- Here comes another curve, my love! Hold on. - This country already had to change its capital 3 times. You don't have to come here to sleep. Wow. - What a great car... - These are grief-stricken dolls. - Now I have to wash the clothes, they all got stained, that doesn't come out... - But I have to say that it's not my favorite. Up up up up! - Come up come up! - Whoa, did you see? - Did you see, Martin? - What do you think? - That this is any type of public transport? - No. - This is the most special public transport that exists. - Oh really? - Clear! - This, what are they called? grills? - Yes, grills. - Good afternoon, people, I hope you are all very well. - Today we are starting a new video. Good afternoon Good afternoon. - Special. - It's 10 AM here in Guatemala City. - It's a very nice, sunny day. - A cool heat, as it is here. - They say it is the country of eternal spring. - We just got on something very symbolic and emblematic of this country. - Which for us would be a bus. - But for Guatemalans it is... grill? - A barbecue or a truck. - A barbecue or truck. - Which are public buses that were used in the United States - as school buses. - And once they get old, they can't use it anymore, - they sell them here, to Central America. - And Guatemala paints them all, decorates them, and uses them - as interurban transportation and also within the city. - So, we have here our friend Martín. - Hello people! How are you? - Follower of the channel. - And he told us "guys, how about we grab a barbecue - and we all go to see Antigua?" - That it is a city that was already the capital of Guatemala. It moves quite a bit. As you can see, the camera is jumping up and down. - I love adventure and I love getting on these buses like this, did you see? - I like adventure. - Look, they're all like tin. - It reminds me a bit of American movies. - Did you see when some boys enter the school buses? Yes. - Well, it reminds me a little. - And the good thing is that it is a way to save a lot of money. - In transport. - Because this one costs 20 GTQ Q. - Until Antigua. - And we looked with Lisanna for one with air conditioning and I don't know what - and it was 19 USD. - $19. - Per route, per person. - Here comes another curve, my love! Hold on. - And we arrived, my people. - For the first time, in Antigua Guatemala. - The old capital. - From Guatemala. The most touristic place in Guatemala. - And it shows, because it's quite full of cars - that are coming. - And today is Sunday, so surely this is going to be full. - You can already tell that the place is very colonial. - Because we can see all the colonial houses. - Almost the whole town like this, since we entered. - Look at the streets too, of... how was it that they were called these? - Stone streets. - From colonial times too. - And everything is very well preserved. - You can tell that the city is impeccable. - Now we are walking from here to the central square. - So that from there we can see the ruins. - And also understand a little more about the history of this emblematic place in Guatemala. - There is a moto-taxi here too. - And, look, they still have the headlights, Lisanna. - For public lighting. I think the volcano is there but it's covered. - Ahh... - Oops, you're right, there it is. - How big it is. You can't see it, but... - We'll go closer later. - How are you, Martin? - All super. - You are calm? - Excellent. - Have you already come to Antigua? - A million times! - One million. - It is very close to the capital and it is quite easy to come. - What do they sell here? The bonsai. I am surprised that there is a lot of traffic in this city. I thought it was going to be like no cars. - But they say that there is a law here that it is forbidden to blow the horn. - And if you honk you get a fine. - And that's precisely because this city has about 34 churches. - Look, that's one of them. - Which is in ruins. - But what happened here was the following: - This city was the second capital of Guatemala. - The first one where they had made it, I don't know where it is... - Iximché. - Iximche. - Thanks, Martin. - What happened was that a volcano covered it with lava. - And well, it destroyed the whole city. - So, they moved it here. - But this city, which was also a Mayan city - which was colonized by the Spanish, - which has its own history, - was struck by an earthquake in 1772. - And it destroyed the entire city. - Where here was one of the capitals of Guatemala - had to be transferred to Guatemala City. - Which is where we made the first video. - Which is the capital now. - In other words, this country already had to change its capital three times. - By volcanoes and