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We always use pesos. We use atms owned by main banks and in secure locations to withdraw pesos once we arrive. There are several in the airport for your convienence. Do not use the money exchange counters. They will charge you more than the atms. Your atm card will work and you'll get the best exchange rate by declining the atms conversion. Your bank will give you a better one. We use credit cards when they are accepted put always make sure they are charging us in pesos. Businesses in Mexico are free to make their own exchange rate and it almost always will be worse than the banks so don't let them change you in usd. If you ever see 2 totals on a bill, one in usd and one in pesos, ask to be charged in pesos. If that's the only option you're given when you receive your bill, you'll automatically be charged in pesos.

@@aviandv thank you so much for this helpful information! We are visiting Cabo next week

We hope you have so much fun!

Thank you so much! We genuinely appreciate how many native Hawaiians have reached out to tell us this. A big part of the reason that we delayed putting this video out for almost 2 years is that we felt ashamed of what happened. We really didn't know any better and meant no disrespect. We would have gladly learned from him had he been civil. If our mistake can help others not make the same error, we're happy to share our story. Mahalo.

Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed the video:)

Yes, now that we know what they look like, we can tell what they are. However, as we explained in the video, it was not so obvious to us, at the time. Rest assured, we won't make the same mistake, again. We genuinely meant no disrespect. We knew to leave, in no small part because one of us grew up in a rural area where locals were known to gang up on outsiders over some small reason or tiny perceived slight. If you're implying what I think you are... I'll just say I judge that behavior is completely uncalled for and we believe vigilante justice is not justice at all, no matter where in the world it is found.

Thank you so much! Yes, the rest of the trip was great. This was the only bad experience we had. The other locals we meet were awesome.

Thank you. We understand the sites significance now but did not, at the time. We truly meant no disrespect.

Thank you. We really did mean no disrespect!

We appreciate your well articulated response. Thank you for your viewpoint. We would like to apologize again for our blunder. We meant no disrespect. We can empathize with his anger and frustration. We also sometimes get sick of the impact of tourism in our own home area. We too live in a beautiful area on the coast. We see how tourists leave their garbage on the beaches every weekend. We don't have ancient sacred structures to safeguard, but we still see them cause damage to our natural resources. About 2 years ago, for example, an out of town couple had their wedding on a local beach and decided to carve their names in huge letters on the cliff face overlooking the beach. This absolutely outaged the local community. We also understand and empathize with the history of colonization. One of us, being the descendant of a holocaust survivor, can 100% relate to the pain of having a culture, land and a family stolen from them in a horrific way. All that is to say we can understand where he was coming from. You're correct in that it is a tourists responsibility to research a culture before visiting it. HOWEVER, one can never learn all there is to know about a culture before visiting. It takes years of immersion to fully get a culture. If that were the standard for tourists, no one would ever travel. We did research Hawaiian culture. This particular detail was missed or overlooked unintentionally. However, that is no excuse for physical intimidation! We didn't show or mention it, but he followed us almost all the way back to our car, yelling at and threatening us the whole time. In a way, we're doing our part to spread awareness about this site by making and sharing this video. Over 2000 people have seen it in just a few days. That's the best we can do, not being locals or natives. A sign would help even more and serve to educate every single tourist who visits there, thus removing the burden from the shoulders of fed up locals. It's a simple and effective solution that would make this point mute and help eliminate future visitors from making the same mistake we did, for which we are genuinely sorry. I would like to add a final thought... when traveling around the world, one encounters many ancient and sacred sites, many of which include rock walls. A few prominent examples that come to mind include the Coliseum, the Great Wall of China, and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. The latter is arguably just as sacred as the hei'au are. None of these examples come with the caveat that you can not touch them. Damage them, of course not, but there is no taboo about touching them. In our experience, when a sacred or ancient site is not to be touched, it is usually roped off, off limits or there is a sign telling you not to touch it. This is true around the world because there is not a universal standard that touching ancient walls is wrong. This is a unique to Hawaii viewpoint. I read that there were ancient sites in Hawaii and that they should be treated with respect. I never saw something that said do not touch them, which we did not view to be a disrespectful act at the time. I judge that could be why this detail sometimes gets overlooked by tourists.

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Aloha

Thank you

when your a haole , thats all it takes no matter how respectful you are , it happend more than once to me , chips on shoulders

That's a great area to stay! You'll probably have to take a car to get to and from town, it's a little too far to walk for most people. Many people say that beach is one of the best in Vallarta and that resort looks AMAZING!!! Have so much fun!

