if you think Mexico is all about drugs and people illegally crossing the border
into America you're wrong because this sort of thing shows you a different side
history culture architecture and religion the second two were about go
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Hola, Buenas tardes and welcome back to Mexico but not Mexico
City that's right I've taken a short trip out to the west of Mexico to visit two
other cities in this awesome country the first one being Guadalajara
that's right in this video I'm going to walk around the city and show you some
points of interest which largely have been recommended by you lot
ie subscribers so thank you very much for that so without further ado let's
get started right so I've arrived at my first spot in Guadalajara but firstly I
just wanna tell you some first impressions so I've literally walked
around staying in Americanos which is near Chapultepec to where I am now which
I'll show you in a minute but the thing I was thinking of the way to describe
Guadalajara initially is that it feels like the Adelaide or Medellin of Mexico
so if you know Adelaide, Medellin, Australia Colombia they're smaller
cities in those countries yet they are still hectic they're still busy they
still have that element of amazing architecture and history which is
awesome in comparison to Mexico City yeah it's busy it's hectic but I think
it lacks that level of chaos which you see in Mexico City so when I already
liked it so far it's a nice day it's sunny I haven't shaved by the way
because I left my razor in Mexico City stupid so we're going onto my first spot
now I'm hungry do you want to eat? I think we do right my first spot - oh fuck, not spots my
first stop is Mercado Libertad otherwise known as Mercado San Juan de
Dios this is the largest indoor market in Latin America what it's always the
largest or biggest isn't it on this channel Madness we're gonna go have a
look inside let's see what we can get right welcome to another market in
Mexico yes another one this is very similar to ones that I've been in before
in Merida there was one like this but this is significantly larger it's got
multiple floors and apparently there's over 2,000 like stands or stalls which
is monstrous humongous
other synonym you could think for big that's what this is it's amazing you can
get pretty much anything you want in these markets from food fruit and
vegetables souvenirs jewelry up there awesome
clothing up the top and I'm gonna look for some food because on
the bottom floor there's a place where you can get a typical Guadalajara dish
which is what I'm looking for let's go downstairs right it turns out I'm
already downstairs and that's why I'm after some TORTAS AHOGADAS
which oh my god I said it's almost right I think TORTAS AHOGADAS is a
traditional dish in Guadalajara it roughly translates to drowned sandwich
so let's find out what that's all about
I'm being a greedy fat pig as always you'll have to excuse the noise and the lighting
this is heavenly so basically drowned sandwich it's in a
like a bread that's a bit like a French stick no I mean so it's crispy but it
goes slightly soggy in the middle it's just the right level of sogginess
and crispiness it's got like a chili sauce but it's
quite mild and inside it's a kind of meat I think it's chicken or pork I'm not sure
and have the spoon to eat it with of course
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so my stomach's now full hallelujah I must admit I'm gonna be
totally honest that wasn't my favorite in terms of Mexican food I've ever had
it was a bit bland however from what I understand the salsa that you have
when there is meant to be mild and if you want a hotter one you have to ask
for the chilli which I didn't so next time I'll remember to do that. I've come
upstairs right as you can see there is even more food it's ridiculous its
massive there's food everywhere this is Mexican food heaven literally I've never
seen anywhere so big with this amount of Mexican food it's slightly overwhelming
it's amazing so if you like Mexican food come to this place in Guadalajara just
look
okay once in my next spot which I spent the last two hours looking for but it
turns out I was here two hours ago thanks to Google Maps sending me to
an underground car park and apparently the entrance to Narnia but never mind that
so Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera both two famous Mexican artists, this place is home
to work of another Mexican artist so let's see if we can take a look okay
I've had to go minsu my stabilizer because you have to give your bag in and it does
cost 70 pesos fYI like most museums in Mexico
so the first bit I went through is like a modern art section which is quite
questionable in terms of actually being art a pile of plates apparently that's art
but it highlights the materials that are used in Jalisco which is where Guadalajara is
so I'm gonna go through there now which i think is the main area okay
right apologies for the shoddy camerawork but that's what happens when
you don't have a stabilizer people so I've got to say that's very impressive
in there so what I believe is that that artwork those murals all over the
ceiling all over the walls they depict the Mexican Revolution from
1910 to 1920 but they show the negative side of it was painted pardon the
pun in a like more darker theme rather than what Diego Rivera did which was
more positive I believe feel free to fill me in the comments if I am totally
wrong but yeah it was amazes me how that am how do they paint these things up on
the ceiling my neck was hurting just looking at it
so when extremely impressive yeah this is a good place to come if you are in
talks okay I'm not gonna lie to you I'm not the biggest art fan as I said before
however the thing that really strikes you when you go into someone like that
is if you think Mexico is all about drugs and people illegally crossing the
border into America you're wrong because this sort of thing shows you a different
side history culture architecture and religion the second - we're about to go
and check out now we're gonna go and see a church and a cathedral let's go
rightI might not be into art, there's Batman by the way, but I'm into cathedrals yes
I'm at Guadalajara Cathedral which is absolutely awesome it's a 16th century
Spanish Renaissance Cathedral in a neo-gothic style ie the spires and
neo-gothic I've never seen a neo-gothic cathedral before I sound like a ride
Cathedral geek anyway let's see if I can find the way in
right it's Cathedral geek time which is apparently now a thing so I don't know
why I turn into a complete bibbling idiot when it comes to cathedrals maybe you can tell
me but I think it's something to do with the general size the grandeur the
elegance and the intricacies of the architecture what do I sound like but
anyway there's a service going on at the moment it is Sunday but in terms of
inside it's very much similar to many other Mexican cathedrals I've seen in
terms of massive columns stained-glass all around the top which is totally
amazing but outside I think it's even more
impressive so you can definitely see the difference between the Spanish
Renaissance par and the neo gothic spires which all have yellow and blue
like mosaic tiles on which I think this would be nice it's great with the Sun
reflecting on the cathedral it's about 6 o'clock at the moment and I don't know
about you but when I think of neo gothic or gothic I think of like gargoyles
maybe it's just me I don't know but it's great it gets your imagination going
you know it's amazing so definitely come here when you are in Guadalajara
Ok if you've had enough neo-gothic architecture for one day I'm sorry because we are going to see some more.
I'm at Templo Expiatorio Santisimo Sacramento, she knows I said it right I probably didn't
yeah it's basically a church but this was a lot more modern just gonna have a
look this is equally as impressive just look at it immense and it's got a
four-sided clock tower up there which is actually employed from Germany
interesting point of the day and this place took over 70 years to build it was
only finished in 1972 I believe which is weird for me because it doesn't look
like it was finished in the seventies it looks much older than that so I guess
it's a real good example of that type of architecture the Sun maybe it's Jesus
coming to get me I shouldn't have said that there's some
sort of service going on in there at the moment so I'm not going to go in there
and film but I did just take this shot from the doorway where you can see the
wonderful stained glass right down the end absolutely spectacular this is
another example of what I said earlier in terms of forget what people say about
Mexico this is Mexico cathedrals churches religion history culture see
what I mean I love it! I've had a nice day today exploring Guadalajara as a proper
tourist for the first time in a long time that's one great thing about living
somewhere and then coming away for a week term a little trip ding dong Jesus
is coming I got stuck with his blasphemy sorry next up I'm going to another place
very close to Guadalajara it's just literally down the road from our living
kind of it's going to be a surprise so thanks for watching don't forget to like
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