I'm Maddie and I'm Jordan and we are Tangerine Travels. Here we are in Guanajuato
City, Mexico, and we're taking on a touchy subject.
So before you hit the dislike button, hear us out. Is Guanajuato Safe? We're
gonna go through point by point, seven to be exact, and tell you if they're safe or
not. Number one is walking. All over the city, you're going to find that the hills
are incredibly steep everywhere you go. Because the shitty, the shitty, [Laughter] the city
is in the shape of a bowl. So basically, every house is going to come down to the
center, El Centro, which is at the lowest point. So just about anywhere you are, you
are going to be walking up and down the steep hills. Which, if you're a klutz like
me, can be pretty dangerous, cuz you're gonna fall and hurt yourself, even if
you're being careful. And if you have a husky that you're taking for a walk, and
she likes to pull, she's gonna pull your ass down the hill. So yes, very dangerous!
Point number one, dangerous! Number two - Walking in the streets. Cars
are out to get you, all. The. Time. It is extremely dangerous trying to avoid all
these cars around every corner! No, just kidding, it's not that bad.
The dangerous part is that the streets are so narrow that in some spots you
really can't have a human and a car going at the same time. So the verdict on
this one dangerous or not dangerous, it's a toss-up. It depends on how careful you're
being. If you're not an idiot, you'll be fine.
It's another imposter! That's an actual real-life, real size, Tangerine Imposter!
That was a pretty cool VW Bug. Number three - the driving. Driving in this city is a trip.
Because the streets are so narrow, and steep, and intertwined, if you're not used
to it, beware. First day that we came here, even though I had the help of Jordan
navigating me, it was a terrifying experience. The city overall is pretty
confusing to drive in. So, the verdict on this one, dangerous!
Especially if you're not used to it. Number 4. This is something that you're
probably going to experience in just about every city you visit. It's the
tourist traps and the scams that you might encounter. This has nothing bad to
say on any Mexican city, or any city, because it's pretty much everywhere. What
we noticed here were just two small things. In comparison to other cities
we've been, it's practically nothing to worry about. One, we were in an Uber, and
the guy basically, [dog barking] Hi. [Laughter] Oh my gosh. He's mad about the Uber driver. [dog still barking] What the guy did was he insisted
that he would not take us all the way back up to our Airbnb. The address that
we had listed. He was trying to drop us off lower down on the street so that he
didn't have to take the dirt path all the way up the hill. All Uber drivers and
all taxi drivers will take you back to your Airbnb or wherever you're staying,
no matter what though. So this guy was just kind of being a, you
know, he was trying to take the easy road out and drop us off, so we had to do
the rest of the walking. So, when he dropped us off though, he didn't end the
trip until he was all the way back down the hill again, which added 30 percent
or more to our bill at the end. So, if we didn't realize that we would have been
out a little bit of money. The second thing is there was a punk kid at this
place that we ate breakfast at. You might have seen he's talking a little bit
about it in our ten dollar challenge video, and this kid tried to insist that
it was our bad Spanish that was the reason that he added extra things to the
bill. When, in fact, he was just trying to pad the bill for an extra tip. So those
were two small things that happened. Ultimately, though really not a lot to
worry about in the tourist trap scam Department. For number four, we would say
it is safe here in Guanajuato. Number five: Is it safe in Guanajuato to
walk at night. Like any place you need to use your common sense, your judgement, and
think safe whenever you're doing something like walking at night. Because
even where we lived in Phoenix, Arizona, I might not choose to walk at night by
myself. That being said, how does Guanajuato compare? I feel pretty dang
safe walking here at night, as long as I'm walking with Jordan, and we're
keeping our alerts. We're staying alerted. Keeping our alerts. With our ears
perked up, just like Laska would. From our experience being here about a week now,
and walking at night just about every single day, the verdict is safe! We feel
perfectly safe walking at night. Number six: The bugs. There are big wasps here,
they haven't really been too much of a bother.
They haven't stung us at least. Scariest thing? The scorpion. Scorpion. There's just
one in the city. And it's dead now. [Laughter]
We heard Laska under the bed licking the floor or something, and
then Maddie looked down there, and there was a dead scorpion that Laska had killed. Sure enough, right in my face
a scorpion, which I didn't know was dead at the time, so I freaked out. But someone
had warned us before we came here, but they don't seem to be too much of an
issue. And our host even said that they don't really bother you. If you bring a
husky with you, then she'll just eat them. So you really have nothing to worry
about. Verdict on this one - Not dangerous.
Especially if you have a dog. And the final point, number seven.
What everyone clicked on this video to find
out. Do you have to worry about the drug cartels in Guanajuato? We've only
been here less than a week, so we can't speak intelligently on this. So we have
to listen to the people who actually live here. They seem to all disregard it.
They say it's on the news, but it's nothing they see, it's nothing they hear
about locally. And in comparison to other cities we've been like Mazatlán or Puerto Vallarta,
where you constantly have people offering drugs to you, like
weed or cocaine. We haven't had a single person approach us with anything even
remotely like that. So just from the brief time we've been here, we don't
really sense any danger. We don't notice too many, if any actually, shady people
that you'd want to avoid. Hi! So on this one, like Jordan said, it's not like we're
experts, and we've been living here for years and years, but at least using all
of the knowledge around us,
it doesn't seem like the drug cartels are anything to worry about in this city.
The verdict. So dangerous or not? Safe!
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