Upgraded Hotel Panajachel Lago Atitlan

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Upgraded Hotel Panajachel Lago Atitlan
I moved from my 20 US Dollars per night hotel into a 10 Dollars hotel and upgraded my quality of life. I am closer to the market, my WIFI is now three bars and not one, and I have a Kitchen to use with a Fridge, and the nice Mayan dressed girls walking around working.

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Panajachel Guatemala
Lago Atitlan - Lake Atitlan
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Andy of HoboTraveler.com --- Encyclopedia of Traveler Rooms
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An upgrade has almost nothing to do with money, has everything to do with making wise choices. However, pricing structure has nothing to do with the package of services, most hotels do not know what they have that is worthy of notice.

The Hotel I am in now puts zero value on the guest Kitchen; they do not know that not being on the water here is a benefit. The most expensive hotels here in Panajachel have the most obnoxious neighborhoods. The immediate areas around them are have anything from cute little Mayan girls selling knitted bracelets to the Cocarina, Mota, you want Mushroom drug bunch and cost a fortune of nutty money. I am in a great neighborhood.

The Market of Pana is great, super clean, cheap, and not many tourists.

What is great is this Hotel now has Skype.com quality Internet and I can make telephone calls and have better internet life.

No internet is good.
Great internet is good.
Funky internet is a constant worry about this problem that you are waiting to happen.

Upgrade for me, it not an upgrade for you, I know what I want, I have experience, pretty pictures, and flowers are just frosting, I want the whole package.

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Nate ???? said on Sunday October 26th, 2008 10:16:00 AM

So where did you end up staying that has good wi-fi in Panajachel?

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Sunday October 26th, 2008 04:53:00 PM

Don Carlos

Nate ???? said on Sunday October 26th, 2008 05:01:00 PM

Awesome, thanks!I've always thought that it's so stupid that the Lonely Planet guidebooks don't mention whether or not a place has wi-fi. Instead, it says that the bathrooms at Posada de Don Carlos have "full size tubs". Yeah, full size tubs; that's what I care about. :-P

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Sunday October 26th, 2008 05:17:00 PM

I use the Lonely Planet, I recommend using guidebooks. However the reality is I only use for two things, the city maps and the PRICE of Hotels.The writers change from country to country and close to impossible to have them not be biased.The solution is they all must have a long checklist of questions when the enter a Hotel to evaluate.There is no way they do, or they would not talk about the size of the bathtubs.The world is changing and the lonely planet is not.Note; I installed the WIFI in the Posada don Carlos, purchased the router and installed, then Don purchased from me when I left, although he already had internet.I am in the process of making an information collection system that would allow a person to evaluate hotels better.It will all be on HoboHideOut.comThanks Andy in Bangkok