For a long while now we have been pondering the idea of buying a home in mexico and today we
have an opportunity to go look at this awesome beachfront condo just about an hour away from
here. But first we're gonna take Laska for a walk, get all of her energy out, grab a nice breakfast
at this cool little shopping center with lots of restaurants called paseo 60, then hit the road.
Bye Laska!
We are now driving from Merida to our future potential home and then we're going to look
at for the very first time. And we saw this guy on the side of the road selling some type
of fruit. we're like... So i've been trying to figure out what the heck lima looks like.
Because he had these and i was wondering if they might be limas because there's this fruit here...
They're a little bit green, they're a little bit orange, and so we called him over like "Que vende?"
And he's like "mandarinas" means tangerine. Yeah so he's selling tangerines so we were in a hurry, the light was
about to turn green, so we just bought a bunch of tangerines from this guy. [Laughs] So we might have to hand
out some tangerines. It's our new business card [Laughs]. We did have that business idea, our million
peso idea a while back. There you go. So the idea, million peso idea, is that we would drive around in
my very dirty but trusty tangerine car here with tangerines that we would be selling. And then we
would have our good friend emma, who has the most awesome radio voice, say on the loudspeaker: whoa
[Laska talking] Lleve sus manderinas a cinco pesos la bolsa. Cinco pesos le cuesta, cinco pesos le vale.
Llevela para el jugo, para el refrigerio, para la comida, llevela llevela. Manderinas, cinco pesos la bolsa. [Laska talking]
Llevela Llevela [Laughs]
we're going through a small little town called Telchac right now and we're getting close to
the water. This has been a pretty drive up here. Yeah the roads have all been super nice. I mean we never
know when we're going out of a big city what it's going to look like but no potholes, no potholes,
smooth ride, pretty, and now we're... no tools either. That too. We're getting, i think five kilometers to
san crisanto, and we're driving close to the water but not quite on it. And there's lots of palm trees,
there's birds flying overhead, there's iguanas sitting on a bunch of the walls, and somewhere
near us, i don't know exactly where they are, but there's a flamingo habitat, like
this is where the flamingos live. So we're hoping to see some flamingos today as well. Driving
through san crisanto was so cute, it's such a quaint little town. I'm definitely excited to grab
some lunch at some very unofficial restaurant once we're done here. We pulled up into this seashell
parking lot. Look! This is - we stepped outside of our car and found these guys! Full seashells!
That's crazy! But anyway this is the condo, well one of them right here, there's some others being built.
So we're gonna go in here and check it out. Just a quick heads up, rocket languages is
running their holiday sales this week. Their black friday sale actually ended last night and their
cyber monday sale starts tonight at midnight. It's a really great deal but it's only for
the first 500 courses sold, so if you want to get in on that head on over to tangerinespanish.com
or click the link down in the description and that will take you straight to our affiliate
link. Again that's tangerinespanish.com and it starts tonight at midnight. We are now standing
in a fully finished phase one condo. This is on the third level? Yeah, all these are three bedrooms.
This is a couple who moved down here permanently from canada and they moved into here three months
ago. And they're nice enough to let us poke around and see what their finished furbished
apartment looks like so we're going to take you on a... Furbished? Furnished. Finished, furnished
apartment, we're taking you on a tour now. With more word blenders. So here's where we came in.
And then one of the bedrooms is right here with two big beautiful windows where you can see
the mangroves, i believe these are mangroves out here. Across the hall
is another bedroom with another big window you can see all that nature out there. Looking out the
window here you can see hundreds of flamingos. This bedroom also has a bathroom attached, so they have
a washer and dryer here in this little hallway. And then here is the bathroom with a nice shower.
The main hallway from the front door leads to the kitchen where they've got set up with these nice
bar stools and beautiful cabinetry. Fridge, and microwave oven, and the rare - the very
rare dishwasher. Here is the living space with this gorgeous wooden table.
And this leads right out to their patio with that gorgeous ocean view! Before we head out there
i'm going to take you into the last master bedroom where it also leads out to this patio.
