It's like Dr Dolittle at this AirBnB, where are we off to?
We are going to Tlacolula Market today it's one of the biggest and oldest markets in the
Oaxacan area and it's going to be grand I reckon!
We're finding very mixed information about how to get there, we're going to try and get
a bus.
Hola, buenos dias.
So we were waiting on Pereferico, one of the main roads in Oaxaca and we were supposed
to get the bus up to the baseball stadium and then have to get another bus but the a
bus came by which said Tlacolula anyway so we just jumped on.
Hopefully we get there.
Well that was easy!
Yea!
About half an hour, right bus, straight to the market we think, how much was it?
Ahh it was 15 pesos each, oh bargain, so about 70 or 80 cents.
A lot of surrounding farmers and ranchers and families come into the market to sell
and trade their goods and so it's a place to meet their friends and do business and
chat, it's a really convivial atmosphere.
Can't wait to see what is going on.
This is tejate and it's a pre-Hispanic drink, it's made out of corn, or maize, cacao and
also the pip of the mamey fruit which has been roasted.
It's really good, it's really refreshing.
Tamales!
I love these things, there's people walking around everywhere selling stuff so we grabbed
3 tamales, so these are mole negro, negro being the dark mole so mole is the sauce of
the region, it has chocolate and chilis and herbs and garlic and onion, everyone has a
different recipe, these will have chicken, the corn stuff inside, chicken, mole wrapped,
steamed, we're going to either take these home or find a restaurant for some food and
eat these at the same time.
It's really nice, it's actually not too crowded and there's so much to look at, so many different
foods to try, gorgeous flowers everywhere, women in traditional dress, it's really vibrant
and colourful.
There's heaps of these rotisserie chickens in the market so we thought we'd give them
a go, we've got chicken, rice, frijoles (beans), macaroni salad, coleslaw and tortillas of
course.
All for 35 pesos!
Yay!
Bargain and I forgot to say, these tamales were only 20 peso, that's $1 and I asked for
one portion but you get three tamales.
Oh, life is good!
Lunch done, it was fine nothing to really bother talking about too much, not too exciting
and it was a bit dry so we'll skip over that.
This is good though, fresh naranja or fresh orange juice.
How much was that?
13 peso.
13 pesos, oh, that's like 80 cents, and it's the sweetest thing you've ever tasted, the
orange juice here is to die for.
To die for, now, we think we should do a little comparison, this market versus Ocotlan which
you would have seen two vlogs ago which a lot of people I think toss up between coming
here on a Sunday when it's really big here or going there on a Friday when it's really
big there.
Our vote, definitely Ocotlan, yea, much better.
This one has a lot of tourists around, we're in that pool obviously but it doesn't feel
as earthy, rural and it's not nearly as exciting.
There's more food options too at the other market I thought.
Yea more food options at the other one, here there's quite a lot of plastic toys, garish
stuff, definitely go to the other one.
We're going to try and find a bus back to town now, back to Oaxaca, not quite sure how
but it can't be too hard because it's the main town and then we'll see where the day
takes us.
That was an easy bus ride, we're back in Oaxaca, it was too hot, we had to get an ice block.
Limon, which is lime here, so good.
Someone mentioned that we always seem to be eating ice-cream in every single vlog, I didn't
know ice cream was just a treat?
It's a necessity!
It's a daily thing and this is an ice-block, it's not ice-cream at all.
We have to head back to our apartment now because we're actually filming and recording
a podcast with Ryan Wilkes from The Path Less Traveled, he's an awesome vlogger, he's in
NZ at the moment, our homeland so we love watching his stunning, stunning videos, we'll
link him below, definitely check out his YouTube channel it's ace and definitely hit subscribe
to his channel and if you haven't hit subscribe on our channel yet do that while you're at
it.
We've got to head back to the apartment, film that and we'll see you afterwards.
Podcast done, I reckon that went really well, it did, yea, it was super good.
Check out Ryan's channel below we'll link it down there.
Now quite a few hours have passed so it's gotten a little bit dark and it's time for
dinner.
It's dinner time and we are finally going to get round to trying a Oaxacan specialty
a tlayuda.
Let's go and see what all the fuss is about.
Wow, it looks so good.
So a tlayuda is a gigantic tortilla which is baked and it comes with pork lard, beans,
quesillo- Oaxacan string cheese and you can add meats on the top.
We've added steak and also chorizo.
Traditionally that's all a tlayuda has but sometimes you see them and they're served
open with avocado, tomato, lettuce and all that sort of fancy stuff on the top.
But we're going trad tonight.
Mmmm it's really good.
People describe it like a Mexican pizza and I can see what they're talking about, I'm
going to add some salsas and make it more spicy.
Jamaica.
Yes please.
This drink is great guys.
It's so refreshing- it's hibiscus.
That was good, it was really massive so we probably could have shared one but you know
how we are we go guns a-blazing.
We are looking forward to trying the less traditional one, the one with the veges on
top so when we find one we will film it and show you what they look like.
Thank you so much for watching we've had an awesome day exploring Oaxaca and the surrounds.
We hope we've inspired you to eat and explore like a traveler, not a tourist.
Forgot to tell you that the meal with 2 drinks and 2 tlayudas was 140 peso so about $7USD.
Bargain!