today is Saturday in Rio Dulce and it is market day so all the local people come out to the market
to get their fresh fruits and vegetables and fresh fish
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look how strong he is it's crazy he's holding that whole sack with his head there is no way
i could ever hold that much weight on any part of my body maybe he brings maybe 150 pounds
on his back like that and it's all held with his head yes with the head with his head
is cheese cream it's a fried plantains this is a melon pieces yes and it's fried eggs
this one is um it's a beef beef this one is a chili jalapeno
this is a pork meat pork meat pasta pasta and black beans
sometimes they are they are preparing black beans with fried pork skin pork skin
yeah sometimes but in this case no because we can see the meat on exactly yeah but that is
only single single black beans and then obviously tortilla corn tortilla. we're in the little town of
Rio Dulce we just had three amazing breakfasts for 75 queztales which is roughly $9.69 U.S.
absolutely amazing as you can see it's hustling and bustling here
many people they like it so it's different than our pomegranates our pomegranates are red
yes a little pink inside but yeah ...look--ohhhh can we try it? yes, yes go ahead
it's a little slimy it's got like a slimy texture to it yeah i like it this it's different coming from Mexico
sometimes you will see some stickers yeah that's mandarin is coming from
California oh we bring we import fruit from California like kiwis apple peaches
this one with this green one is very tasty when it is almost yellow
is very dangerous yeah because this one they produce a lot worm yeah sometimes when you
are opening you can see them the worms yeah this one is you can start to eat biting it
yes but you can you can open but it's too strong yes but this is the best when it's the grape
or the harvest is better it's more yellow but it's more soft okay but it is more dangerous more worm
yeah yeah you can see oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yes it's going you can see it going bad exactly
here is another one for that you can see this oh yeah all complete holes yeah worm inside
for that we say be careful when you are eating that guayaba this one is papaya we import that papaya
no is from here oh no it's a local one because they bring the sticker Honduras or Mexico like
yeah yeah yeah Dole no it's from Guatemala we import from the United States from California yeah for
that you can see that sticker you can see Chiquita or Del Monte yeah because it's from everywhere now
look at thosebananas is the same banana from Chiquita banana right we are growing that type of banana in Guatemala that's where we saw the banana chain exactly banana train
yeah they are starting to clean because when move there in the warehouse right they starting to
using chemicals ... that bananas produce a lot of resin and
they are using chemicals and after they are using one calibrator the calibrator is only for pick up
the one specific size when this big one is garbage when it's too small it's garbage they need to
export one specific size for that they are using the same color because everyone has the same age
and here you can see the one black color up up in the plastic okay this one is more younger to this
one but the next one you can see is another green color oh so it's telling us what time to pick
it exactly when they are covered with plastic they are using that date and after four weeks
after harvest they will be ready for that they is coming to cut only the same color of the plastic
and here we are in the United Fruits Plantation and here is when this is starting the history
from the United Fruit Company the united fruit company they have Chiquita banana
we are in Guatemala growing bananas melons watermelons mangoes and papayas from the same
company but in this area we all they produce only bananas one banana plant or one plantain plant
produce only one branch per year it's like to a woman when you plant that banana plant you need
weights for nine months in nine months you can pick picking the banana harvest
oh wow yeah interesting yeah you know yeah yucca are roots so the yucca normally they have
a plant i will show you because only way yeah we will have a mini yucca plantation
the yucca underground is tiny like this it's tiny do they grow fast or slow oh no it's too slow
so normally it's one year oh one year you are taking yuccas like to this size
in one year almost one year you can take yuccas but it's like this is skinny skinny yuccas
oh that's different yes in Mexico very popular in Mexico they call chayote
in Guatemala we call wiskil this one is the plant is like vine and this one is falling
from the branches oh it's too heavy yeah some plants they can produce over 100
small fruits because this one is a fruit and we are using like two vegetables
and here you can see these spikes oh yeah oh yeah it's only for protection yeah you don't