We love Roaring Camp! One of these days, we'll get around to making about it!

Thank you so much for your support. We completely agree!

you do not understand, sorry

@@clarissahopkins1148 Shalom! It was a very pleasant and reaffirming surprise indeed :) very unexpected. We didn't make a note of the company, But it was very easy to hire a tour once we got down onto their promenade in the Marina. Lots of people standing around and trying to take you somewhere :) Thanks so much for watching and we hope you have a wonderful time in September!

Thanks guys. It was lame situation to find ourselves in.

It's very nice to have one, again!

It seems like a great place to call home!

This is the first we've heard about the statue. We'll look for it, next time we're there. It's such an awesome town. We loved La Penita, as well! Maybe we'll neighbors at some point on the future! Thanks for watching!

@@Gorettification thanks so much for watching! We've never stayed at the Krystal resort, ourselves. Sorry that we can't help, there. Enjoy your trip!

@@jojovaldez2766 Yes, you'll love the view! Just be sure to keep your hands inside the ride as the carts pass extremely close to the rides superstructure. It could be an accident waiting to happen!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th!

Thank u

Happy 4th!

Thanks!

HHappy 4th of July, Avi& V. Hope you enjoy this day. I swam in the pool and enjoyed a Bar B Q and drank a few beers​@@aviandv

@@jojovaldez2766 Thanks Jojo! Sounds like you had a great day. Happy belated 4th! Thanks for always watching and commenting! ♡

@@beachbumbling thanks guys! Hope you're well!

@@annacrazysocks it's called the Mercado Municipal Rio Cuale. Here is a link to its location on Google maps. Enjoy your trip! maps.app.goo.gl/YuS6At1hZd6gzW759

@@aviandvThank you so much, your channel has been a great help while planning our trip.

@@katiejo1095 thanks for watching and thanks for commenting. Tomales Bay is very beautiful and we love it there. We removed your other comment. However, we are curious as to how you could tell that we rolled our eyes (which we didn't) when we're both wearing sunglasses. Our comments were on the act of calling Native Americans "Indians" (which we personally think is kind of cringe). We admitted we didn't know the history. Thanks again for your support. We hope you enjoyed the video!

You'll love it there! Great beaches, awesome food!

Including insurance, it was about $65 usd a day. We've found the best way to get the best rates without surprise fees is to book directly with the car rental agency, nott through a 3rd party site like Booking or Expedia.

That is definitely our favorite way to go. We like to change it up sometimes but, every time we stay elsewhere, we find ourselves wishing we had stayed in the ZR! We're partial to the Zenith building. Our back up place is v399. Do you have a favorite condo?

To each their own 😎

We love it too!

Better late than never, they say!

Yes, the staff there is great! We had great service the whole time. We did notice some tiles missing from the hot tub and a few cabanas that needed new covers, but nothing too bad or that effected the functionality of anything. Thanks for watching! What resort do you prefer?

@@aviandv We are now going with Secrets whenever possible. We usually do the preferred club upgrade that gets you a few extra perks and some other bars/pool areas that aren't usually as crowded.

@@jasonbolick5813 we've looked at secrets before. It looks nice. We'll put it on our list for the next time we're considering an all inclusive! Thanks :)

Thanks Shaun! Glad to hear the insomnia is getting better and always looking forward to your next video!

Thanks so much, and thanks for the birthday shout-out! I guess I was summoning my inner "Data" when referencing the "organisms," lol. ruclips.net/video/dWBmaKk32fE/видео.htmlsi=cwYr0Fiy_b3y7TkW

Thanks, guys! If "solidly not bad" doesn't bring them running, we don't know what will! Lol. Appreciate the birthday cheer, too! ❤️

@@aviandv 🤣

Yes, it was rather plain. It still ticked all the main boxes for us, though. It was clean, the bed was comfortable andhad extra pillows, the ac worked well, the water pressure was good and there was plenty of hot water. The majority of the time we spent in there we were either asleep or hanging out on the balcony!

Polly (Hipolyte) was a gentleman and super nice, as was all of the staff. That sucks that the place that you really enjoyed went down the tubes, but it seemed like they were trying to give good service while we were there, no flies or bees on the food. Hot water all the time, and they were painting/ working on part of a building, too. We enjoy staying downtown more often, but we wanted to try an AI this time. Thanks for commenting!

"Polly" wasn't the friend you thought. This is the hospitality industry and making suckers like you feel like they are your "friend" is all part of the act. I'm sure the tips were appreciated but rest assured "Polly" forgot you the minute you walked out the door!