What is going on Members of the Barrio ?
It's Jon coming to you from Guadalajara
And today Adriana and I need to get some shopping done
Why don't we go to the biggest indoor market
In Latin America
Located right here, in Guadalajara
It's Mercado Libertad
Or San Juan de Dios
Both names work
We're heading in there
3 floors, Over 40,000 square meters
Of shopping
I think whatever we're looking for
We're going to find it
Alright Adriana you're about to fulfill
Your dream..
All the shopping you could ever want..
Under one roof?
Are you ready to go?
I'm ready to go guys
I like markets
They can be a little bit overwhelming sometimes
And I think this is one of them
But even though I want to try it
We haven't even set foot inside
And already Adriana sees things she wants
Hold on tight guys
We are walking in
I thought it was going to be like other markets
Where you go in
And it's like a maze
And you can get lost
But it's better than that
I read about the layout of this market
The first floor is for groceries and some food items
Some craft items
Apparently Floor 1 number one is the most popular
Floor number 2 I've read is strictly restaurants
And floor number three
Is where they have electronics, clothing, a lot of crazy stuff
We're going to work our way through and see..
What we need
If you guys saw one of my last videos
I actually lost my sunglasses in Lake Chapala
That is the number one thing I'm looking for today.
First purchase of the day
Horchata de Arroz
About one dollar
We have wandered into the section which is pretty much composed of
Artesanal goods
And a whole lot of shoes
My god if you can't find shoes here..
You can't find shoes anywhere
Guys I think this would look perfect on Adriana
What..
Mascots..
These are some of the mascots
Of some of the teams in Mexico
Yeah the thing you put on the horses to sit on
Saddles.. guys
We've got horse saddles here
I don't know for how much
But I imagine a lot
You want it?
Si.
It's a boy
I like it
Something i've noticed early on here
And I've read about this as well
Is that..
Haggling..trying to get the price down here
I don't think it's as common as lets say..
Going to Turkey.. going to Thailand
And bargaining with people
I mean the prices are pretty cheap already
This guy, I tried bringing the price down from 60 pesos to 50 pesos
He wouldn't do it
The other lady I was talking to
When we walked away.. She didn't try to pull us back
Saying okay I'll give you a better price
So I don't know if it's a cultural thing
You guys tell me..
Is haggling..
As accepted in Mexico or not
I just let him do it for your video
I will give that guy credit for effort
That's an A for effort in sales
If somebody says no..
Show them the product, show them what it can do for you
I just don't need an electric massager right now
For one second I was like..
Okay..I want it
There are a lot of stores that sell witch stuff
Witches ?
You wanted to see it?
Witchcraft guys..
For this love spray
Which was called Yo Puedo Mas Que Tu
And it had a picture of somebody like enslaved with a chain
It was 25 pesos
I had to know how much that was worth
I think it's personally worth a bit more than that..
If it actually works though?
There's this reputation for this sort of market
That it has all of these either illegal goods
Or contraband goods
Or fake goods
This reminds me of any market in Chinatown
In New York, no?
We have made it to the third floor right now..
And this is essentially..
Just a lot of clothing
A lot of electronics
And I just noticed behind me they have sunglasses
We may have to go check that out.
I bought these imitation oakleys
For about 160 pesos
I got her down just slightly on the price
I actually needed a pair as I was saying earlier in the video
Lost my sunglasses..
Love how these look
And hopefully these will last me.. a little while
So I am one happy person right now.
I do want to make a quick distinction before we finally
Find a place to eat lunch
Where we just were..
The third floor
That has a lot of the imitation stuff
The bootleg DVDs
The imitation Oakleys which I bought
Which I think are fine for the price
Adidas, Nike
If that's what your'e looking for go there
The distinction is the second floor has
The artesanal stuff
A lot of these people created it themselves
It's kind of.. you can get whatever you want here
But I do want to let you know the differences between
The second and third floors
Adriana found a store on the 2nd floor
That she's excited about
Like this little water
Is a bottle of water
I used to buy it to play with my barbies
We're in the part of the market where they have just ton of different food vendors here
It's very difficult to make a decision where to go
They all look really good
How are we going to decide ?
What are we going to do?
Just flip a coin?
Follow your heart, follow your nose?
Follow your nose.
Go.. show me where..
There's no foursquare to help you out in here guys
You just have to go with your nose as Adriana said
A nice lady came up to us
She convinced us to come into her stall
We're going to try it out
My chicken quesadillas have arrived
This market was much better than I expected
The way the floors are divided
I like it..
Because you know where to go if you need something
If you were just walking around..
But I think if I..
Were thinking about something I want
I would know where to go
That's pretty cool
Mercado San Juan de Dios
Is a very fascinating place
As Adriana said..
I don't think it's that overwhelming
There weren't a ton of people here on a weekday in the afternoon
That would be my recommendation
Of when to come
Know what you want..
Stroll around
Check out all of the options
You can pretty much find any type of souvenir here
I may return again at some point
To pick up some souvenirs.
Or if i need something very specific
This is the biggest indoor market..
In all of Latin America
Pretty incredible..
For Guadalajara..
It just keeps impressing me.. more and more
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Coming up..
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Thank you so much for watching
Until next time..