What's up Tangerineys! We are on our very first Mexican bus now. We have had a
fabulous time in Tulum but it is off to a new city, Playa del Carmen. Playa!
And we are moving!
So we didn't get to tell you guys this yesterday because getting off the bus
and trying to find our hotel was a little bit hectic with vendors and sensory
overload. But Jordan, what did you think about the whole experience? I thought it
was super easy, pretty reasonably priced at 84 pace as a person, and nice ride,
lots of legroom. Yeah, way easier than I expected
and much cheaper than the one cab driver who quoted us from Tulum to Playa was,
his lowest price with 600 pesos. This was way less hassle, less to deal
with than doing that, so I'm glad we did
So we just got to our hotel, we're gonna check in here really quick, take a breather, put
our stuff down and I'm pretty stoked to go out and explore the streets of Playa!
We're gonna give you guys a little tour of our hotel room before we totally
mess it up with our stuff. First of all there's air conditioning so I'm so
thankful for that it's pretty hot and humid here as well, just like Tulum. We
have a view out here to this main street where in just a few minutes we were
bombarded by all sorts of vendors and stuff so to me it's like the beach Vegas
strip. Oh my gosh, this bed is gigantic! And then we have the bathroom over here,
big shower so I can do some handstands and cartwheels. I think we're really
gonna enjoy it here. And of course, if we ever get bored we just step outside. Can
we step outside? We might not be able to step outside. We can, oh we can step
outside for some people watching. Wow, so we have three doors here must be for
noise. Noise control. Wow, this is awesome!
Okay, so with a little bit further reflection I definitely think this
double door thing is to protect from the sound because it is pretty darn loud out
there and I can hear absolutely nothing. I don't even understand how this is
working, what sorcery they're using but it is peaceful and quiet yet we get to
see all the hullabaloo happening! So Jordan, it's our first time in Playa del
Carmen, you want to go explore? You ready for some margaritas? I love the way you think.
All right so we just started walking on this main street, what is this
street called? I think it's Fifth Avenue. What are your
thoughts so far, maybe we've been walking like 15 minutes? So it's a walking street,
no cars whatsoever, lots of vendors, lots of shops, people, tons of stuff going on.
Things are pretty expensive - the beach is one block that way, you probably have to
go like two blocks that way and they're 1/3 of the price. And then the price drops down, yeah.
I've noticed that the vendors and
everything are just as pushy as they were in Puerto Vallarta. Oh yeah. Another
popular tourist destination. And if you're looking for drugs you'll have no
problem finding them because in a few blocks, we've probably had 10 people offer us drugs.
[Dude listing off all the drugs he has to sell]
[Laughter] Don't do it kids, don't do it.
Our very first interaction though was like "You
wanna buy some weed? No, do you wanna buy some coke?"
No! [Laughter] Oh wow, what you got there?
I was feeling like some churros and there's tons of churro vendors here so
the first person I asked said 35 pesos, it comes with three of them. I was like nah, I'm
gonna scope it out. Then the next person I asked said 50 pesos. Then the next
person said 40, I said no, then they immediately lowered it to 30. I'm like okay sold.
How's it taste? Do you like it? Yeah they're pretty good! Worth 30?
My first churros in Mexico. Ahhh! Yeah worth the 30. They smell good!
Good morning Tangerineys! This is our first full day here in Playa Del Carmen,
land of the tourists, so we're doing like the tourists do - starting off our day at
Senor Frogs for a free margarita with our order here because we were able to
get that from Hotel Lunata where we're staying which is super cool, and the ocean
right now is so high. This was once a beach club but now it is just, we're right
up on the ocean, which is not bad either. Spectacular view, it's gorgeous outside
especially in the shade! I'm excited to see what we're gonna do today although
we don't really know what that is yet.
Sadly, we never found this in Tulum but guess where we're going now!?
El Centro del Centro!
This is the first Centro we've seen with a view of the ocean which is pretty cool! This is amazing! I
am super excited to go to the beach! We only spent a wee bit of time there in
Tulum but we're right next to here, let's do it! Let's go!
They're coming from the in and they're coming from the out!
If you remember that reference, you're a true tangeriney!
Okay, you guys, it's super windy. I hope that doesn't ruin this but we are [SCREAMS]
We are walking on the beach right now, we decided from Senor Frogs that we wanted to get a little sand between our - Oh Sh#@
[Laughter]
Wanted to get a little sand between our toes.
And we're getting attacked by seaweed and waves.
The sargasm here is a lot more... I don't, I don't think that's actually what it's called. I don't think it's sargasm, I think it's like
sargazo or something. Sargazo. The seaweed stuff here's a lot more prevalent than in Tulum.
We are just leaving Lido Beach Club, the first restaurant that we've experienced in Playa Del Carmen
that did not try to add something extra to our bill. The drinks were amazing, the
food was awesome, we've had quite a few bad experiences here, like people trying to
take advantage of tourists it seems like. Take our recommendation, go to this place if you're here.