It's got his and hers closet and also attaches to another bathroom with another shower here.
Now we're out here at the main attraction i would say, the patio. Oh for sure! It's big too!
Yeah, set up a lot of seating. They even have here, all these units come with hammock hooks.
So you got one that goes from here to here, which is, i mean come on, sitting out here in a hammock
just enjoying the ocean breeze, amazing! You've got basically a panoramic view out here of the ocean.
Oh! I mean i could sit out here for hours and hours and hours. They found all these shells on
the beach after a storm. Look at these big things! Show it against your head, you like doing that.
It's as big as his head! Look at this one, it's even bigger! This building that we're in right
now is their phase one project they also have two and three that are being built next door to this.
And then they have a fourth phase coming down the road in a little bit.
This unit here starts at around 160, and although phases one, two, and three are all sold out, we can
get on a waiting list if we want to. So we went down to the beach earlier and there isn't much
of a beach here but rick and julie were actually telling us that that's only since the storms came
through like a week ago. So rick, you were saying it has changed a lot here since the storms over
the past week or so? Yeah we've had about a week of wind and the waters usually crystal clear.
This wind has stirred up the sand quite a bit because it's not really that deep. But yeah
normally it's crystal clear water and you have a nice beach you can walk along. Yeah the beach
is usually a lot wider and actually you can see some manta rays going by. Wow. The water's so clear. Do
you think it's going to stay like this or is the water going to recede? The two full moons in
october i think what caused a really really wide beach, it was like 50 feet wide or about 15 meters
for other people. But the moon can change how wide the beach is? The moon controls the tide from what
i understand but don't quote me. I have no idea! It's something to do with the lunar cycles.
Yeah, so looking at the tide, the tide app, it's gonna be like this for a while
and then it's gonna widen out again. Well it's a nice place you got here, i like what you've done with it. Well thanks!
Yeah yeah, well we're pretty happy here and we're here for the long haul. Thank you again
for letting us tour the place, we really appreciate that! Oh no problem, you're welcome. We're in another
unit now. This is actually a couple who is from the us and they bought a penthouse unit so we're
coming up to the top here. The downstairs is pretty much what we showed you in the last tour of the
other condo. The difference is you go up the stairs here and you have this awesome penthouse!
The washer and dryer in this case is upstairs but let's get to the main attraction because this
is i know what you really want to see. This is what i really want to see. So they've set up
this like little seating area with this furniture here. Some lounge chairs. To my left here is this
bar where they've got a sink. They said they're going to be putting in a mini fridge and they're
bringing up their margarita maker. Oh and they were telling us that it's not totally complete up here,
that the construction workers still have a little bit more to do and they have some furnishing yet
to add. What else we have up here? They've got their own pool and then you walk right up
here beyond this glass, this is this amazing view! Basically bird's eye view of the ocean out here.
You can see the beach down there. All this nature. Here is another view of this beautiful terrace!
I'm so jealous of this place. All i know is if we decide to get one of these it's definitely going
to be a penthouse! Tangerine penthouse coming to a home near you. [Laughter] Coming to be a home near us. For us.
So they still have a few things left to do on this property when it's completely built and everything
there's going to be 24-hour security, they still have to put in a parking lot, there's going to be a
little palapa bar out by the pool, and a few other things like that. In a little bit we're
going to chat about whether this is a place we'd buy plus some additional information on the condo,
But first we want to check out the town of san crisanto. Gotta get me a coco loco!
Or maybe just a coco, we're driving. Bye! Here in san crisanto there's hardly even a store.
But i like it out here though. There's not too much to it, it's not a big town. We actually
drove so quickly through the town that i didn't get my coco frio that i wanted, and i was like
wait a minute? That's it? We're past it now? And so we turned around. Wait! Oh my gosh
Oh my gosh! Our decoy wallet. We thought for just a split second that we were literally out of pesos. I have
47 pesos in coins but thank you past maddie and jordan! Ah! We can buy coconuts! Yes! [Laughter]
Cocos frios! Hopefully they have some. Hola, buenas tardes.
