Thank you for visiting my crib. I have not returned to Xela for 15 years. I realize that in your videos it looks different. God keep you in all your journey. Greetings from Atlanta Georgia.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow that’s amazing :) we are curious to know what changes you saw! We loved xela

I can see a spoiler that you went visit Las Georginas the termal pools! Awesome place! Can wait to see that video!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jerry! I'm editing that one now :) Hopefully I can get it posted in 2-3 days!

Amigos, muchas gracias por showing us part of the 2nd biggest city in Guate I was there long time ago. It is very far from my home town Jutiapa....

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow indeed it is! I bet that is a long drive away (at least a very scenic one I would guess!) Thank you for watching 😊🇬🇹

Xela is by far the prettiest city of Guatemala, prettier than Antigua. The mountains, the views, the cold wheather...there ain't much to do some say? Just wander the uphill streets and you won't want to leave!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! We love Antigua but the atmosphere in Xela was definitely different and it felt more authentic! There's also SO much to do! We want to go back and do some more hiking :)

Hey Jen and Drew , wonderful adventure. So many beautiful places to see . Have a lovely day:)

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊❤️🇬🇹 We really appreciate it!

Cool video. I loved it! Be known that Xela has pretty strong ties with Europe, hence its architecture. That was and still the deal, the fusion of Mayans, mestizos and Europeans living together in a "underrated" town where you can still keep your roots while living among a community that'll pamper you and will tell you ¡Buen provecho! before and after you eat.

I totally agree! It's beautiful!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful :)

Hey guys thanks for choosing Guatemala. We love you guys here. We love tourists here... Specially from USA.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

We love being here 😍😍🙌🏻 thank YOU

Thank you for visiting! This video made my day😊

@JourneywithJenandDrew

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰🥰

Awesome video again Jen and Drew! Xela looks really nice.😉

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Robbie! 😊🇬🇹

i really love your videos! Xela is an amazing place with a lot to show you! enjoy your stay!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Manuel 😊🇬🇹🙏🏼

Gorgeous City, remarkable arquitecture!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

It really is! It is definitely a place we will return to 🇬🇹

Great video. ! I was born en xela and you guys have a great way to present things very genuine and classy keep the good work !

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you so much ❤️ We really appreciate it!

Awesome place, perfect for a getaway, very relaxing atmosphere, great video.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely ❤️ Thank you!

Love you guys. Xela is nice I'm happy you liked it. :)

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 We LOVED Xela!

Xela the best we have all kind of weather mix and tasty food all over . Thanks for sharing your guys are amazing 😎Greetings from New York 😎

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Isaí 😊🇬🇹 Xela was definitely a gem - we would love to go back one day and continue exploring

My beautiful Xela, thanks for visiting us and hope you guys come back soon! :)

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We will come back one day 😊

Did you visit Tertulianos. It is a nice restaurant in Xela. I would also recommend Chicabal and el teatro.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

No we didn't visit that restaurant although it looks amazing when I looked it up! Xela was definitely one of our favorite places we stopped! Underrated for sure. Wow I wish we would have visited Chicabal as well. We did get to see el teatro though :)

You welcome!!!🥰🥰🥰

I love your videos guys congrats

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Giovanni 🇬🇹🙌🏻

Beautiful city! and good job with your Spanish, pretty clear.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Gracias Elias :)

Great job amigos

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Miguel and thanks for watching and supporting :)

I love your videos welcome to guatemala

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Diego 😊🙏🏼 It means a lot

Great City ...nice VID...!!!

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Javier! 😊🇬🇹

Great 👍 video, sheers from , Anchorage, Alaska.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Melvin! Alaska is somewhere on our bucketlist!

Great video! Thank you for showing the beauty of small town Central America. The last question the driver to your dinner place asked you was “How long do you plan on staying here?” I believe.

@hugocardona8030

2 жыл бұрын

Xela is very large...

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :) Oops maybe my (Andrew) translations were a bit off 😂

@egreeno

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I caught the same thing.

Hahahaha! I lived for two years in Xela. You guys definitely went to the most touristy places (not that there's anything bad with that, ahaha). I recommend checking out Kuitos (the tacos there are divine), Cajolá (say to a taxi driver "por la rotunda por dónde esta este Utz Ulew [Ootz Oo Lay Oo])" and El Panorama (just for the view). Oh yeah, the taxi driver said, “¿Y cuántos (días) piensan estar por acá?” but you interpreted it as “And what do you think about it here?” 8:59

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Yeah we are still learning Spanish, our bad! Thank you for watching! 🇬🇹🇬🇹

saludos mis Amigos desde Atlanta Georgia bendiciones it's good to see you are doing well I have been in xela enjoy that what life it's all about God bless you

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lalo 😊🇬🇹

Thank you for the video, can you guys elaborate on what type of transportation you took, I'd assume it was like an uber or taxi, and provide links to the restaurants/places you visited ty and enjoy Guatemala!

Welcome to our beautiful Xela

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

We absolutely loved it 😊❤️🇬🇹

❤I love ❤️ Guatemala 🇬🇹 too much to see definitely 💯 is a great spot to spend a lots of time at your convenience and budget God made a paradise called Guatemala 🇬🇹

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼

Shela Shela y punto quetzaltenango I am loving in Dallas tx I love you guys

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias :) Y yay Texas! Somos de texas tambien ❤️

Hi guy's I hope you guy's have fun over there

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Byron 😊🙏🏼 Hope you are well

Awesome video! Any chance you can share the airbnb link?! It looks really cool

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Sure! I can add it to the KZread description Thanks for watching 😊

Nice.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁🇬🇹

Bienvenidos a xela 😀

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias!😁

Genial

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Gracias :)

8:57 He actually asked "how long do you plan to be here?"

