did you know that Guatemala has a castle??
Hey you guys! Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today we're in Guatemala; we're at San
Felipe Castle. If you're new to the channel, this is April and I'm Wayne. Hit that subscribe
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today today is a good choice to drive and go to a national park
Gallo is the most older beer company in Guatemala is the unique one not only is the most older but it's very
old because they are starting from 1890s wow this year they are celebrating 125 years only through
them they can import like the Budweiser like the Heineken like to another company
tell us about our accommodations for tonight April we are ... Tijax we have our own little cabana
thank god it has air conditioning oh yes it is so hot in Guatemala it's so
humid but it's a cute little place it's like a little fairy land
nice little bathroom i like how they incorporate the natural stone into the shower
do you know how much we paid for this i think it was around 60 or 65 a night U.S. yes
right here on the [river] it's kind of swampy like with all these different boardwalks and
all the little different bungalows if you have a boat you can pull right up and even get a docking
spot the problem is they have all these different boardwalks you kind of can get lost around here we
got here late in the [evening] it was dark already so we couldn't see any of this all right so i just
ran into my friend Wayne that i'd met earlier this morning and he says there's an alligator up here
this is the river if you look under some of the hutch you'll see 'em one of the boys said the
other day he had seen one swimming right up the river you can kind of see 'em sometimes on these
back cabins yeah this is the one the row that we stayed on i was just lost oh all right yeah yeah
we got in here late last night so it all looks a little different this morning this is our last
place to really see where they might be is back over here before you go over the swing bridges
it's gonna pop its head up in a sec. alligator's about 5 foot
hummingbirds they need to visit about to 3,000 flowers [each] day are to each 3,000 flowers
yes but they need to drink the honey from the flower almost twice the same size because
they are using a lot of energy flying because they can ...... when they are flying
oh yeah those are beautiful oh yes that's right this is what they make the tea out of
all right we're off for the adventure today gonna jump on the boat
let's go hey guys uh he's Carlos he's your boat driver okay okay
did you know that Guatemala has a castle?? i love castles especially abandoned castles
if you like abandoned castles you should check out our Croatian video
tell us the coolest castle you've been to in the comments below oh absolutely we want to
know about that for sure and where it's at so we can go visit it yes really cool looking castle
the red tile roofs remind me kind of Dubrovnik the walls the city walls of Dubrovnik
yeah check out the card above it's crazy to think that this castle was built in 1595
yeah and it's still standing here it's awesome it is amazing there's castles like this in Nicaragua
Colombia actually i didn't even know there was castles in Central America that they found in good
condition in the ports yeah almost bigger very good landscape yeah for that they prefer to
build in there we're making that separation of the countries they building different way we had
the separation until 1821 actually this year we are celebrating 200 years of independence from
Spain oh almost 200 years this year yes because our independence was in September 1821. and here
is another example about the Catholics in the past remember the Mayan they have the tradition and
they believe in another gods not believe in statues don't believe in gods because they had many gods
with the Spanish conquistadors come into America they bring the Catholic statues but for that and
here is a clear example how big was these statues they bring very small and they are
starting to build small uh churches like these yeah and they started to call ermita ermita
is tiny church yeah because that means that it was only for Spanish soldiers they believed more
in the Catholicism yes for Mayans no for Mayans is the opposite because the Mayan don't believe in god
we're going up the tower it's so tiny in here people were so small back in the day
Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your hair!
you're Rapunzel i should say that to you
right
let down your sweaty locks hello hey what are you doing up there i'm sweating my brains out oh okay good
it's definitely not Utah so did the French take it over from the Spaniards yes because they was like
the pirates they went to [steal] oh the french are pirates yes when they come here yeah this Spanish
soldier is starting to attack them yeah when they win the boat go underwater destroyed and after they
going to pick up the cannons to reuse for that you can see cannons from this French kingdom oh yeah
if you want to come to the San Felipe Castle and check it out it's only 75
queztales which is roughly $9.69 U.S. super affordable and exploring old things you can't go wrong
... here they put all the stuff for eat or when they
starting to collecting produce for export to Spain they used that warehouse okay
what would you say the oldest piece they have on display here but for example that cannon found
under water chain one part of the chains it was what they used it to close the river
yeah they closed the river only using a big chain or long chain here was another dormitory
area and another area up there but the room here is original only the floor is uh rebuilt so the
wood is original yes--oh wow--that wood is a mahogany and we are growing mahogany in the jungle yes ...
we are growing mahogany and oak i'm telling you people must have been like three foot
tall back in the day five feet probably the way we found out about this really cool
castle is from our friend Chelsea at the Heart of Travel in Guatemala if you guys are coming
to Guatemala we'll put the link below she does an awesome job she will set everything up--oh she has
saved our butts--we literally planned this trip one week in advance ... don't do that to her
but she's really come through we'll put her links to all her stuff check her out she's also
hooked us up with Mr. Selvyn he is our professional tour guide and he is a wealth of knowledge oh yes
i'm calling him the professor of history and tours
... we'll put his information below too if you need a driver he will do
a great job for you oh thank you. Hola Wayne and April how are you hey Chelsea Hola
i'm doing well i'm so excited for you guys to head out early tomorrow morning to Rio Dulce this
is one of my favorite parts of Guatemala so i'm really glad that you guys are going i feel like a
lot of people sometimes skip it over but it's so beautiful Selvyn and Carlos they're going to take
you around the boat the next day from your hotel and then you're going to travel by boat and you
guys are going to go to a variety of different places and then from there you're going to go
through the river all the way out to the Atlantic Ocean and get onto the Caribbean Sea you'll make
some stops to see the mangroves you're gonna see lots of birds you might spot a manatee if
you're lucky some hot water springs great seafood there so i i think it's a really special day and
i know that Carlos and Selvyn are going to give you guys an incredible tour. Boat ride sounds amazing
cool well if you guys have any other questions let me know otherwise i hope you enjoy it.
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