red line on the floor because they didn't close within this circle the longest
line I've ever seen. try coca leaf
unless what it looked like in my cheek
good morning guys it's day 43 of our lockdown in Cusco Peru we're about to go
out and get some food and then when we come back we have a treat for you guys
we're gonna try something very interesting and just in case you're new
here this is potato head he's a stray that we found that followed us home one
day a few weeks ago while we've been on lockdown and he hasn't left ever since
you ready to do it all right let's switch to the iPhone and
kaid the undercover camera
all right now Lindsey has to stay way back there as I saw some pots
so I think this is the longest line I've ever seen and supposedly this is all
just to get to a bank that's what the cashiers static contents
get out there it's red line on the floor and a stream here to keep us from
getting close pretty much all the places have this hey that doesn't care about
the rules look at this there is nobody in front of this these people looks like
they're selling eggs over the back of their car
I have to wait in this circle while Lindsay waits on the other so we're
getting stuff for chicha Morada oh whoa we were looking to get some cinnamon and
did you see that
with me though I have to get it with her here but I got the ones you wanted so
look guys Lindsey is making more chicha Morada the Peruvian purple corn drink
that's so popular here and we love now so I was just looking for mouthwash
look it's chicha Morada flavor I don't know why a mouthwash would be a purple
corn flavor but let's give it a try that is really bad Lindsey want to try this
chicha Morada so big here that they make a mouthwash of with the chicha Morada
flavor
okay guys today we are trying coca leaves so we've had an NT so far but
we've never chewed it so what we're gonna do today is we're gonna chew it
we're gonna chew it with lip de which is alkaline ashes
so the lichte or Yip des is an activator for the coca leaves to just have more of
a stronger stimulant effect coca leaves are all over Peru every store you walk
into they'll be selling coca leaves coca gummies coca tea yeah especially in
Cusco and the reason that they're everywhere around here is because of the
altitude and coca helps with altitude sickness coke is actually illegal in
most other countries I know for sure in the United States it is and the reason
we think it's illegal from what we've read is if people have excess quantity
of these leaves they can make cocaine out of them so the coca plant is
actually from Peru from the Andes the Andes in Peru and Bolivia and so it's
very popular around here and it's been popular for thousands of years
there are even records of coca being used 8000 years ago in this region so
it's been used for so many years because it's actually known to have a lot of
really good effects it's a stimulant so it can help with energy so a lot of
athletes will use it and you can use it before going on a trek because of the
elevation but also because of the energy that it gives you and it helps with
altitude sickness so a lot of great things come out of these little leaves
and even though there are all those medicinal effects it's illegal in all
these other countries so since we arrived in Cusco we've had a lot of coca
but we've had it in these forbs with that it mostly as tea and these little
gummies which actually tastes really good and tea yeah so we've been wanting
to try these leaves for a while to see what they're like we want to get the
full effect of this coca this time so we're gonna try this we're gonna show
you how we think you're supposed to do it and we'll go on a walk while on coca
all right you guys ready for this just a little disclaimer you guys it is legal
to chew coca leaves in South America so don't worry okay trouble alright so what
you do is you grab a handful of leaves from the bag you put them in your mouth
and then you also put some of that lip dot in there with it and then just start
chewing very dry it was like I'm getting a leaf they don't taste bad they taste
like the tea tea that's just the type of bitter old bitter and then you take some
little lip top put it in there with it
so the lip duct is kind of sweet because it's the stevia flavor so that helps hmm
I'm kind of good with this DVL the leaves are starting to get more moist
and not as crunchy yes Chuck emeriti forming a little ball of the leaf pulp
and sticking it in one side of your mouth in your cheek oh so it says it can
take a bit of time for you to really feel any effects from it so we're gonna
go outside in the Sun and walk around and see if we feel anything awful I'm
ever gonna want to do this again yeah I think I'm addicted
alright I'll see you out there the whole right side of my mouth is numb it's been
five minutes so we still have the leaves tucked in our cheeks as we walk we're
just taking a random walk up as high as we can go
we're going up and so down for once to see if it helps with our Trek and
supposed to help with the breathing energy weird sensation with the leaves
all just everywhere you're not getting stuck in your teeth well clearly they
don't taste you back once we heard you I don't feel a different energy
now it's probably been 15 minutes so not really numb anymore so I think the
effects would be mild probably if we have more energy if something like that
is happening we just don't really know so I heard that the effect you get is
similar to like a cup of coffee that's what it looks like after how many
minutes did 720 well I think it's probably been like a half hour room
