Hey guys! So we're at this peacock restaurant here (in Ajijic). And it's hard to come up
with words about this place because you walk in and it looks like any other
store front or restaurant front. And as you walk back, the more you walk back, the
bigger it seems to get! This place is massive!
I mean, it's like everything, just
about everything that we found in Ajijic is sort of this tip of the
iceberg thing. Where you think you know a part of it but that's really just a
sliver. And so we're sitting back here at a table and this absolutely gorgeous
garden with plants everywhere, roosters running around, peacocks shaking
their butt at you because that's what peacocks do. How do you cockadoodle-do? There's so much vegetation
and fruit trees. I see a lime tree, a mango tree, a banana or plantain tree, and
then something that looks like apples behind us.
And so many flowers. This place
is absolutely gorgeous! And guess what else! We have a special
guest with us here right now! We have Jerry from Jerry Brown Travels, and his
wife Lori. And his wife Lori. So we're gonna be swapping stories. May even swap
some stories with these chickens and peacocks that are greeting us at our feet.
Probably, uh-huh. I was trying to let one eat chips out of my hand and I was
terrified. But he didn't, he didn't poke any holes in me, so that's good.
Ah! [Laughter]
[Laughter] I can't watch!
Hello!
So this restaurant's absolutely gorgeous! You would come in here expecting to be
paying a whole bunch of money for this. But, most entrees hover a little above a
hundred pesos in the 100 to 200 range. Yeah, which is probably the equivalent of the
fancy-type restaurant that you might find in Guadalajara. We're usually paying
about, for a lunch, maybe like 60 to 100 pesos, so this is slightly above that.
Which is well worth it considering the ambiance. We just finished our lunch here,
and if I must say, that was like the best freaking plate of chicken I've ever had
in a long time! We're sitting here with Jerry from Jerry Brown Travels and
really excited to talk to you guys! Will you introduce your channel? Well, I'm
Jerry Brown with Jerry Brown Travels. And Lori here!
Thank you for asking us to
collaborate with you, this is great! Absolutely.
Well a little bit about ourselves, what
our videos are, are a little bit different than what you guys make, in the
sense, our audiences are people that are retired. Lori and I have traveled, how
many countries have we travel to Lori? Oh it's more than 35. Wow! We look for
Countries where it's economical to travel. For people that maybe haven't
planned well for their retirement are looking to stretch their budget
As much as possible. Yeah, they can stretch their budget, yeah.
Maybe live on $800 a month instead of needing
$4,000 a month to live on.
So we've gone to places like Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Mexico we
have a lot of countries to go to, and you can see them in our videos. It's not a travel video
so much as more informational. We'll give people ideas, let's say on what we spend a
month for eating. So this way, people ,when they go to a country, they have an idea.
Real numbers, what they can spend there. You guys said something
that I thought was pretty interesting because we don't mention this very much
either. We talked about this before. We're not trust fund kids, we don't have
an unlimited budget, so we're working with, you know, just a little bit
every single day, so we're not able to go on fancy, elaborate, expensive trips.
We're a little bit similar in that way, and that we're sort of always looking to
be very budget-conscious, and show that you can travel and live in
a different place, like Mexico, without breaking the bank, or without needing
millions of dollars. That's important because today a lot of countries are
very expensive to travel. And so the countries that we look at are much more
economical. Thailand. We do have one on, we are from Hawaii, and we have some on
Hawaii. But that's a little expensive! Yeah. We enjoy, you know, being able to
help people, being able to share our ideas, and give them practical numbers on
how to retire with dignity. And you know, they don't have to worry about going to
McDonald's and eating one dollar hamburger as a diet. And by choosing countries
much cheaper to live in, your money is stretched out so much. You can come into
restaurants like this beautiful place here, and you can afford to eat. And you know
I have to throw something in here since what we were talking about before. You
can go to nicer restaurants like this. Although you should come here with
the mindset that it's probably not gonna be your five-star, fancy, gourmet
restaurant with all the standards, or all the customs that you're used to. It's
great food, great atmosphere, but also kind of have that mindset that it might
not be exactly what you're used to in your original culture. Yeah, that's a good point. And you know,
the other thing too in traveling, Mexico in this particular case, it may not be
for you. We're blessed with a lot of noise here.
Oh yes! Rockets going up. The orchestra of Mexico sounds. [Laughter] Yeah.
Mexico is poppin'
Because of the culture shock and stuff like that. People... sometimes they get
discouraged, and they expect it to be shangri-la. They expect it to be a resort
Life all the time. But it isn't. You know, life isn't that way. Mexico has its
challenges, but of course we love it here! And we project that across our love for
the area. One of the great things about living in Mexico is you meet expats. You
know, like we have met here. And you bond with them. We're actually
closer with our friends here then we are with our families. I hate to say that. Birds
of a feather flock together. We're a different breed of cat. People that have
the courage to leave their own country and come to a new place to live,
It's scary, change is scary. So you've traveled to so many different countries,
So many different cities, and you settled in Ajijic, Jalisco. Why here?
Okay, so in our travels, we were looking for an Ajijic. It had all the ingredients.
Our playmates can speak English. And also we're at Lake Chapala, it's the largest
lake in Mexico. Has the largest english-speaking library, movie theaters,
It has good health care. Also too, It's only 40 minutes away to the International
Airport in Guadalajara. From where we live, we can walk to the lake, we can go
to the library, we can go to movie theater, we can go the bank, and go to doctors. I mean
with all in walking distance. So that's our criteria. With the right shoes.
With the right shoes. [Laughter] Yeah, we do have cobblestones. [Laughter]
There's no skateboarding or roller skating around here. No, no, no.
With the right shoes and the right steps.
Yep. [Laughter] You have to watch your step because, why do say that? Because there's a lot of dog poop here.
Oh, that too! [Laughter] There are some stray dogs.
But the dogs are friendly. They're mellow, mellow dogs.
You don't have to worry about getting bit. We're after a richer environment. There's a lot of volunteer
work. We volunteer at the orphanage here. So the community bonds together, even
More so than in the States. Because we're all looking for new family. Most of
the people that are in Mexico are world travelers.
They have traveled, at least. And the people that settle here are used to that.
The ingredients to here just resonated with us.
We're now in the center of El Centro in Ajijic, and we have one last question
for you. What would you tell someone if they're
thinking of moving or retiring to specifically Ajijic because they
Think it's the place for them? Perhaps they've never traveled anywhere else.
That's an excellent question! Ajijic is very popular. A lot of
people know about it, but the important thing we want you to know, there's many
other places in Mexico that are beautiful, they're great for expats.
You've got the coastal communities let's say like Mazatlán or Puerto Vallarta, and they're great
also. You have inland communities like Chapala even, which is only six miles
away from here. And then you have like San Miguel de Allende.
Where you're living in Guadalajara. And these
Are very important places too. So don't limit your search on just this part of
Mexico, because Mexico is a very big country! And you may want to go to Mérida
on the East Coast. There's many, many places, so just keep doing your research,
Keep doing your due diligence, and you'll find your pot of gold at the end of the
rainbow! Absolutely! Alright, awesome!
Be sure to check out Jerry Brown Travels. We're gonna link to that below.
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what we're doing. Be sure to check that out. And!
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[Laughter] Bye!