earthquakes. - And this is one of the churches of the 34 churches that are here. - Which was destroyed by the earthquake. - But part of its structure was able to stand upright. - And here you can see the ruins. - I don't know if Martín wants to add something... - Well, it's named a World Heritage Site. - By UNESCO it was named. - By UNESCO, true. - Yes. - And recently, at Easter, - well, this was filled with carpets, a lot of people, - right? - That is, of the 32 churches or of the 32 churches that were, - it is filled with a lot of parishioners here. - In Guatemala and Antigua, mainly. - Look, if you start to see, - all the streets here are like squares. - Notice. - You see? - All in the shape of a cross. Because of the Spanish influence. - Of course, because the Spanish made all the cities like that, planned. - And this city has exactly that kind of planning. - The city is all perfectly like a chessboard. - And if you look, it's full of restaurants, - shops. - Look. - Mattresses. - Mattresses, there are franchises. - I also saw Starbucks, Burger King. - And they are all in places inside those little colonial houses. - So, I loved it, because, over there, - you see a Starbucks inside a little house like that. - Note that this is made of ceramic. - They can't put glass or things like that. - Sure, sheet metal, or iron. - Very good. - And there, look, Lisanna's friend. - Lisanna, look, there's a McDonald's here. In a colonial house, again. - In a colonial mansion. wow. - Here, for you. It's very cute. - Let's see... - Wow. - It's a colonial McDonald's. - Ah, well... No... have you seen such a nice McDonald's yet? - No I do not. - And it's gigantic. McDonald's Premium. It feels. - It would be the Hispanic McDonald's. - Wow. - Look, you have Ronald McDonald's. - Crazy, friend... - What did you think? - Very crazy... - With a fountain and everything. - With a Hispanic colonial plaza in the middle of the McDonald's. Beautiful. - Beautiful. At the beginning we thought to come and sleep here. But there we saw how close we would be if we went during the day and returned in the afternoon. And surely accommodation in the capital is cheaper. You don't have to come here to sleep. - And you can know the capital. - It was... - Quite full today, Sunday. - Look what this square is... - I don't know what this is, but... - This is the town hall. - Ah... - The town hall, the municipality. - This is the central square of the city, like all Spanish town halls. - Always the church ahead. - The town hall in front too. - In other words, the most important buildings of the time were always next to the square. And the fountain in the center of the square. - AHA. - You can not miss. - Che, it must be the most crowded square I've seen since we started our trip, Lisanna. You can see many women in typical clothing as well. - Look what a beautiful fountain. - Maybe you can feed the pigeons here. - This is the central square. - Main Square. I think the mango is very popular here. - Yes, they do everything with the mango. - The chila mango, the mango... - Ice cream. - The mango ice cream. - Raw. - Do you like mangoes, Martín? - At this time it is the current mango season. - There is a green mango, a "Pashte" mango, we call it. - And different types of mango. - The truth is that it is consumed enough. - Ah... - Another very incredible thing that happened in this city - is that it was founded in 1524 and here was the capital of the Guatemalan Empire. - Because Guatemala was also an empire. - I almost fell... again... - I almost fell... - You are very excited today. - Isn't it true, Martín, that Guatemala was also an empire? - Yes. - That included Belize. - Honduras. - Honduras. -Nicaragua, El Salvador. - The Savior. - And part of southern Mexico. - And here was the capital, precisely of that empire. - So, this city was very important. - That's why there are so many churches, so many important buildings. - Look, Lisanna, it has the sculptures of the saints - sculpted on the façade of the church - and there is an impressive relief there. That type of building I also think we saw quite a lot. And precisely in yellow. It must be something very typical of the squares. - From the squares and town halls. - Because that's where he works... - This must be the portal. - The town hall, the church and the trade portal. - What is the trade portal? - Where they made transactions, economy. - But nowadays what is it? - Today it is part of the municipality. - Ah, part of the municipality. - Where the governor works. - Mayor. - The mayor of the city. - Look how cute. - It's a mini-grill. - Can you go back with this? - Of course, 5, 7 and 10 GTQ Q. - 5 GTQ Q are