never underestimate the power of mezcal
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I think you can tell by the fact that I've been emotional in this video that I
don't I don't want to leave
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hola amigos and welcome back to Mexico today is Tuesday June the 4th and I have
left San Luis Potosi after having the most amazing time there in that
spectacular City once again I've jumped on a bus and I've come about 3 hours to
the west to another glorious city in Mexico called Zacatecas I'm so excited
to be here because Zacatecas is just another perfect example of a city in
Mexico that is full of architecture full of food full of history and full of
amazing things to do and in many ways it feels like San Luis in terms of the fact
that it is lesser-known in terms of tourism this video is the first part of
a four part series in Zacatecas where I show you various aspects of this sea
we're going to be looking at the central area as always in terms of food in terms
of drink in terms of amazing architecture we're going to be going up
in the world so we're going to be going up el bufa and coming down the
teleferico - amazing - we're gonna be going underground into the mines, so Zacatecas
is well known for silver, gold, onyx and quartz mining and additionally we're
going to be going to one final magic town, yes one final because Zacatecas is
my penultimate destination in Mexico before I head off to Canada. But before
we get going why don't we take a quick look around
Zacatecas - let's go!
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as you can see Zacatecas is beautiful we're gonna be checking out some of
those areas that you've just seen in future videos. Today I'm right near my
accommodation which is just up there, the jackets off, mucho calor! however the one
great thing about Zacatecas is that you should know is there is nowhere near
as hot as San Luis Potosi - Today we are going up in the world as I said,
we're going up La Bufa Hill, l will be coming down the Teleferico which is a
cable car - if you've seen previous videos from Taxco & Ecatepec in Mexico
State you'll know that I love Telefericos because they give such an amazing
view of the city. So I'm out of breath already
let's get going! I've walked up this extremely steep hill coming up that way
from my accommodation and just look at this I'm nowhere near the top of la bufa
yet but if this isn't one of the wonders of Mexico I'm adding it to the list
right it's stunning you know it reminds me a
lot of Guanajuato when you go up that hill, El Pipilo I think it was called, so
you know you've got churches in the distance I walked up there the other day
that's where I'm staying down there and over there you've got El Grillo I believe
which is the other big hill and there's an interesting story about that which
I'm gonna tell you when I got up there and over they of course you can see the
Teleferico! As I come up a bit further right in the center of the
screen there's an aqueduct or viaduct I drove through that on the way to my
from the bus station and in the distance subject if you can see it's
something I've never seen in Mexico before there's a wind farm up there you
know renewable energy go Mexico! right apologies for the fact that I am out of
breath but on the subject of things I've never seen in Mexico before along with
wind farms I just went to sit down for a breather what was next to me a big snake
I've never seen a snake in Mexico before I've seen them in Australia places like
that and I've seen warning signs like a penny deeper now full of snakes but that
was my first snake unfortunately as anyone will know with snakes it
quickly escapes into the grass so there's no way of me getting on camera
unless it reappears where is the snake Oh exciting! I've reached the top of
cerro el buffa, buffa hill, sorry about the pronunciation there just look at
this stunning view this is quite possibly one of the most amazing views
I've seen ever you can see so far into the distance you've got the other hill
as I said over there and I saw a moment ago there was a big long train one of
those big freight trains going through the city which I can hear every night
when I go to bed you know you've got these buildings going off up the
hills this is stunning. And behind me up here as well as cacti galore you've got
this what I would describe as a minor monolith you can't see it very well I
don't think because the lighting is in the wrong direction but over the rock
there's like a greeny grey tinge which is interesting I'm not sure what
that is but if I take a closer look at the rock that's right next to me it
looks like like some sort of green funghi or something or some something
that grows on the rock it almost feels like paint I'm sure it's not paint but
you know interesting this is geology 101
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now I'm at the top of this hill there's a couple of interesting points about it
so la bufa apparently the Spanish named it that because it means comical in
Spanish due to the shape of the hill I can't quite see what is comical about it
but I'm sure there was a reason for it and secondly thank you to Sonia one of
my subscribers and also she's an Instagram followers as well she gave me
some really awesome information in terms of in the Mexican Revolution this hill
and the other one El Grillo, the Mexican and Spanish used to fire cannons between
the hills during the battle and that kind of information is awesome because
it's the sort of thing that you only hear from locals it's not the sort of
thing you can read on Wikipedia you know local legend Sonya is from Zacatecas
So Thank You Sonya for the great information!
we're saying goodbye to that wonderful view behind me just look at that it's
amazing we're about to see it some more because we're going up, down in the
Teleferico. I said earlier I love Telefericos because they give such an
amazing view of cities I've been to so many in the past as well as the ones I
mentioned up into one in Medellin Colombia and there's something special
and unique about this one so one of the cable cars I think there's seven of them
maybe the number seven one I believe has a glass bottom so I'm gonna see if I can
get that one but it won't be a disaster if I can't and it costs 100 pesos.
Just an addendum to that in terms of the price I have paid 120
pesos for the Cabina de Cristal which is the glass bottom cable car.
exciting! Let's go! Beep-beep and I just missed the number seven the glass bottom
one by literally a second so I'm just waiting from them to go round again to
come back up the top though here's number five not quite yet so yeah
nice literally just watching the cable cars come up and people get up it's
quite clear and you know right now it's Tuesday afternoon so you know it's not
really a particularly busy time at the weekend but and you know I've got this
I've got the glass one to myself how exciting is that! you know this takes
telefericos to another level you know Medellin, Taxco, Ecatepec, boom!
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oh my God look at the glass-bottom this is amazing what sort of place can you go
to where you can get on a Teleferico look glass-bottom! amazing! I don't even
have words right now and look at the stunning view these colorful buildings
another cable car going past, I love some of these
buildings here like the bright pink ones that green ones they bright yellow ones
stunning
right we're back down in the central area apologies for the camera angle and
possibly screaming children in the background I'm trying to get them to
move away subtly and if you saw me Instagram stories while I was filming
this you'll know that I had numerous problems technical problems with my
stabilizer so that's why I'm a bit shaky amira at this angle at the moment but
you know I've had a really good day today despite that you know normally
when I come to a city and I had been here for a week but you know in terms of
exploring I will normally walk around the central area extensively first and I
think I did that in San Luis and and other places but you know this first
video the reason I wanted to post this one first is because going up in a teleferico
is an awesome way of getting a great overview of a city and what better
way to do it then going a minute up in a teleferico you know? this one I must
say we're quite short in terms of duration so you do have to kind of rush
to take photos but also you know take that time to stop taking photos and
actually look around and expand you know see what you're looking at and take it
in you know that glass-bottom was amazing you know it's good job I'm not
scared of heights if you are you know I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing it
it's not that high up but you know it's okay. So that's this first video from
Zacatecas done I hope you've enjoyed it and don't forget to subscribe if you
would like to see the future videos and hit the notification bell as well the
next one will be from the central area like I said we're going to go to the
mines and also to a magic town so thanks for watching I ought to go home now and
I'll catch you later