Buenos dias, amigos!
I'm Maddie.
And I'm Jordan.
And we are Tangerine Travels.
We are on our way to Plaza Andares because a few subscribers recommended that we head
there.
And since we saw the vast, ginormous of San Juan De Dios yesterday, we figured we'd go
to a little more modern version and see how that goes.
Uber was a little bit more expensive than it usually is, so when that's the case we
often walk a little bit to where we are on a one-way street going that way that we're
supposed to be going.
Then we can often save 20 or 30% on Uber rides that way.
Then on our way, we found some fresh-cut mango from a fruit stand.
This giant thing, which is probably the equivalent of like 2 and a half mangos, was
just 30 pesos, and he put chili salt, and lime.
One lesson we can impart on you, anyone who might have a gringo palette like we do, although
we like spicy, when anyone in Mexico says "No muy picante" (it's not very spicy).
It's spicy.
It's going to be spicy.
And it'll sneak up on you the longer you eat it.
We just arrived here at Plaza Andares, what are your first impressions?
This place is nice!
Probably really expensive.
I saw a Rolex store, so if that gives you any idea what is here.
This is probably nicer as in fancier and more ritzy than any mall I've ever visited in the United States,
and that includes places like Biltmore or Scottsdale Fashion Square.
But there's not a whole lot open yet so these are just our initial reactions, and we are
going to do our best to show you some of the stuff inside here without getting kicked out
for recording.
Again, we're still not sure if that's allowed or not allowed, so if you know, help us out
in the comments.
Our Uber ride here ended up being 56 pesos and it was about a 17-minute ride.
That was with Uber Pool.
Oh, we didn't end up having anyone join our pool.
Apparently the water wasn't that nice.
So we are here at Vincent Kitchen Grill which is just on the perimeter of the mall.
It's actually between a road, so there's shops on the other side.
And Jordan, what did you order?
I got huevos rancheros, which comes with ham, tortillas, eggs, and red sauce.
It was 98 pesos.
And then I got an omelette with mushrooms in it and that comes at a sticker prices of
122 pesos.
So when in the land of the rich people, you pay the rich people prices.
One of the more expensive items on the menu is a salmon eggs benedict and that's 175.
So we're going to eat a little bit of breakfast and then by then I think everything in the
mall should be open.
So we just went into our first store, Aeropostale.
We checked out some of the prices.
What did you think?
A little more expensive than the US.
You can get a nice, women's jean jacket for 80 dollars.
A pair of women's jeans for 40 dollars.
I saw a men's t-shirt for about 8 dollars.
And I think this store is nicer than any Aeropostale than I saw in the US, ever.
So it's much more high-scale here.
High-scale?
No, upscale.
Upscale.
High-class, upscale.
High class, upscale than in the US.
This is interesting.
It's not an Apple Store, it's a Mac Store.
It's still in a glass box though, that's the same.
Now we're here in the food court area, which appears to be kind of a half-moon shape with
a few dozen places.
Everything from Burger King, two sushi places, pretzels, and just about everything in between.
We are already noticing a whole lot of brand that you'd find in the US from H&M to Hollister,
Sephora.
It does seem like if you needed anything, and especially brands you might be familiar
with or really love, like for me, personally, Hollister fits me really well.
You're going to be able to find brands like that here with no problem.
Not only brands inside the mall but restaurants outside the mall.
It was almost exclusively restaurants that we have in the US.
It's kind of like a green house in here.
They have a nice secure parking lot here but it is 17 pesos an hour, no matter how many
hours you stay.
This parking lot is massive by the way, so if you ever need a place to park your Mercedes,
you're not going to have any trouble finding it (a parking spot).
We just got a donut from Krispy Kreme, and how much was it?
23 pesos.
So I think that's about the same price as the US.
So we just checked out the movie theater here, and the tickets appear to be 153 pesos for
an adult ticket.
And we've seen some more stores here and they're either about the same price as the US or more
expensive.
For example, Hollister was significantly more expensive, and they had no sales.
It's all the regular prices and the regular jacked-up prices.
If the video we got to this point hasn't told you the story, this place is HUGE!
It actually reminds us a lot of Vegas in the grandeur of the buildings, and the embellishments,
and everything that they put into the plants that are surrounding it.
It's just, wow!
OOOOH.
And if you leave the main area of the mall that's kind of in like one big loop, you cross
the street, there's even more stores.
So you have Coach, Michael Kors, some fancy store that only has 5 dresses displayed in
the window.
And there's, I don't know, probably 3, 4, 5 dozen along this whole strip.
I don't know what the name of it was but we just passed a watch store that had Rolex's
and a bunch of other fancy watches that I don't even know the brands.
Yeah, man, if you need or want to spend money, this is the place to do it.
So I think that about wraps up everything there is to see here at Plaza Andares.
What are your thoughts on it?
It's a little rich for my blood.
Yeah, to be honest, places like this, even in the US I never really felt that comfortable
because I'm the type that's totally happy to buy clothes at a thrift store or on sale
from the clearance rack, and that kind of thing.
It's not an enjoyable experience for me to be at a really fancy restaurant where I'm
not sure which side of the plate I need to put the big fork or the small fork on and
so.
This is a really cool place where you can find a lot of the brands from the US if you're
interested in that, just expect to pay higher prices than you would even in the US.
But, with that said, it's a really nice place!
It's beautiful!
Everything is so well-maintained.
From the plants, to the stores, to the sidewalk.
Everything.
The public chairs we're sitting on right now are nice, padded, and very comfortable.
Maybe not as much for here because she's sitting on me.
It's an interesting chair but I'd date it.
I hope you guys enjoyed this.
We did our best to show you all of the interesting architecture and the design of this place
and all the different stores.
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Hasta luego.