fine. - Wow. - Health! - Health! Wow. - Ah... how delicious it is... - Delicious. - Delicious, friend. - Thank you. - Very good. At first I was afraid that it's going to be the mango with michelada. But it is not. - It's with strawberry. Yes, very rich. - Oh... - Did you like it, Martin? - They are one of my favorites here in Antigua. - They are natural. - They are natural. - The very natural taste is noted. So when you come to Antigua, have an ice cream. - Here in... what are they called? - Lillian. Anna Lillian. - Here you can see a lot of tourists, huh. When you arrive at the airport, the first thing they offer you is Antigua. - It's true. - It costs $15. What we saw mostly was that. - They wanted to charge us 15 USD to come from the airport directly to Antigua. - But you can come with 2.50 USD. - Well, let's keep walking. - Fua... but there's enough to see here. - It is not that it has two blocks and bye. - There are colonial houses everywhere. - There are hats. - Thanks my friend. He had a hundred hats... - Oh, wow. - What do we have here? - Bye, friend! Wow. - What a car. It looks nice here in those streets, doesn't it? - "1948" it said. - Go figure. - Well, now, let's keep walking. - Towards the Arco de Santa Catalina. - Which is, let's say, the postcard of the city. - It is the most emblematic thing that Antigua has. - Isn't that right, Martin? - If you didn't come to the Arch, you didn't come to Antigua. - You didn't come to Old Town. - And that arc has a lot of history too. - Because here was a town full of churches. - From convents. - Where there were many nuns. - And at that time, the nuns could not have contact - with the people who lived here in the town. - The nuns always had to be inside the... - They couldn't go out, they couldn't talk to anyone. - Nobody could see them too. - So, that arch that you see there, now we are going to get closer, - it had a very important function. - For the city, here for the people. - Which was, precisely, next to each arch there was a convent. - Where the nuns lived. - And the nuns had to leave from one side - to cross the street and go to the other. - But obviously they couldn't. - So, they ordered to build that arch. - So that the nuns can cross. - And connect the two convents. - And that's why that arch was so well known here in the place. - And so famous. - And today everyone comes to take pictures - and it's one of the main places here in Antigua. - It is also very difficult to find it without people to take a photo. - Because it's always full. And also, on the other side we should see the Arch with the volcano behind. - Because here the city is surrounded by three important volcanoes. - Fire Volcano, Water Volcano. - Water. - And the other is a name that I don't remember. - Martin? - The Pacaya is not. - It's not Pacaya. - It has another more difficult name. - Water, fire... - Acatenango. - Acatenango. - Those are the three volcanoes that surround the city. - But here it is full of volcanoes. - Yes. - There are like 37 volcanoes in total. - Whoa, look. - Lisanna, the place is a little crowded. - Hi, friend. - "Santa Catalina Convent". - There it is, see? - A comment door and here the other. - What did you think, my love? Very pretty. - It's good, huh. The whole town, very nice. It is very worth visiting. - It's worth it, isn't it, Martin? - Yes yes, absolutely. - They have to come. And I would love to see the volcano there. I'm going to draw it. - Of course, if you take a photo from here, - there you would have the volcano. - But it's all covered in clouds. "Do you wake up with neck pain?" "How long has it been since you changed your pillow?" - Ugh... a lot... - A long time ago... - When I met Lisanna, the pillows... - Do you remember, Lisanna, your pillows? - They were prehistoric... - My mom loves that. - Ah, this is the market. - No, it's another market. - Other. - There are several, but there is one, Lisanna, who is very big. - Which has everything. I'm going to show you something. Come here... You have to put your face there. - What's that? Wow... - Noo... - What is that? - And does it fly? - Yes, fly. What thing? - Kite. But wasn't it triangular? - Martin says that he flies. - Yes, they do fly. - Here there is an event called "All Saints' Day". - Where they have competitions to see who makes the biggest kite. Wow... I've never seen a round one. - Uh... - What is this? - 45 GTQ Q costs. - I don't know what it is... - Nobody knows what it is. Look how cute, a notebook with a textile. Guatemalan. - Precious. - These are little dolls remove sorrows. - You have to put it under the pillow, - you choose the penalty you want me to take away, and that's it. - And all