Tiene cocos frios? Cocos frios, no. No? No tiene nada de coco? Cocos, no. Oh, okay.
Que precio tiene guanábana con coco? 15. 15? Okay. Quieres uno? Sí. Uno, por favor.
Despite advertising cocos frios, they didn't have any. Because i mean, i don't know where
they would source them here. Oh my gosh! There's literally palm trees with coconuts all over the place. But i got
a cocada with guanábana, which is soursop. I had this in playa del carmen, guanabana, and
i really liked it so i'm excited to try a cocada. I like it, do you want to try? I never know with
your reactions, you barely make a face or anything. It's not as cocada-y as our previous
hmm, oh yeah, not that sweet, i like it. I like it. Attempting another place with cocos frios.
Dulcería estefanie. Casi todo de coco. Almost everything of coconut.
Hola, buenas tardes. Hola! Se vende cocos frios? [Yells to someone in the back] Tienes cocos?
Sí, hay. Cuanto quieran? Que precio tiene? A 20 pesos. 20? Dos, por favor.
Dos. Yes! We won!
Check out these coconuts! Alrighty!
It's full! Gracias, buen día. Will you grab my coconut treat, please?
Hasta luego. Hasta luego.
All right! Look at our picnic table that we have here! Give 'er a try.
Hey!
Oh my gosh, it's so sweet! This is the sweetest coconut i've ever had!
Oh that's good! all right well we're gonna have to drink these here i think so that
maybe we can convince them to cut it in half and give us the meat out of it. [Laughs]
i'm just enjoying
this is nice with the umbrella. Good choice
So i walked in there and i didn't even have to ask, they just took the coconut and then brought
back the coconut meat. They knew right away. Ah! I like this. 20 pesos for a coconut, big coconut too.
And the coconut meat! Oh, what a day! Best day ever. Something that attracted us to these
condos in particular is that they're being built by canadian developers
with experience. And across mexico we've seen a lot of crappy construction so if we're gonna
buy something anywhere, ever in mexico, we want something that's built very well. We could tell
too in the details. Like i mean the sliding screen doors they felt hefty and not like the
average one that we've experienced in the rentals that we've stayed at. And just the fixtures and
stuff that. they're putting in like the cabinetry. But anyway... Really quick we got to show you this guy.
Hola! She keeps coming up, and then getting close, and then turning around and bolting in the other
direction. You're cute! You want to play? This was a really cool experience for us being that it was
our first time and thinking "Is this feasible? Do we like the looks of it?" How do we feel about the
vibe of the town?" I'll tell you what, coming here, i love the drive down here. So many palm trees and
you made the observation that it's not jungly but it feels more beachy. Yeah, well i noticed
that it was flat like there's a lot of grass and some trees and stuff, but it's almost more like a
deserty beach if that makes any sense? Which is totally different from the riviera maya side. One
of my favorite things too was that you look around and it's just surrounded by untouched nature. There
aren't any big resorts, or lots of houses, or stores. This is really off the beaten path. Sort
of undiscovered and undeveloped which is really really nice compared to how touristy it is on that
side. so i think that's a big plus about this area. Yeah, so these units here start at about 160 and go
up to somewhere around 270. Parrish was telling us that they're working on new development too, so
there will be more options in the future like we mentioned earlier, there's a wait list for these
right here because they're they're all sold out but sometimes the buyers will back out and
that's happened a few times with people's finances changing and stuff happening with covid, things
like that. And we were talking with Parrish who, by the way is one of the developers of this concept,
this complex, would you call it? This condo building. Yeah and he was saying that he would offer you
watching something special since you're watching our video. For anybody who might be interested in
the other developments that are coming up. One of those things would be upgraded countertops
so instead of granite it would be quartz. Don't want to take that for granted. Getting those better
countertops. And then secondly they were gonna give you a third air conditioning unit installed if you
mentioned tangerine travels. For any questions that you might have that we didn't answer in
this video, we will include parrish's information in the description below so you can reach out.
Maybe even if you're interested in the upcoming developments that they have coming out. Also, with
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