreign friends sometimes :( P.S. are you talking here faster than you usually do? I had to check if I had the speed changed myself.😅 P.S.S writing a comment and liking the video bcz I actually do, not cause you told me here 😜🤣

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Haha I know you do love! 😍😍 no I’m not sure if I speak faster haha

😍

About the 3 things you dislike... Yes trash is a huge problem but is not that the people here doesn't know, they just don't care and are so lazy todo something to resolve th problem. There are a lot of organizations trying but is so difficult with this neglecting culture. And abut the transportation, I guess as many other countries it just requires a little bit of more research, here most of us we use our own car if we are traveling for fun, although, there are plenty of transportation and not just chicken bus, there are direct 1st class services to every distrital city in the country, and from those cities local transportation to the smaller villages and towns. Ofc if you are going lit to semuc champey thatnis away of everything the options are less comfortable and often. Shuttle to every tourist destination are just a luxury for the foreigner. About the prices, that apply too for us Guatemalans from the city, and is illegal, but they don't care

Where are you from?

$300 in semuc champey?

Agreed! w/you about the people eco awareness 😢

why aren't you uploading anymore?

thumb up and subscribe, I really liked it, thank you!

Very interesting. I learned a lot. But I'm horrified by the garbage. This is a problem in many countries.

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Where are you from?

@peggysherman2811

10 ай бұрын

@@dianawanderlust I'm from Maine USA. But my daughter lived in Vietnam three years and the plastic and trash was a problem. It destroyed the natural beauty.

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

@@peggysherman2811 yeah I can imagine. Did she teach English?

@ju4121

10 ай бұрын

​@@peggysherman2811come to downtown LA 😂😂.

They get money back for turning in old cans. It does make "cents".

Hey I'm in Guatemala now and I'm here since a month. I've not seen any plastic or garbage on the streets. It's very clean here and people always offer you reusable straws and have a surcharge for take away containers. I mean I haven't been to Guatemala city as of yet but the rest of the country is cleaner than most European countries and the lakes are crystal clear....

@dianawanderlust

6 ай бұрын

Are you in Antigua?

I subscribed girl. Give me a good tip for traveling in Guatemala City, Tkal, Flores

Did you notice where anyone could buy a washer or stove lol

Recommendations. Trash is not every where and they are new laws against the use of plastic and waste clasificación(change takes time). 2, transportation is a challenge. Use Uber, or a private car is cheaper than you think. 3. It is is way cheaper than other countries I have visit in the area for foreigners as I been on there too. Make friends along the way and ask questions to compare and learn. Over all a good video

Same thoughts for Riviera Maya, Mexico. Constantly kept being treated like a money sign, instead of a human being. I felt a total lack of compassion from natives and locals alike. Beautiful nature, but exploited without care for it. Won’t be going back.

I've heard trash and littering is a big problem throughout central and South America. I don't think it's just about poverty, though. I think they need major public awareness campaigns. If everyone cleans up after themselves, it will make a huge difference. Dealing with the trash would create jobs, which are desperately needed in many of these countries. I know the governments do not have a lot of money, but I think this is a good place to spend it. Collect fines from businesses not disposing of waste properly.

where are you from? you got an accent

@dianawanderlust

2 ай бұрын

Georgia 🇬🇪

Nice video ms. Diana WanderBUT. hard to please.

@dianawanderlust

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I spend a good bit of time in Guate. Pouring the cans into bags? That's because they get money to turn in the cans for recycling. The bags cost less than they get for the can. It's all economics. Living closer to zero makes these decisions much different.

Look at Canal Rayo de Luz ti really unterstand Guatemala.

They sell the plastic that’s why they use bags.

Also the trash from Guatemala it goes to El Salvador by the lempa river

omg throw needles into their oceans???? that's dangerous!!!! do you have any private drivers that can pick up from airport to lake atitlan? $150 is way too much for me to pay , and hoping for some direct driver contact

I like your video,but you showed the dirty street you should specify what part of the country you saw that cause in the city you don't see that amount of garbage. You should make a video in los Angeles California,where there are blocks and blocks of homeless on the streets. If we compare, we can decide which place is worse.

@dianawanderlust

3 ай бұрын

I don’t think there is a competition about which city is more dirty. I just shared what I saw and drew my attention

I went there to find the love of my life, turns out she making KZread videos talking bout guate, and yeah she left

I didn't realize how many European people live there

Go to Japan you don’t have garbage there 😊 they take care of the world

U wanna climb Volcano 😊

@dianawanderlust

10 ай бұрын

Always

Unfortunately, the trash situation it is not just a problem in Guatemala but in many Latin American countries and other parts of the world.

- your hair-game is strong... - it's sad so many languages are disappearing (I wanted to make an art related piece at some point which has to do with that topic) - love their dresses - as for the garbage, it sucks and it reminds me of the lack of consciousness when it comes to plastic in Georgia... - I think everyone should be charged the same entrance fee, local or foreigner... - how do your parents feel about you traveling solo...did they feel more scared in the beginning and now they've accepted it? Do you check in with them?

You're beautiful ❤