What's up Manderinitas! Que paso Tangerineys!
We're just grabbing a quick bite here at
one of our favorite restaurants around the Lake Chapala area called restaurante,
No, Frida restaurante. No, Frida's Restaurante or Frida's taco I think it says on Google
Maps. We really love this place!
Great tacos, great food, good price, good feelings, Village Inn.
I'm just kidding. [Laughter]
What? Good food, good feelings, Village Inn. [Laughter]
This is not sponsored by Village Inn or anything, anyone else. Oh my gosh.
We're here because we need to fuel up. We've been doing insanity every day
basically for the past few weeks.
It's a workout program. Yeah, I'm starting to feel like
sore is the new normal. [Laughter]
Yeah, so we have travels coming up.
Maddie: We really need to get our... Jordan: That's going to involve swimsuits, so we need to get in shape!
I'm running into a problem now. Since I've been working out, my appetite's
bigger and now I need more food to fill me up.
[Laughter] So anyway, gotta get our booties in shape in
the most literal sense of the word. We decided to bust out insanity again. We
used to do it for something like six months before leading up to Mexico. Five
times a week or so, but it's been rough.
Getting back into it. We told you guys in
some previous videos that we had a big trip coming up and we were going to tell
you where it is. Can I get a drum roll please?
Ah crap. He's gotta work on the drum roll. [Laughter]
Okay, we're going to tell you but
by the end of the video because we have some fun stuff coming up!
Hello. Hello.
We'd like to make an appointment. For a cleaning.
Do you have time now?
Today? Yes.
Okay, let me ask.
Is there an available appointment for both of us?
Yes. Oh, very well.
And how much is it for a cleaning? 190 pesos.
For each.
You can put your things here.
This is also your first time here, right? Yes.
Do you speak Spanish?
I'm learning. You guys are learning? The two of you?
Do you go to classes?
Just online and audio courses.
Well don't your teeth look clean!
How did it go? For about ten bucks, I would say it's
a pretty good value. To be honest, it was a little bit more uncomfortable than
other cleanings I've had.
In the US. I mean that's probably the only place you've
ever had cleanings. Exactly. But maybe I had more plaque buildup or whatever. But how
do you think it went? This is definitely cheaper than any cleaning that I've ever
gotten done in the u.s. even with the copay that you have with insurance, but I
thought she used this little like pokey water pick that was - yeah pretty
uncomfortable and splashing water all over the place. On my face, up my nose.
So it wasn't ideal. And we both came out of here with two cavities, so kind of upset
about that. We brush our teeth really well but the cavities, to take care of
them, are 490 pesos each, like per tooth. So, that's not going to be too bad,
we'll just come back another day and take care of that. But as far as dental
experiences go, they had a really clean office, they were very friendly, and they
spoke English and Spanish so that was really nice. Each cleaning was 190
pesos and she got one x-ray which was 120 pesos.
Well right before we came to Mexico I got royally screwed by a dental office.
Like literally the worst experience with any business that I've ever had.
They screwed me out of thousands of dollars. So I wanted to do an x-ray, not
because I was doubting their ability to tell whether I have a cavity or not, but
because one of the things that this previous dentist did was say that I
needed a bunch of work done when I actually didn't, so I just wanted to get
that x-ray to be double certain.
So with one x-ray and two cleanings, we were out
of there paying 500 pesos total. Now we are waiting for the bus and we are on
our way to do something that's been recommended to us but very few people
here know about it, and we hear it's a pretty cool experience! Yeah I was kind
of shocked to find out that this is something that people, even who have
lived here for years and years, have never heard about. So we are going to
show you guys! You'll have to stick around for at least another 20 seconds
before you find out. [Laughter]
This secret place that we were told about is the San Antonio Malecon near
Ajijic, but it's in San Antonio Tlayacapan. I think that's how you say it.
But we were told that the birds are gone right now, they might be back pretty soon.
But at some point there's like hundreds of thousands of birds around here.
Which I think is excessive - hundreds of thousands?
He might have said Millions.
Millions!? Oh gosh, I don't know about that!
It's a white herron!
WAH!
So these boats right here have seen better days!
But it's kind of like - It feels like
a bit of a nature preserve back here.
We first came down San Jose from the Carratera.
And we came up upon the malecon here. So far, what do you think? The water
is really high right now and it seems like there's quite a bit of trash. Maybe
that's from recent storms or lots of rain or something. Yeah like dredging it all
up. But based on that pile of boats back there, I feel like the water was much
lower and so that's where they were storing them. And now that the waters
come up it has sort of engulfed them. But yeah, it is really nice and peaceful.
There's like no one here and I'm pretty sure that this path doesn't even appear
on Google Maps. No it doesn't.