your problems went away. - I'm going to take the whole drum of sorrows away because I have... - some sorrows to get rid of. Ah, well... Look how cute! You like me? - It is very cute. I really liked it, so let's take this one. From Guatemala. - I do not think because I can never choose. - So I don't say anything... - Because Mateo has beer... Look. - Oh... - A mini-coffee. - Guatemalan. Ooh... - Mayan shampoo. Wow. What is it made of? - Horsetail. - It's for your hair to grow like a ponytail, long. Well, yes, but it's not made of horsetail... - Ah... Handmade chocolate. - Mmm... - Oh... - Oh, yummy... Very organic. - Well, now we are also reaching a very important part of the city. - What is this part really, which is the Church "La Merced". - That it is a church that was built by the Mercedarians. - In the sixteenth century. - And among the 36 churches that exist in this city, - it is one of the most emblematic. - Also one of the most touristy. - And something very funny that they told us - is that people who live in Antigua are called "green belly". - Because there is avocado production here. - Everywhere, it's full. Yummy... - I think even Lisanna saw us coming down the road. - No, love? - Yes, we saw loaded avocado plants on the route . And if a car passes and an avocado falls on the glass, I don't know if it breaks... Imagine, an avocado rain. - "Green belly". - I'd be a green belly. Me too... - Because with Lisanna we eat at least - two avocados a day. - Every day I add an avocado to the salad. It is the richest there is. - We are green bellies. - And another curious thing - is that here was a fairly busy part of the city - and, if you pay attention, - the corners of the stables here, where the carriages with the horses passed by - there was a problem, they collided a lot. - Because, obviously, the horse/carriage at that time didn't have much aerodynamics. - And they collided and broke, right? - They broke the walls. - So, they began to reinforce the walls with those columns that you see there. - And in several of those corners that was built. - And it is something, let's say, very typical of the architecture of Antigua. - Find reinforced corners so that the horses do not collide with the carriages. - How beautiful this church is... - That's what they call "baroque architecture", maybe? - Yes, all the ornamentation. - The ornaments. - All the reliefs, very striking, and well loaded. - This seems interesting to me. - Because now we are entering the ruins of the convent. - Which was destroyed twice by the earthquake. - Imagine how strong the earthquake was to destroy such a structure. - Look what these stones are. - They are impressive. - The first church we saw was split in half. - This church was built about 1540, more or less. - By the Spanish, when they took the city. - That it belonged to the Mayan civilizations. There are also many picturesque places to take photos. Who likes it. - To enter to see the ruins, it cost 20 GTQ Q per person. Foreigners, national, 10 GTQ Q. - National costs half. - Here we go to the upper part of the ruins of the convent. - Look how beautiful the fountain looks up here. - Look, here are the reinforced corners that we were talking about before. - Look. - There's another one. - You can see it there. - And there's another one. - All this is reinforced so that the floats do not collide with the corners of the houses. - So, when they come, look for them. - That this is what makes the city different. It looks like it's missing paint. - And if you find one, - put "subscribe to Mateo and Lisanna's channel" and give it a like. Thank you! - Also look down the sidewalks, - you will find the name of the stores. - "Ivori Pharmacies". - And they did it with that same metal - that they use to make horseshoes. - Yes it's correct. - How interesting, isn't it? - This is what can literally be said to be a colonial city. - Because the whole city is colonial. - Anyone who likes this type of tourism, - will surely be fascinated by this city. - This is the Church and College "of the Company of Jesus." - Founded by the Jesuits in 1582. - The craziest thing is that this church suffered 6 earthquakes. - As you can see, the church lost its roof. - The heads of the saints fell off. - There you can see that the entrance is. - Six earthquakes in the same place. Yes. - It seems too... - Look, Lisanna. - Lisanna got us a place to eat. - Wow. - What's it called? - "Ay Carmela". - What a nice place. - "Oh Carmela", look, with stone here, written. Chin Chin. - Chin-chin, a Jamaican water to cool off from the heat. - Ah... - It's very tasty, it's well done. - It has cinnamon. - It's the first time I've tried it