What's up Tangerineys! We thought it was really funny, someone who did
Spanish translations for our last video when we said "Tangerineys," they
translated it to "Manderinitas" and we thought that was really funny! I'm in
love with that now, so just expect that more often.
Thanks Gustavo!
Today, we are doing is something that we pretty much have to do
every time we're in a new city, to basically like test the affordability of
said city. And where are we now? We are in a Ajijic (Jalisco).
A lot of people have said that the prices are going up here. Gringo's are
driving up the prices, and we haven't really noticed that, but then again we've
only spent a week here prior to this. Yeah, and you can't really notice that unless
you've spent years here. But as far as like the prices being higher than other
places, haven't really noticed that too much. But we're setting out with ten US
dollars to feed and water ourselves for an entire day, and that is a hundred and
eighty five pesos with the current exchange rate. But we already had coffee so we
have a hundred eighty left each. Yes. Even though we bought the coffee ahead of time.
And we just walked down the street and came up upon this place. Which, do you
think this is kind of like comida corrida, maybe? I have no idea what a comida
Corrida is. So many people have mentioned it, but I still don't know. We
were just in there and she was explaining to us: we have frijoles,
refried beans. I'll just say this all in English. Refried beans, eggs with salsa,
Eggs with bacon. There was spinach with like a
Rajas con requeson... No, spinach. Espinaca con requeson.
Anyway, so it's 65 pesos for basically little portions of whatever
you want. Opens up her house here, and then
Creates a bunch of dishes, food. Yeah, we
Thought we'd check it out. I've never eaten a place like this before.
And also eggs with red sauce.
And also ricotta cheese with spinach. Ricotta, ah very well.
Nothing with meat? I don't need it.
Very good. Thank you. Very good.
Excuse me. If you guys would like to sit in more comfortable chairs (points back)
Thank you.
Thank you. This isn't a place that we would typically go, and we've never gone into
such a casual place, I don't think. Where it's sort of just like, pick your portions, it's
all one price. But it's sort of cool. I think to like see the whole family
working together. They have what looks like the daughter. The daughter just came over and cleaned our table.
It's a little more expensive than we'd normally pay for breakfast in the $10 challenge. Yeah. But it looked
really really good! And smelled really good! And the
experience. I wanted to see what this was all about.
Very good, thank you. I pretty much put every
portion here, of my plate, into a tortilla. This is a hand pressed tortilla. She was
sitting there patting it back and forth between her hands. And then
They cook it fresh. So these are thicker than a lot tortillas that you might get.
But oh my gosh! This is just like an explosion of delicious flavor and amazingness!
Mmmm! [Laughter] Oh yeah!
We're going to be back here! [Laughter]
It's really good. I'm still a little bit hungry though.
Do you think refills are included? [Laughter]
Look at that tail go!
My grandmother has 12 brothers and sisters also.
I have 13 siblings.
I'm the oldest and all the others are younger than me. [Laughter]
Jordan (To Maddie) And she (your grandmother) is from Oaxaca, or no?
Her grandmother. Maddie: Yes, my family is from Oaxaca and Los Mochis.
Oh really? You can speak Spanish with them, right?
And you? Are you from the United States?
Yes. And she it part Mexican?
She's very pretty, right?
Dang, I love that place! [Laughter]
So one, it's super close to us. So I have a feeling we're going to be
going there a lot now. [Laughter]
We asked what the restaurant is called and the owner's
name is Pilar, and that is what the restaurant's called.
It's a very casual thing.
That's her home back there, I'm guessing. Oh yeah.
And then it's her, seems like her daughter,
And then her granddaughter or granddaughters, we're helping out. But
They were running around so quick, I'm not even sure how many there were. [Laughter] It seems like -
It seems to us like a place where you just go in there and you pay whatever price it is.
I'm guessing that tipping isn't customary there. We left a small tip, but please
let us know what you tip at this kind of place. People weren't really tipping and
just paying the price. Yeah. We don't want to be the assholes that
aren't following the customs around here. So for people who live in Ajijic, we're
specifically talking about locals, because we've talked about this many times
before, but people who come from other cultures, like in the United States,
Or Canada, or elsewhere, we all have our rules that we follow from our homeland.
And those are typically higher tips then what's customary in Mexico. Yeah, we try
to follow local customs. Like if I'm coming from a country that doesn't tip
at all, to a country that does tip, I'm not just gonna continue not tipping
because that's what I'm used to. Yeah, exactly.
We have a hundred and ten pesos left each.