Beautiful Guate🇬🇹

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful indeed! 😊🇬🇹 Thanks for watching

I LOVE #GUATEMALA

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Us too!! 😊🇬🇹🙏🏼

You guys must visit Almolonga and see how big are the vegetables in there

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Wow we had no idea!😲

At like 8:58 the guy asks "how long are yall going to stay here" and she responds by saying "oh like it alot" 😂

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

yes weve been told haha - we arent fluent if you can tell 😂

You guys should visit Rio Dulce Izabal

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

We would love to!!

👍👍👍👍👍♥️

Quetzaltenango/Elevation 2,330 m

espero pronto vuelvan a venir

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias Mario 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

Oh gosh those tacos looked good.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

😋😋

Did you see any Vegan restaurants or Vegan options at regular places ? We hope to visit in the future as we travel in search of our retirement city.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

I believe we saw some! I have a good friend who is vegan and she explained to me how Central America is a lot easier to find vegan food in compared to South America. So many rich fruits & veggies everywhere as well as all the plant proteins 😋

If you guys still in guate i recommend escuintla beaches rethaluleu xetulul Disney of guate

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh we are no longer in Guate but I will add it to the list because we will definitely be back one day 🇬🇹🇬🇹🙏🏼 Thank you Franco

@francomejia6465

2 жыл бұрын

I been in Arizona at saguaro national park & grand canyon too

Hi gays tanks for another very nice video l love your all videos. let me tall you somting cela is the city of Quetenango tanks again

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carlos 😊🙏🏼🙏🏼

@carlosrodas6946

2 жыл бұрын

sorry is xela the city if you have more videos let me no

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlosrodas6946 Yes we have more Xela videos coming 😊

Is it true that the altitude is too high for older people because of altitude sickness affecting blood pressure? How's the infrastructure? Did the apartment have a washing machine?

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Im not sure about the high altitude affecting older people! But the infrastructure was good - similar to other larger central american cities. The apartment did have a good washing machine :) haha

Love alll our young tourists, from Europe. UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, ASIA AND Africa thanks for visiting my home Guatemala 🇬🇹 ❤️ The eternal springs, home for the Divine Cat name Jaguars ♥️ Home of the magnificent ancient civilization The Mayan Empire Territories ❤️ The most beautiful Lake Atitlan And the Colonial European cities, with French old buildings, and the modern Guatemala city New High towers. The magestic Safari home of many African Wildlife and Guatemala wildlife The Volcanes 🌋 My home Guatemala is your's too, don't forget to shop from the Mayan Tribes sale their beautiful hand made clothes. Jewelry, decorations, that helps them with their economical needs. If you see children sale their cute staff on the streets please 🙏 buy from them. You help them tremendously, God bless all our adventures 🙏 ❤️ Museums in Guatemala, you may be be surprised, is not much historical objects left, most was stolen on the tines they discovered all the Mayan Ruins, Most of our precious history is on Europe Museums, and United States, Rusia and other wealthy countries, buy the objects from the one's stole from our Countries Left the Tikal Ruins Empty if is for the diefs they stole the Ruins too but, 😄😀😀 they to heavily stone buildings to even think 😀😄🙃😀😀✌️

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🏼🇬🇹 Much love for Guatemala

Xela is not underrated. One of the favorites among most travelers…

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely one of our favorites as well! We are just speaking to what we heard from people during our experience traveling Guatemala. Good to know you heard something different :)

Good possible retirement city ???? Thx !

@JourneywithJenandDrew

Жыл бұрын

We LOVED Xela! Absolutely - it depends on what you are looking for. In terms of weather and affordability it was great! However it is a city and if you are looking for more of a quiet escape you may want to go farther out from the city.

if ur stll in xela go to aguas georginas

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Stay tuned 😊🇬🇹

👨‍👨‍👧‍👦👨‍👨‍👧‍👦🇬🇹

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹

You're such "Rebels" 😆The sign says, "CLOSED!" 🤨

@JourneywithJenandDrew

2 жыл бұрын

Hehehe oops!

@carlosquiroa3590

2 жыл бұрын

Funny couple indeed cheers mate!

Guatemala once was a country that included Chiapas y Tabasco now Mexico down to Costa Rica including Belice. But the Mexicans took that land from us, after you gringos took California, Texas, New Mexico and so on from them. Then the brits came and they took Belice from us, and then every state became a little bitty country. Now this is where Xela comes into place, after all that division, the state of Xela became a single country for some time, it became at the time a very prosperous country, and after seeing the good example given by the gringos, brits and mexicans, we the guatemalans conquered the country of Quetzaltenango, yes, now it is ours.

Respect goes a long way. Very rude to walk into a building with a closed sign. Let's go in anyway, bumped fists, haha. Except its not funny. It's ignorant and disrespectful. And the reason Americans have a bad reputation as travelers. Be an adult.

@JourneywithJenandDrew

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback Cheryl! I will take notes on how not to be rude, but you might want to as well! ❤😉