with cinnamon. - Normally it does not have cinnamon. It's very rich. I ordered a tortilla soup. - How fast the food comes. - Yes. - It took about 10 seconds, more or less. Look! It has avocado. Look, green belly. - Lisanna, now they're going to say "green belly" to you. And it actually has tortillas, and I think chicken, too. So... It's like a taco soup. - Ah... I mean... - Oh chilaquiles. - Chilaquiles. - I don't know if there are chilaquiles here in Guatemala. - Yes Yes. - You can talk. - You can talk, huh. - You don't need to be silent. - It's video vlog course 1... - Too much... It's very tasty. - So, you have a lot of influence from Mexican culture. - Yes, tortillas, for example. - The tacos, the chilaquiles. - The tacos. - Yes. - Jamaican water. - Remember, Mateo, it's like Mesoamerica. - Mesoamerica. - What is it? Mexico and Central America. - Southern Mexico, Central America. - Where the Mayans dominated, right? - Exactly, Mesoamerica. - That's why the influence on food. - Corn, cocoa. - The coffee. - How much food... - This is the entrance. - I'm already full with this... Yes. - When the food comes, I can't fit any more... Onion, cheese... - Egg. - This is an egg, look. - All this. - Isn't that an egg? - No... - It's cheese. - Oh, cheese. - Mmm... - Mmm... It tastes like a taco. - It's very good. - I ordered a taco-pizza. - Which is a taco al pastor but they give it to you in the form of a pizza. - I had never seen anything like it, this is new to me. How do you eat this? - I'm going to eat it like a taco. - I'm going to add the lemon. - The cue looks like it's really made like stone. Let's see. - It's great. Let's see. - You, Lisanna, will love it. Hmm... - It's a pizza. - Hawaiian. - It's like a pizza-taco. - It's a... - Exactly! - A novelty for me, delicious. - Well, people, I ordered some tacos with carne asada. - Portions are gigantic. - They're gigantic. - Mmm... - Delicious. Roast meat? - Lots of meat. And it is also a very nice patio. After walking all over Antigua. So bon appetit! - Lisanna, you have to try the churritos now. I already ate them all. - And here we want to thank you, because we are in the company of the restaurant owners. - That they came to greet us too and that they follow the channel. - Yes, for 5 months. - For 5 months. - We had breakfast watching the videos. - Wow... - So thank you very much. - Thank you! - The food they make is very tasty. - And I hope they continue to prosper. - Thank you! - Thank you! Likewise. - How is your Instagram? - @Aycarmelagt. - We leave it there for you to follow. - They have a franchise too, right? - Yes. - So enjoying. Thank you people, very kind. - Thank you! - Very rich. - How did you like the food, Lisanna? Very good. And now a nap would be perfect. - Mateo is already sleeping. - Well, now we are in the passions of my life. - Where there is a town, commerce. - Things to see. - This is type... how do you call it? "Shop"? - No, market, market. - Market. - Great, friend, huh. - I think the market we went to there in the center of the city - is similar to this one. - Yes. - I thought we were going to see handicrafts here. - There is a craft market nearby. - Oh, well, let's go. - Yes. - This is a general type, everything. - Yes. - "Handicraft market." - What did you ask me, friend? - I was asking you what you thought of the accent of the chapín, of the Guatemalan. - They have a rather flat accent. - Fairly quiet. - Understandable, that is, they don't have so many stops when they speak. - Or they don't stretch words. - They don't have a lot of slang. - And you, Lisanna, what do you think? Same thing, very understandable. I who am not native understand it well. It's cute. - Yes, it's very cute. - Look how cute. - How are you? - I asked for! - Thank you. - Look at the magnets. - Look, "Tikal", "Flores", "Atitlan", "Izabal" and "Antigua". Places we have to go. - That we have to go. - There's the beer we tried. - What a delicious che... - I'm going to take a souvenir beer box. - Very nice, we are touring. Thank you. - Thank you. - Very kind. - Eh... How big it is... - Hello. - We went back to my old love. - The motorcycle-taxi. - How I love them! How I love them! - A passion! - This is a passion. - A lifestyle. - Did you spill the coffee, Lisanna? Look at my pants. - Well, we arrived with the tucu-tucu to the viewpoint. - A very touristy place here too. - In Antigua. - There are even as many people as there are in the city walking. - Lisanna was soaked all over with coffee. - Look at her. Look. Don't bring coffee. - I told you, my love. - I told you. - You did'nt tell me anything. - I told you. - No... - "Don't drink coffee in the tucu-tucu." - Look