eat that raw you have to cook this right exactly we cut like this and after we are making like
two pieces like two tortillas in the middle we put cheese and after we are making
... for eggs and after we cover with the eggs and we fry it yeah it is fried covered with
eggs and cheese in the middle is very tasty Guatemala chilaquiles look how
you can tell the difference between natural celery this looks like it came out of my garden
really in the grocery stores in America they're huge it is and they don't taste good
so you know in Guatemala we are blessing for our soil because we have three active volcanoes for
that they are the active volcanoes we are growing very good vegetables that vegetable is for export
Mexico Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua even Guatemala but lowland for example and here we are in lowland
the Caribbean they go growing nothing of vegetables only fruits but that vegetable
is coming from the highlands every week every Saturday today today Saturday is a market day here
Saturday Guatemala is is good day for drink beers and eat soup different kind of soup you're right
... here we are using for make tamales tamales we are we preparing one like to sauce
dark but it's like to mole mole yeah is for neighbors is from Mexico for that
we have the same tradition in Guatemala in tamales for example we are making the same
tamales Mexico and Guatemala we share the same tamales tradition Christmas dinner for example
is tamales a special tamales yes no turkey only Guatemala City in the main cities they are eating
turkey tamales ... but in rural areas we have special tamales right salty tamales black tamales
black is with mole yes salty is only one red sauce green tamales don't have nothing just paste
use the base corn and cover with banana leaves we actually we call banana leaves but it's not banana
leaf this is one specific leaf because it's very flexible sure yeah when you are using bananas you
you can wrap it exactly ... for that we are using that leaf that we call maxan maxan is
the most popular leaf for covered tamales we're actually going to go check out the fisherman's
wharf to see if we can see where the local fishermen bring in the fish to the market
wow look how big they are yes they're huge how much are a lot 60 queztales a pound
when they are using nets yeah they can they can fish the another kind of fishes right there
is coming from one fishes farm they are using like this type tilapia tilapia from the fish farm
this one you can see is changing the color but this one is more near in fresh water
right yes for brackish water is more black color because they live in smoother muds under mud ...
is the black color but this one is living only the same yeah for that is blue color
most clean area because the sand it's making friction to clean them right and better tasting too yes yes
escargot snail ... escargot is French uh we call just use snails in here some people they call
jute in some areas for example and here we are in the Caribbean
i come in from the Pacific in the Pacific we call jute yeah and we are using for making ceviches
yes ceviches or mixed ceviches for example we add crabs we're using snails and we are using shrimp
fishing early morning this morning uh with nets fishing in near to the castle oh okay in the lake
because they're using a net yes oh and to catch the catfish yes okay so the catfish they have
these defense and here for example you can see one spikes yeah and here you can see
the back one's the bad one yes they are swimming underwater and you are walking on the water and
you put the foot on this and they pinch you wow you going to the hospital this one is poisonous
you can see they have like the shape yeah when you
you want to pull off yes it's cut the skin yeah it's got barbs
one catfish pound is 15 queztales
so 2 bucks yeah roughly two dollars two bucks one pound is half kilogram hard way to make a living.
Hey guys it's Chelsea how are you doing Hola how are you estoy muy bien i'm doing really well and
Selvyn is all ready to pick up but he's really excited to head out early tomorrow morning
Selvyn and Carlos we're going to take you on the boat tour and you'll make some stops to see like the
mangroves you're going to see lots of birds and then the jungle you've got the water there
oh that sounds like fun and then from there you're going to go through the river all the way out to
the Atlantic Ocean and get onto the Caribbean Sea you're going to go through this beautiful
canyon that has these limestone walls the boat ride sounds amazing and then finally you'll end
up in the town of Livingston which is unique part of Guatemala you have the Garifuna culture there
and so it's very different from the whole rest of the country i think it's a really special day and
i know that Carlos and Selvyn are going to give you guys an incredible tour i love being on boats
growing up in Florida i've always been around boats so this sounds totally up my alley muy bien nos vemos!
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