That might be a little bit of a struggle for the rest of the day! Yeah, so we have
at this point never failed a ten dollar challenge. Meaning run out of money and
been hungry or something. But, it's going to be tight now.
There are a lot of places in this city where you can
pay 200 pesos for a meal, so we're gonna have to scope out the cheap spots.
One thing I love about this city that's like so much small-town Mexico feeling,
Is someone like that, just opening up their home to creating a restaurant, and
here, this is their home, but they're selling clothes. They've turned
it into a clothing store. It's like the OG Mexico boutique.
Okay, hop on!
Oh gosh! Ahh! And then if Jordan doesn't go
Push off, I'm stuck.
Ahh! Who said playgrounds have to be for kids?
So this is right here on the malecon. The Ajijic Malecon.
There's swings, slides,
Teeter totters, whatever you call that spinning thing back there. And these are
illegal in the US as far as I know. Okay, why don't you hop on!
Am I? How do you even? Do sit on it?
It depends how brave you are. I'm going to sit.
Oh gosh!
[Maddie screaming]
If you're really brave, you stand on the edge instead of sitting in the middle. Okay, hold on!
Oh shit!
Oh God! I can barely hold on!
Ahhh!
So it's actually pretty cool, on this malecon you have a dirt path like this, which is
better for running and whatnot.
But then they also have one up here that's paved.
Perfect for biking, walking, skateboarding, skating. There's even a skate park up here.
So we were walking on the malecon and we stopped by this beautiful bench. "In memory
of Tony, from his friends" And then we noticed something. Someone graffiti'd it.
And in one of our favorite YouTubers, one of his recent videos, we're talking about
The New Travel. Shoutout to you Dan.
You should definitely subscribe to his
channel if you haven't already. Well in this video, he was in Guanajuato,
And there was graffiti in a church, and he said "If you don't have respect for
the places that you visit, then I don't have respect for you." And that has got to
be one of the most true things.
So right now, we're walking through some of the
residential areas. Walking up and down the streets of Ajijic, and I just cannot
get over how many different varieties of plants there are, and flowers in every
single color. I've never. And the colorful homes.
Yeah, and then the colorful homes to accent it.
It's so beautiful! What are your thoughts as we're continuing to
explore? This is going more towards Chapala. And we're pretty close to the lake right now.
In Ajijic. This is definitely a wealthier part
of town. It's super, super nice!
These houses look like, I would compare them to
Scottsdale in Arizona, which is like where the rich people live. Houses are
huge! The lots are gigantic. And that's pretty much what we're looking at here.
It's just completely gorgeous! I can't believe we're even allowed to walk
around here, because I don't have this much money. One of the things that I
especially love about Mexico, and Ajijic in particular, and the surrounding areas,
Is that all the houses are so unique and different. They all have their own
touches. From the walls, to the bricks. Some of them have colorful, painted,
Glazed tiles and things like that, which is so different than a lot of
Communities and neighborhoods in the US. Where
they all have HOAs, you get to pick your color of house between about five shades
of brown. The houses are all constructed to look the same or very similar. It's kind of
boring. [Laughter] So walking around here it's just
Like wow! You can see that each house has
its own personality. This is such a cool house right here!
I mean, yeah I was just noticing that. Kind of has the, what's that called?
A tapalpa? A tapalpa type ceiling. Or is it a talapa?
Talapa? Tapalpa? [Laughter] Tapalpa, I think that's a city.
[Laughter] And then we've got
I don't know if this is in use, but a water tower. Tiny water tower.
Yeah, how funny. So we're not
totally sure, but we think this is a shrine dedicated to pets that have
passed away. That's really cool.
It costs 7 pesos? 7 pesos. 7.
Thanks. Thanks. You're welcome, thank you.
Have a good day! Thanks, you too!
So it is a nice enough day, very cloudy, very windy.
But what were you compelled
to get? Horchata. Rice milk with cinnamon. It's really good. I bought mine
in a bag for seven pesos. They also offered it in a small cup for ten
pesos, or a large cup for 17 pesos.
Could I see a menu please? Thank you. Tacos for 10 pesos.
Enchiladas. Chilaquiles 50. Enchiladas with cheese, 50.
So a van just curbed it right in front of us. And I thought that tire is gonna
Pop for sure! So we probably could have ate at that last place,
gonna look for something a little cheaper if possible. Yeah we have to be a
Little bit more frugal,
Based on the price of the breakfast this morning, and
although I think those are very reasonable prices, especially considering
it's right in the center of town, where like the Centro is. Which sometimes
That's where the higher prices are in the city. I was kind of surprised. Yeah.