how the streets are, skip all that. - I told you. I told you "wait one more minute I'll take it". No. - I told you... I told you... - Now I have to wash the clothes, they all stained, that doesn't come out. - Those stains won't come out. Oh really? - I have to wash it by hand now when we get there. I'm going to do it. We are in Cerro de la Cruz. - It's a tourist cross, where people come here to see - the views of the entire city. - I don't know what this is, they look like tree trunks. They look like pancakes. - They look like pancakes. - Tacos, tortillas. - It's a cut palm tree. - And the truth is, the trees up here are very beautiful. - It's like a small forest that ends in a viewpoint. - Quite a few food stalls here. - You see more local families here, did you see? - Perhaps many foreign tourists - don't know that here you can ride the tucu-tucu and all that. - It can be, there is everything. - They come, I think, at different times or times - or they are having lunch. - When we asked the price the first time, - there was me and Lisanna, - it was 150 GTQ Q. - But when Martín went to ask him alone - they charged us 100 GTQ Q. - Because if you're local, it's going to be cheaper. - Luckily, we had Martin. - That he went alone and they said "100 GTQ Q". - And then when he accelerated he said "oh, no..." - "150 GTQ Q". - But it was already late, besides. - Giving a hand to nature is worth a lot and costs little. - That's how it is. - Today we saw something very striking. - I don't know if the municipality or what of the city - wanted to cut down some trees in the middle of the road. - Because they want to build a third highway. - And people didn't want to cut it. - And they made a demonstration. - And they put a white rope around the trees. - So they don't get cut. - They wanted to save the life of the trees. - That seemed incredible to me, what people were doing. - Ah, it's an open-air theater. So Mateo is going to start dancing now. Wow. - Wow. You can see the whole city here. Let's see if we count the 30 churches. - 37. How the towers fell cannot be counted here visibly. - Anything without a roof is a church. - That suffered an earthquake. - How the Church of Cármen stands out. - That's the one from Cármen. - The Mercedes. - The Mercedes, sorry. - And there's the bow. - Where to? - There is. - Ah, look... - What a beauty... I loved it. - And of course, the city looks where it is. - Right in the middle of three volcanoes. - It's impossible that there aren't seismic movements and eruptions here, right? It seems pretty close. - It is very close. - Well, the truth is, I loved the place. very beautiful - Today I learned many things. - I learned from the Guatemalans. - They are calm people. - Yes. - Very calm, very easy going. - About the city, I thought it was an incredible tourist spot. - Now I understand why everyone comes straight here. - But I have to say it's not my favourite. - I'm going to tell the truth, I liked Guatemala City better. - Because it's like I can feel more of the everyday - and the real life of Guatemalans. - And here I feel that it is very beautiful, the place is spectacular, - but it is more touristy. - And it's full of foreign tourists. - As for Guatemala City, I see that there are more local - and national. - I believe that Guatemala, for those who want to come to know it - and see the very roots of what the Guatemalan people are, - would not just have to come to Antigua. - In other words, Guatemala is not just Antigua. - It also has other very beautiful places to visit. - And one of them is Guatemala City, the capital. - Which is where I had an idea, more or less, of how the Guatemalan people live. So I think it's good to know both sides, right? The tourist and the everyday. - And come and not be afraid of what it says on the internet. - Because if you put "Is Guatemala dangerous?" - And out there, foreigners read that and say "no, I'm not going to the city." - Or like it happened to Lisanna. - Out there, as a foreigner, she began to step on the city and now - "oops, there are no tourists here." - "There are no foreigners, it is dangerous." - I say "stop, my love, let's meet first". - "Let's see how things are." It felt calmer than other places we have visited. - So, nothing, thank you. - Because of the video. - I want to send a big kiss to Martin's mom and sister. - And to Martín who is back here. - He's almost like a statue, like that... - He's so professional with the camera. - Greetings! - Today we had a spectacular day. Yes. - If you liked the video, subscribe to the channel. - Give it a like. - Likes, comments. And we'll see each other in the next video. - We love you. - Bye. - Bye!
