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what is up YouTube I am standing here
outside the gate of Chipotle Peck Park
the biggest park in Mexico City but
today we're gonna be walking the
opposite direction here in front of me
is the beginning or the end depending on
how you look at it of passio de la
reforma which is definitely one of
mexico city's most beautiful streets
most famous streets and I'm about to
show you why looks like I'm not the only
one out filming today I had no idea this
was happening but there's some kind of
movie shoot happening just behind me
or maybe they all heard dan from the new
chapel was filming today and they're
just here to see me I don't know I can
dream I guess now I'm gonna take you
guys on a walk down here but first I
want to show you one cool thing about
this street as you enter it from
Chapultepec Park you see these enormous
skyscrapers
you can see at least one of them is
still under construction but when I see
buildings like that
and like that I really do feel like I'm
looking at the face of the New Mexico
one more thing I should mention is that
right in front of me that's actually not
a building I guess it's a piece of
artwork
but the first time I saw it I was in a
taxi driving by and I thought wow that
is the skinniest skyscraper I've ever
seen I really thought it was a building
so is it trying to be a building I don't
know maybe there's a story behind it and
some of you guys could tell me what it's
all about somehow somehow I'm walking in
a bike lane I don't know if it's just me
but I get shivers when I see big
buildings like that maybe it's cuz I'm
almost as tall as that building myself
I'm 6 foot 4 if you guys don't know but
yeah there's something about new
skyscrapers being built that always
always makes me feel good about the
future you know but speaking of future
it's about to be pitch black in 30
minutes into the future
we're quickly losing daylight so I
better hurry up with this video
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it was actually some cool artwork on the
street about a week ago that I was
hoping to show you in a video but they
might have taken it down already things
move so quick in the city I'm telling
you
now one of the things you'll notice
about this street is just how wide it is
it was actually modeled after famous
European avenues such as the shop still
is a in Paris Oh sharp still easy I
finish up sleazy in Paris and I can tell
you that it does have the same wide feel
as this street but I would say that this
street is still distinctly Mexican like
it's not it's not ripping off any other
city in any way it's just it's just
showcasing kind of the best of what the
city has to offer on one Main Street
right to the heart of the city
I always thought that that was a very
unique building it almost looks like
Braille on the side of it you know what
I mean like
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and Braille for my Hispanic viewers is
the word for the bumps that blind people
use to read I don't know maybe it's
Braille in Spanish to way yeah
something like that I just thought you
guys might want to know that one it is
too bad that those pieces of artwork got
taken down because they were cool but I
am going to show you a couple pieces of
artwork that never get taken down
there's one of them behind me beautiful
statue of a woman with a bow right in
the middle of a pretty awesome fountain
you know I just realized as I try to get
your shots of this fountain there's so
much traffic it's a bit difficult to get
a good shot but this is probably a good
chance to show you how crazy the traffic
gets in this city too I mean check this
out
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there's one of the New Mexico City tour
buses behind me I've been thinking of
checking one of those out has anyone
done it before is it worth the money let
me know
I will say as crazy as the traffic looks
in Mexico City I have yet to see an
accident so I think the drivers handle
themselves pretty well now I know there
must be a cool story behind that
fountain as well but once again I have
no idea what it is
longtime viewers of my channel will know
that that's a common theme in my Mex
Hill videos I'm always saying I don't
know what this is I don't know what this
is and I hope you guys don't take that
as a disrespectful thing I mean no
disrespect in fact if anything I think
it shows just how which Mexican culture
is because I feel like I could spend a
lifetime just in Mexico City and not
know everything about this place let
alone the whole country you know I see
comments that people say that they they
appreciate their country more when they
see it through my eyes and I think
that's
I think that's a universal thing
sometimes you take for granted what you
have back home people always tell me
that Canadian nature is beautiful and I
just say yeah it's all right you know
but yeah if I can show some Mexicans
that their country is awesome give them
a fresh perspective then I'm very happy
about that
I mean look at the street it's modern
it's clean and it's safe I mean I'm
walking around with my big camera can
you see it in my sunglasses
yeah I'm walking around my camera and I
don't feel like I'm on edge or anything
like that I really do think Mexico's
mistreated in the media I think people
have an idea that anywhere you go it's
gonna be dangerous anywhere you go it's
gonna be actually standing this close to
the street might be dangerous but my
point is that it's really not as bad as
people say in a beautiful street like
this
I think it shows you exactly what I'm
talking about
it's so funny I don't think I've ever
seen in apartments like directly above a
Starbucks like that
I bet those people literally smell the
fresh roast in the morning
which could be a good thing or a bad
thing depending on if you like Starbucks
oh my god six beers 452 paces
sorry I got distracted
of course as well as some fancy
restaurants you've got some Street food
options as you do pretty much everywhere
in Mexico
now as you can probably see it starting
to get darker which means this video is
almost over but there's one more thing
that I can't leave without showing you
there she is Mexico City's famous
construction crane I'm joking
there she is
el angel de indepence eeeh without a
dent one of the city's most famous
landmarks also one of the city's most
famous obstacle courses for tourists who
try to ride across the street to get to
it because it's quite tricky with all
the traffic
alright I'm going for it wish me luck
guys
now it's higher than the construction
grain
this is one place you don't have to
worry about getting here before dark
in fact I'd actually recommend coming
after dark I think that's when it looks
the coolest cuz it's all lit up
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my camera is just not that good at
low-light that's why it's doing that
focusing thing because it's struggling
to focus in the low-light but I think
that's given you guys a good tour of the
street I mean it goes on and on and
there's just more and more buildings
being built but uh for me passio de la
reforma it's just it's kind of a
testament to the New Mexico not there's
anything wrong with the old Mexico I
mean I love older buildings as you guys
know from my other videos but this
street shows that innovation is alive
and well in Mexico as I get blinded by
these by these lights by the way this
can be a pretty romantic place to take
your special someone a little tip for
all you lovers who are watching this
video
anyway guys that's it that has been
Patsy Odelle a web forum a really cool
Street to walk down if you're tourists
or if you're Mexican who just wants to
feel like a tourist in your own country
like come check this place out because
with all the construction that's going
on around here I think this street is
changing really quick
it's something specialist II
as always guys i'm dan from the new
channel see you on the road
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