When are you open? 6:30
6:30? Until when. Midnight. 12? Thank you!
Well shucks, this one looked promising.
Can I see a menu please? Yes, of course!
The menu looked very very appetizing, but the entrees were pretty much all in the
140 to 180 pesos range. So although we would eat there at some point, as like
kind of a treat meal, that's not something we can do today.
It's wet, it rained. Look at the rain!
So we don't
normally eat lunch at 5:30 p.m. but the rain really started coming down, and this
camera is not waterproof. So it has now stopped, and we are going to try to find
some "lunch."
Oh hi! So we checked out this place, it's slightly out of our budget today,
But we'd definitely come back there. The entrees were about 70 pesos and they
Had starters in the like 30 peso range. Drinks like margaritas for 60 pesos.
Are you ready to order? Yes, we're ready.
I'd like to order the italian salad.
Without onion and without green beans.
With parmesan cheese.
For me, 2 slices of pizza. But what kinds do you have?
Let me check for you. Thanks. So my
Salad was sixty pesos and your two slices of pizza? 22 pesos each. And we
both got a glass water.
So we got 2 drinks there and they were 25 pesos each.
By the way, that place is called Azteca. We couldn't tell you in the last video
because we didn't want to give it away, have people looking it up on Google Maps
or something. [Laughter] But this is right by the center of town in Ajijic, and that
leaves me with 17 and me with 25.
What shall we do?
Hi, good afternoon. Good afternoon!
I want this. And for her? Cup of corn.
With what? Cream, cheese, lime, and chili.
A little more.
Thanks.
30 for both?
Thank you. Thanks!
Bye. Have a good night.
What did you get? What are these called in English?
Granada. Pomegranate. Ah yes, pomegranate! [Laughter]
Oh my gosh! This is Jordan's
First time eating, ever. [Laughter]
And how much was it? 15 pesos. You may or may not be surprised
to find out that I got elote or as some might call this, because it's in a
cup, esquite. Here they call it elote.
So we came across a cute dog on the way
home. And it's hungry. A little dog!
I tried to say sentarse. Is that not how you tell a dog to sit?
He won't listen. The cute little doggie who was wanting to have some of my elote
Followed us almost all the way back home. Of course, I was continuing to give
her elote. But she seemed so hungry and so scared, yeah. So we went back as
soon as we could. She left just right before we got home, and then we were
gonna get some food for it. Well, we think she got scared because there was another
dog's territory. Since I was feeding her elote, I named her maízy. Are you sure?
Is that the same one? No, this one has a collar.
Oh, you're not my dog. Sorry.
[Laughter] Okay, we're still on the hunt. [Laughter] And now we have
another friend. But this $10 challenge kind of got derailed today because of
the rain, and by the time we got other food, we're not hungry anymore. So I'm
left with two pesos, and I'm left with ten. We were going to go to this other
place that you can get cheap sopes and enchiladas. Like seven pesos for a sope.
8 pesos for an enchilada. We had walked in there earlier and it was just
closed at the time. And we found out what the prices were, so I think it's pretty
doable to do the ten dollar challenge here. Yeah, I wouldn't walk into the first place you
see for breakfast like we did. Uh-huh. It made the rest of the day more difficult
for us. It seemed like a great opportunity. We had never eaten breakfast
at a place like that. But to be perfectly honest, I think it was kind of overpriced
for breakfast. Breakfast is usually the cheapest meal of the day in almost any
city we go to. I feel like we got gringo priced there.
We might have. What do you guys think? We were speaking
in 100% Spanish, even to each other. Wo I don't know.
Do I think Ajijic is more
expensive or less expensive than other places? Comparable.
To Guadalajara, at least. Yeah comparable to
Guadalajara. In terms of restaurant prices. There are places you can eat here
that are expensive. Like we went into a couple that were more expensive. I mean
that's kind of like any city, right? Like you could go to expensive restaurants or
you could go to where all the locals go. Yeah! Exactly. And if you're gonna go to a
fancy place, then expect to pay higher prices. But I think as a whole, if you're
not going in places it's specifically cater to expats, and basically places
That'll speak English for you, you probably wouldn't have any problem spending $10 a
day. Even though this video took a little bit of a different turn, I hope you still
liked it. And what ten dollars can buy in Ajijic,
Jalisco, Mexico. I feel like we need to do this again. I kind of
want to. Maybe in the nearby cities? And also like what kind of entertainment can
we get for ten bucks too. Would you guys be interested to see that? Let us know in
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