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Monterey Monterey what is up Monterey
you know they told me about the
mountains they told me there'd be
mountains they told me about carne asada
I know you guys love eating meat up here
but they didn't warn me that it would be
this windy I just got out of the car and
got blown away by this gust of wind
maybe you guys can tell me is it windy
all the time or did I just get a crazy
day anyway if you guys can even hear me
over that wind I'm here at a place
called faccio Santa Lucia which is a
beautiful walking path next to a
beautifully colored I was gonna say
River but it's not really a river I
guess it's like a stream or a canal
whatever it is it's pretty cool I mean
take a look at this thing
but you know what guys this is a pretty
exciting day for me because this is my
first day in Monterey in fact it's my
first day in all of northern Mexico I'm
now in the state of Nuevo Leon which is
a new state for me and I can definitely
see some differences between the north
of Mexico and the south in the center as
I've said before the different parts of
Mexico are just so different from each
other maybe I'll talk about some
differences a bit later but for now I'm
just gonna enjoy this walk and see where
it takes me okay but there is one thing
I have to mention one difference that is
too funny not to talk about on the drive
from the airport to where I'm saying
I saw something called Tim Hortons and
Tim Hortons is a Canadian coffee shop I
had no idea was in Mexico I've never
seen it here before but on this short
drive that I took we passed not one not
two but three thin Morden's as I walked
through this fountain
oh my god my camera's covered in water
the fountains in the fountains in
Monterrey just have no chill apparently
but yeah as I was saying I saw three Tim
Hortons I tried to get a cell phone
picture of them but they went by so
quickly that but yeah unexpectedly
seeing a Canadian coffee shop in
Monterrey definitely made this Canadian
smile also making me smiles of weather
today now that that crazy wind is slowed
down the Sun is out and it's just a
beautiful day so as I walk out of the
patio and up to the ground level I'm
surrounded by some pretty awesome
looking buildings this monster behind me
is the museum what is it museo de
historia Makana it's a big museum
because there's a lot of Mexican history
to learn about that is for sure
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so this is probably a good time to point
out one obvious difference between
Monterey and some of the other cities
I've visited which is that Monterey is a
very modern place I haven't seen as many
of those like colonial town squares and
stuff that you see in cities like Puebla
or querétaro or even you know
Guadalajara but what you do have in
Monterrey is you have a lot of industry
a lot of new big buildings I know some
people might not want to hear this but
it's a more Americanized City it's more
like the United States that doesn't mean
it doesn't have a distinct Mexican
flavor it does but generally speaking
the further south you go in Mexico the
more traditional and indigenous it gets
and the further north you get the more
industrial and the more modernized I
think that's fair to say right there's a
nice little food festival or something
behind me
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oh what a bother
we can evil
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here we go
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I just talked to a couple people at that
little farmers market todo en espanol yo
hablo solo una espanol por el Camas a
Shawn I was very proud of myself to only
speak Spanish and yeah they were
explaining a little bit about where I am
and what I should see this here is the
governor's palace in front of me I don't
know if it's like closed there's like a
bunch of security people behind me so I
won't get too close with my camera just
cuz sometimes when you see a lot of
police you don't know should I be here I
don't know but very nice looking
building
Wow look at that stretch stretch
limousine in front of us obviously
there's some people with quite a bit of
money in Monterrey what's going on over
here there's a little a little wrestling
ring
okay the next wrestling match is going
to be Dan from the new travel against
Greg from the kinetic cannons I hope you
see this Greg start training
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what a beautiful city you know I feel
like some of these buildings that I'm
quickly passing by like this one D at
Rio de la ciudad I could probably make a
whole video about but there's just so
much to see down here as you know this
is just a first impressions video so if
it looks like I don't know too much
about the places I'm walking by it's
because I don't this is my first time
down here so just here to share that
experience with you guys but I did learn
one interesting thing about Monterrey
and about northern Mexico in general is
that a lot of the culture that people
typically think of being Mexican comes
from places like Monterrey it comes from
the north of Mexico for example the
cowboy hats foods like burritos which
you don't get in the south of Mexico but
are very popular and very delicious muy
Rico in Nuevo Leon you know they're all
from this region and because it's so
close to the US border that's what a lot
of people think of as being Mexican but
as I've tried to show through my video
series there's many different sides to
this country anyway guys I'm gonna end
the video here there's so much more I
could show you down in Monterrey but I
have something exciting coming up
tonight so I need to save some energy
I'm going to go see los Tigres
so that is gonna be another exciting
video for you guys but yeah for now I
just want to leave you guys with one
final thought this is something that I
found pretty interesting as most of you
know I just came from Guadalajara and
when I was in Guadalajara I told the guy
I told a friend of mine Oriol that I was
going to Monterrey and he said oh that's
so exciting because he likes he likes
Monterrey more than his city guadalajara
and now that I'm in Monterrey I talked
to someone from Monterrey who says they
like Guadalajara more than their city
Monterrey so you know when you look at
Mexico you look at the old Mexico you
look at the New Mexico sometimes it's
easy to feel like another city has
everything in your city doesn't have as
much but I think it's true what they say
that the grass is always greener on the
other side and for my experience
traveling through this country it's not
worth debating what city is the best
what city is the most beautiful because
they all have a lot to offer and my
first impression of Monterrey is that
it's a really beautiful place I
encourage you to visit and yeah hope you
guys enjoyed this video stay tuned for
more coming very soon as always guys I'm
Dan from the new travel I'll see you
next time
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