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Flight 1 Nova Scotia, Canada to New Jersey, USA
Flight #2 New Jersey, USA to Texas USA
Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico City is the most populous city in North America
With a population of over 8.9 million people
Josh: Well hello guys, I am now in Mexico! Finally! Ah, so as you saw it was a series of trips, a series
of flights to get here - took all day - I've been awake for 19-20 hours as of now so
I got in here, trying to find my way out, but despite being alone all day long I
did find these lovely people, who you would also know!
Chris: Hello!
Adam: Well, Chris is new.
Josh: Ah no, by the time this
goes out Chris will be on the boat yes, so you will know all these lovely people.
Josh: Alright, good morning guys from Mexico! So we didn't do much last night obviously
we spent the whole day traveling, and then we went out for some tacos and
churros, and then we just crashed. So today we are going to be spending the whole
day exploring Mexico City, so we're... we haven't had any breakfast yet so we're
gonna go grab some coffee and some breakfast right away and then we will
hit up to some of the sites is the plan. So we've got Catherine and Adam again and then
Chris is going to be our tour guide today.
Day 1 in Mexico City. A tour of the "Must See" places within the city
Angel of Independence
Built in 1910 to commemorate the centennial of
Mexico's War of Independence
It was later turn into a mausoleum for the most important war hero's
Today it is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Mexico City
It can be found in the center of Paseo de la Reforma - one of the major streets in the city
Visit one of the many pedestrian streets
Ice Skate at one of the outdoor rinks
Admire the talent in the local street art
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Josh: We're finally at the point where we see our first sun, and it feels... awesome! Yeah,
so a lot of things are cheaper here but we have learned two things are more
expensive and that are vehicles and electronics so they cost almost one and
a half times the amount that it does at our place, so anybody that has a vehicle
spent a lot more than what we did. So one thing you have to know if you're
coming here is bathrooms are not free to the public
so usually they're about five pesos so it's hardly anything, that's like 25 cents, they give
you a couple sheets of toilet paper because there's no toilet paper usually within the actual bathroom, so
ah, be prepared to have some change with you if you need to use the washroom.
Chris: The balcony there, the President on Independence day comes out, and gives a speech at that balcony
Constitution Plaza - Zocalo Public Square
Chris: An event - so people going door-to-door or somewhere to stay, is the idea
and in these events one of the last things they do is have pinatas which is...
and they're always shaped like this
Random Guy: Hey, Where are you from? Ottawa? Toronto?
Chris: A little further east - Halifax.
Random Guy: Oh, way up there huh?
Keep an eye out for earthquake damage throughout the city
Chris: Oh this is the, the ruins of the Aztec temples that used to be in the center
this was the center of Tenochtitlan which is the the city built on the lake
of Mexico City before the Spanish arrived, and the Spanish took to try and
convert the Aztecs to Catholicism they took the rocks from the, from the temples
and actually built the Cathedral behind us there
Chris: This is a natural lake that Lake Texcoco which is the lake that
Mexico City is actually built on top of, but it's got the modern names of the
parts of Mexico City. For instance, in Tenochtitlan you can see in the
middle, there, is roughly where we are we're actually a little bit, a little bit
east of that I believe. You can see Chapultepec over there which is where
you guys are staying, down in the south Coyoacan, we visited last time, this is all like the surrounding area...
So the lake is under us to a large degree
The Aztec's actually built it up with things called, ah, Sumantlas, which is like reeds
tied together. This is why Mexico City is so susceptible to earthquakes, cuz it's built on top of the lake and has no stable base
Josh: So these are the volcanoes we're going to be going to?
Chris: These will be the two volcanoes, yep, Popo
and Izta, and ah, we're going to be kinda driving this in between - Nevado de Toluca would be kinda over here
And then kinda do like this and through, this ah, in between the two volcanoes
is called Paso de Cortez, because that was where Hernan Cortez, the Spanish explorer who discovered Mexico City
He entered through that pass, and first saw the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan from there
Because at that time there was no smog
Adam then Josh: Hehehe
The ancient Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was built in the middle of a lake
Canoes were used to navigate the city, and move from one island community to another
The city center was filled with white towers and fortresses
Which was in stark contrast to the blue lake on which the city rested
The Aztecs founded this location in the spring of 1325
At its peak, it was the largest city in the Pre-Columbian America's
The Aztec Empire finally fell in 1521 when the Spanish arrived to the new world and conquered the city and the area
Present day Mexico City now sits where the former Aztec City of Tenochtitlan once stood
This is what the temple would look like in present day Mexico City
This is what it looks like now
Josh: Still going?
Adam: I burn in like 15 seconds
Josh: Alright guys, so we're going to try some authentic Mexican tacos so we are...
I don't know where we're at, we're at a restaurant
Chris: It's called Salon Corona
Josh: Say it again
Chris: Salon Corona
Josh: We are there, and we're gonna have some tacos just to show you guys what
authentic Mexican tacos are, and how different it is from what we make in Canada, or the US.
And stuff like that. So we're going to try that now
Josh: Okay show of hands who has seen a statue of a gorilla, or an orangutan maybe,
playing the banjo?
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