Fifteen months ago when I got here, you know, I felt so out of place and like I
was stupid, I was a stupid foreigner. I'm gonna coin a new phrase, places like
Jerez are Mexico overloaded, but I will be back, you know, that's the thing I'll
always come back to Mexico regardless what happens in life. Horrible childen! That's it!
hola amigos and welcome back to Mexico, today is once again Thursday June the
6th as it was in the last video, it's about 4 p.m right now and today i am at
Zacatecas central bus terminal to film the final video of my Zacatecas
series, yes that's right, this is part 4 of a four-part series which you can
check out in the playlist up above - in previous videos we've been
underground, we've been down in the mines, how awesome was that, we've been up in
the world, we've been up la bufa and back down the Teleferico and we've also
explored the central area. Today I'm heading to one final magic town, why I
say final is because it's going to be my last one in Mexico, at least for this
trip. We're going to Jerez which I am beyond excited about because I've heard
so many things about this place. I've had a carton of Boing and I've had a
packet of tostitos which are my favorite things on the planet and I'm going to
miss so much when I leave Mexico. So on that note let's get the bus
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right now I feel like I'm in total Mexico amazement mode, I'm close to tears
because even after 15 months in Mexico I'm amazed how I can still come to places like this and still feel "Wow!", you know,
and I'm going to coin a new phrase because, you know, I don't go to places that are particularly
touristy, you know, I have been to places like that but prefer not to, I prefer to
go to places that are what I would call Mexico overload in terms of places that
I would never imagined that I would be able to experience like San Luis Potosi,
like Zacatecas that are less frequented by foreigners but I'm gonna coin a new
phrase, places like Jerez, Jerez, (I can't pronounce it) are Mexico overloaded!,
you know, overloaded, I'm absolutely the only foreigner here and just being able
to walk around this square and say "Hola Senor" to all the Tamborazo guys is
spectacula.r I've only got a few hours here but these are gonna be the best
best three hours I've had in a long time. I even just said hello to the
policewoman back there, everyone's so charming and nice here and in some magic towns it's not
like that as much because they're so used to tourists but this place is
something different and in terms of Jerez, in terms of why I can't pronounce
it is because I'm used to saying it the Spain Spanish way, Jerez, and
there's a couple of things about this town you should know, in terms of Jerez,
the reason why I'm used to saying that is because I'm a Formula one fan
and the Spanish Grand Prix in Spain used to be held in Jerez de la Frontera
in Spain and the interesting fact is the founders of this Jerez we're
from there, Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, so interesting and the other point is
that it was a significant defense point in terms of the Mexican Revolution so
the road between Zacatecas in Guadalajara was defended here
essentially. Fascinating! sorry about this but there are tears of my eyes right now
you might be able to see them because the voice is going as wel, how stupid
and embarrassing, but nevermind I just found another church, see this is genuine
reaction, I've talked about that in other videos . Let's have a look inside!
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Now that I'm back in this beautiful central area in Jerez let's talk about Tamborazo,
so there is no direct translation in English far as I know
that Tambor is drum in Spanish as far as I know, tambourine, you know, so it's all
about drums, so there's Banda as well which is like a larger band
I believe but Tamborazo is a smaller one with like four or five guys and you
get people dancing the stuff, we saw that in one of the other Zacatecas videos and
there is actually a festival here from tomorrow until Saturday I believe, Sunday
yeah, and it's just such a shame I can't be here for that because I need to go to
Monterrey but hopefully we can capture some time but hours or later but first
we're gonna have some ice cream! I spy with my eyesomething beginning with
La Michoacana! Who needs proper food when you can get Ice Cream, so I've got Lemon
Cheesecake with hundreds and thousands, yes they are
called hundreds and thousands they're not sprinkles, British English is
the best, and you've got like a chocolate wafer thing in there as well and you can
also get like a chocolate sauce and stuff. There's a little child
looking at me while I'm filming this! Horrible children haha!
OMG to the max
the lemon/lime is spectacular, what's the word? Tarte, that is the word when it comes to
lemon/lime it's not bitter and it's not sour it's
perfect and it's got like little bits of cheesecake in there as well, kind of thing.
Mmm, heavenly
and it comes in a little wafer basket thing, this is amazing, this is
even better than the one in San Luis, I've gotta say, and this time there's no Bee Gees in the background, just motorbikes!
Jerez is definitely one of those places where you don't necessarily have to have
anything planned in terms of things to do and place it to see you can quite
happily just wander around through these little streets marveling at coloured
buildings and different coloured shop fronts and locals eating tacos for ten
pesos and Street dogs fighting in the street and you might be able to hear in
the background that noise, the water truck you know they're selling the big
things of water. This place is just awesome and it kind of feels like you don't have any
problems here, everyone's quite laid-back and welcoming, obviously people would
have problems but you know for me from my point of view right now coming to my end
of the end of my time in Mexico this is a perfect place to come.
yeah, can we just take a moment amigos behind me
Tamoborazo is happening at least I think it is there's like four guys
playing instruments, one of them's got a cello again, I think is the same guy from
earlier, it might be a double bass but anyway I hope you've enjoyed having a
look around Jerez, I know it's only been a short whirlwind trip but I have
time constraints, I need to be back in Zacatecas and I wanted to highlight my
thought of the day which is not going to be about Mexico this time it's more about
me because this channel is called the The Tao of David, the journey our David and
for me being here today even though I will be posting other videos from
Mexico after this until I leave this feels like the last video in my head
mentally I think I have got to the point now I'm gonna cry again where I feel
comfortable being in Mexico 15 months ago when I got here you know I felt so
out of place and like I was stupid I was that stupid foreigner and my Spanish was
awful and I know it's not great now but you know in terms of pronunciation and
vocabulary and everything it's vastly improved I think and the fact that I can
come to someone like this now, feel comfortable, feel at home where it is
Mexico overloaded, this is the Mexico I didn't know about 15 months ago I was
ignorant and naive about Mexico as well and I'm just glad now that I've been
able to experience this over the last 15 months and Mexico is my home, you know, I
may be moving on to other countries but as I've said before I feel like I have
to, you know, this channel is about travel, I am about travel, it's not just about
being in one country but fundamentally Mexico is now my home I think you can
tell by the fact that I've been emotional in this video that I
I don't want to leave in many ways but in some ways I do but I will be back
you know, that's the thing I'll always come back to Mexico regardless what
happens in life, and that's it, and the last thing in this
video will be a special treat when we get back to Zacatecas to see out our
time in this wonderful state, thanks for watching don't forget to subscribe like
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and I'll catch you later