mm-hmm half hour and this is what it looked like in my cheek the numbness is
wearing off now and I feel maybe a little bit more alert but nothing
drastic
where are we right now
we're somewhere in the hills of Cusco we had to start going down because there
was tons of cops all of a sudden I'm this one road up there so now we have to
find our way home took a different way back than the way we came
all right we just got back what do you think about the experience I didn't
notice a huge difference in how I felt it's like I'm glad we tried it anyway
cuz we've been hearing a lot about it it was crazy how numb our tongue and got
right away besides that the energy any of that possibly we could have felt but
not really sure our breathing was really good we went on a little hike we went
pretty high up there and IRA breathing yeah was great yes we'd be huffing and
puffing and we're gonna keep putting in an entity having cocoa tea having these
coca candies because we really like those so that's not gonna change we're
keeping coca in our lives at least as long as we're in South America have you
guys ever tried coca not just coca tea but have you chewed it before let us
know what your experience was like
so although we're on lockdown who's to say we can't have a date night so I told
Lindsay to go downstairs and I'm gonna make her a little dinner with whatever
we have we don't have a ton of stuff but I'm gonna try to be creative with it and
figure out something for her so let's do this so I know we made it in the last
video but the only dish that I really know how to make a little bit that's a
little bit interesting would be tapas I love one guy ain't now so I'm gonna try
to do it again I'm gonna try to do it better than the way we did it last night
so second time's a charm let's try it Wow guys look at these
potatoes so Peru is known for potatoes there are I think thousands of varieties
of potatoes in Peru and when I cut into this one I thought it was just gonna
look normal but look at this this potato has
just so you guys know I really don't know what I'm doing it I might know what
I'm doing at home a little bit but here not so much so we got these at the store
and I thought it was just you know they'll carrots and peas for a fried
rice or something but it smells the vinegar and I just put that into the
rice trying to make fried rice but now it's vinegary so I don't know potatoes
are done vinegar rice don't know if it'll ever be
oh and one more thing I'm trying to do this all in time for sunset because I'm
gonna have table ready I want to have everything ready for when she gets in
here for sunset to go down while we're eating
oh where I make it
the thing is even if this meal sucks I think she is gonna appreciate it anyway
because it's not just about the food let me show you all right guys so Papa's
a la one keine and I know you think this is gonna ruin it but I have to put some
palta on there because Lindsay's favorite food
okay so what do we have for Dennis Pappas a la one Guyana we've made the
lobby by are you and then we have chicha Morada here which you made flowers beef
red rice with some eggs tan balls and then we have the creme idea and I wanted
it all to be done before sunset so you could enjoy it you did it
we're imagining right now they are at a fancy dinner restaurant enjoying a
wonderful view but really were just a very earthy heap you'd have to pay a lot
for this view cheers ooh good dinner
we decided that mr. Potato Head join us for QA he has a lot to say oh okay okay
when we sit with him like this he doesn't know what to do he just goes
crazy do we have a dog or an alien the first question for Q&A is from Nilo PES
Rojas she said where did you meet we actually met kind of on YouTube oddly
enough Alex had a YouTube channel and I was researching travel videos and I came
across his and then I slid into his D Amazon in Syria and the rest is history
we met up on a trip about a month later after we started talking and we just
kept traveling together after that for the next video we're probably gonna do
our story our lockdown story but that will include us meeting so you'll get a
little more info on that in the next video
alright next question is from bali LOD what is the best thing you like about
each other well we're like a lot of things about each other
well hopefully if you like one of my favorite things about Alex is his sense
of humor a lot of times our laughter is what gets us through these long days in
lockdown every single day we're laughing about something random and weird I also
really admire his creativity he's his own person I've never met anyone like
him and he doesn't just conform to what everyone else does I like Helen Zee
always puts me in a good mood she wakes up in the morning with a smile on her
face she goes to bed with a smile there was something that seemed to draw me to
her that drew us together she's cute and kind of goofy and it makes me smile all
the time the next one is from Paola oh she says how much longer will you guys
stay in Peru after the lockdown ends well that depends on border closures as
well it depends when we're going to be able to get home or if we're able to get
into other countries around here we'll probably travel within Peru for a little
while if all goes as planned and lockdown lifts and borders open we would
probably spend about a month in Peru at least exploring around as much as we
could and then if no other countries are open then we'd probably go home
scary all right that's the end of Q&A so we'll see you in the next video do you
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