So you would have no indication that you could come back here and
there would be something. Unlike every other malecon that we visited on the
north shore of Lake Chapala, you can't even see the lake because of
all these reeds or whatever type of plant it is back here. But I think of all
of them San Juan Cosala, Jocotepec, Chapala, Ajijic, this one is the most
tranquil of them all. Yeah, I agree.
The sounds of bugs maybe? Birds?
I don't know. [Laughter] For the trip we have planned coming up, we had already
booked our flight there and back on two separate airlines. Because it was cheaper that way. Yeah, and we had
our hotels booked. And then I just happened to go onto my bank account today - I had a
refund from Viva Aerobus,
Which I asked you - because personally I don't check my bank often
unless I have a reason to or I'm paying it
something, like paying a card.
Yeah, I don't either.
So I was like "Uh, what the heck?" So
then I went to the email to see if there was any notification. Nothing. If this would
have happened and I didn't check my bank. We would've showed up.
And not had a flight! In this situation, is this something to
call PROFECO about? Because that's messed up! I've flown lots in my life and
nothing like that has ever happened! Because yeah, if we went to the airport and expected to be
on this flight, and then all of a sudden that flight's not available, there's no
seats on another flight, and we're supposed to be checking into the hotel
that day, I mean what do we do?
So we had to book a new one. On a different airline because were not messing with that again!
So we booked a new flight. It was more expensive, thankfully not that much more! Let us
know below if Viva Aerobus is something to watch out for?
Or if this is common with Mexican airlines? So now we're walking
the other way on the Malecon and we passed by some playground equipment.
All these benches out here and behind me is like probably the most scenic view
that I've seen of Lake Chapala with all these plants coming up and kind of
framing the mountains. There are some trash cans over here though, way out
there. Which makes me wonder if all of this is normally not under water, and the
lake is just so so high that it's sort of flooded this whole area. Do you have
any final thoughts on this malecon?
Well I'm glad we came. It's so much nature. I
think if there was any malecon that I would pick to do a picnic. Pick for a
picnic. [Laughter] It'd be this one.
I would love to come back when those birds are gonna be here. The
hundreds of thousands, or millions. Allegedly! [Laughter] Millions? Oh my...
So we're walking home now. Walking through the La Floresta neighborhood and
within about 50 feet, we were stopped by two people in cars who recognized from
our YouTube channel. And no, that it's not a humble brag, that is because we
wanted to ask, no we don't want to ask.
We're answering the number one question that
everyone asks us when they meet us, and that is how long are we going to be in
Ajijic and also where are we going to be traveling next? So, first we would like to
ask you guys, where do you think we should travel next within Mexico? What
city? What state? Where should we go?
We are also going to tell you some ideas
that we have for places that we might want to go. On my end, I would really
really love to go to Puebla City. And then continue traveling farther down
south to Oaxaca City. And perhaps Puerto Escondido after that. Because
Puerto Escondido was the number one place we wanted to visit before our travels in
Mexico. And Jordan? If I had to say one place was calling my name, it'd be Mazatlan.
Which we've already been to but we loved! Or the Baja Peninsula. But I'd also love
to return to Zacatecas, I'd love to visit the Yucatan (Peninsula), see more of that. What else?
So as you can tell, we're all over the place! [Laughter]
We have these ideas of places we
think would be cool but nothing is set in stone.
As for how long we're going to be in Ajijic, probably about a month or so. We
just got word that the owners of the house that we're living in are getting
pretty close to selling their house in Europe. And at that time, we are going to
have to vacate the premises and have a plan!
Vacate the premises. Vacate! It's not that serious.
They'll just politely tell us "Please leave in a few weeks, or else!" I'm just
kidding. [Laughter] We're walking through La Floresta right now. I already said that.
And I have to say that this neighborhood is my favorite that we've seen in all this area. Yeah
the cobblestone roads, although they still exist, are much easier to walk on
Everything is perfectly manicured and perfectly well-kept!
It's gorgeous! Nice sidewalks, super tranquil.
Yeah. As for this big trip that we have coming up that we've been excited for
for weeks now. Planning, and
emailing, and researching, and watching. [Laughter]
Stuff to figure out. Drumroll please!
[Jordan doing a drumroll]
We are flying into Cancun, and going down to Tulum, and then up to Play del Carmen. Our first
time on the Yucatan Peninsula and I am freaking stoked!
We have so much planned
there, and we think it's gonna be awesome, and make for some great videos! So if you
guys have any recommendations, things that you want to see in these videos,
things that we should do, let us know in the comments.
Does dad have a treat bone?
A bone treat? Do you want your new bone?
Big thanks to Annette and Mike, our
patrons. We had the chance to meet up with them recently for breakfast which
is a lot of fun, and they gave us, Oh jeez!
You little derp! [Laughter] They gave us this treat
for Laska!
Do you want it? Do you want the bone?
Okay, sit.
Go fetch.
Laska, you look adorable!
They also gave us one more fun thing, but we first have to say thank you
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