Health & safety
Dangers & annoyances
Santiago children may greet you as you disembark at the dock, selling small souvenirs or offering to act as guides. If you hire them, agree on the price beforehand or, as one sage traveler put it, you’ll ‘be amazed at the bad language some charming little girls can haul out.’ Santiago kids have been known to pick tourists’ pockets. If a few of them start to crowd you in, watch out.
Muggings of tourists have reportedly occurred, mostly at night, on the outskirts of Santiago, such as the trail between the dock and the Hotel Bambú or the road out to the Posada de Santiago. Take care.
Santiago Atitlán
- Santiago Atitlán Overview
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Practical information