After a long day in the sun, coming back to this room at the hotel, awww! The air conditioning - it feels so nice in here!
So now we've been in Playa del Carmen for two days, what do
you think of it? What do you think like comparing to Tulum maybe and like the
vibe of the city? It's definitely more touristy than Tulum but in Tulum we had
a different experience in many might have if you're staying right on the
beach versus in town. Yeah. It's very very different, those two things. I was a
huge fan of Tulum. Playa del Carmen, it's probably a bit too touristy for me. At
the same time, you're right next to the ocean. If you don't speak Spanish you're
not gonna have any problem at all. what about you, what do you think? Playa it's nice,
the beach is great, I think this makes a great vacation spot but not a spot that
I would probably come back to. One of the downsides for us in Playa is that it's a
way more expensive than other Mexican cities were used to. Oh yeah! It's double
triple the price of what we're used to paying in Mexico. And in our experience
so far, there are always things sneakily added to the bills so that's something
to like watch out for. By the way, we're back at our hotel it's called Hotel Lunata.
I'm super glad we picked this place
because it's right on the main street (Fifth Avenue), so close to so many restaurants, and all the
action-ey things that are happening. You're not on the beach but it's a
fraction of the price because of that and the beach is one block away. One block away. And even
though we're right on the main busy street, it's super quiet back here! It's
like a nice little relaxation station. A relaxation station. Weee!
So we're not usually after dark people but we're setting out in Playa del Carmen almost after dark
so we shall see what happens! [Laughter] Vamanos!
So we just left the Tequila Barrel and that was a hoot and a half!
Yeah that was fun! I'm not a late-night person, anymore at least, but that was a
good time and you're not a late-night person either - not at all. What did you think? I'm well past
my bedtime right now but it was a lot of fun.
And now we're walking down Fifth Avenue seeing what
there is see. It's 11:45 p.m. and there's a whole bunch of people on the beach we're
like oh maybe there's a turtle laying an egg or something? Not the case. There's tons of people
surprisingly, but as we continue to walk along the beach it seems like completely
all Mexicans, as if smartly, all the locals go to the beach because there's
so many tourists during the day, the only time they can actually enjoy the beach
is at night. We're heading back to the hotel now.
Time to get some sleep. It's time to get some shut eye.
Good morning, this is day three in Playa del Carmen. We are sitting here at this
highly recommended cafe Madrez [Maddie's struggling to pronounce the name] Madrez.
We stayed up way past our bedtime so we're
also kicking off the morning with a healthy dose of caffeine! I'm excited for
this breakfast, it's like gonna be a waffle with eggs and stuff on top of it. Ooh yeah!
We're back here once again for the second day in a row at Lido bar and
restaurant right on the beach, because good food, some of the best
prices we've seen in Playa, and you have this awesome view!
Well, as much as we
were really enjoying having view of the ocean, and having some drinks, and food.
Mother nature had different plans for me. My uterus is currently trying to kill me.
Heading back to the hotel room where I can at least die in air-conditioning.
[Laughter]
[Maddie talking to the cat. Meow!]
Ahh! We are back at the hotel, it feels so good to be in air-conditioning and this bed has my
name on it. Hoping that in like an hour or 2 this goes away so we can continue our
adventures in Playa del Carmen!
She's alive! I'm alive! It's a few hours later now but I feel much
better after resting a little bit and lavender essential oil and peppermint
essential oil helped a lot. We're going to try to rally.
We're now walking around
some type of a fancy pants mall. Oh there's hotel rooms above here. Steve Madden, there's hotel rooms above here,
No way we can afford anything around here!
Are you trying to kick him to make sure he's not real? I saw someone get fooled
yesterday. So if you want to do any shopping - Playa del Carmen is great place
to do it. There are tons of stores for souvenirs, we've run into a couple of malls
with major brands like Victoria's Secret and American Eagle.
If it's like other malls we've been to though, for US brands - expect to pay
higher prices than you would in the states. Yeah, the import taxes will get you. I just realized,
you get on an escalator and you become like the laziest person in the world. You
don't even take another step. Do do dod do do do do! Wow, this is exhausting, when will this ever end?
Earlier I mentioned that we thought Playa del Carmen was quite a bit more expensive than the cities
we've become accustomed to in Mexico, and I know that if I don't put this
disclaimer in here I'm gonna get a whole bunch of comments saying "well you have
to get out of the tourist areas." Yes, yes. But comparing the tourists centric areas
of each city we've been, this is the most expensive, for sure!
And Puerto Vallarta, I think was like a sister city to Playa del Carmen,
however even though we thought Puerto Vallarta
was expensive at the time, this far surpasses that.
We found more swings! I don't know about you Jordan, but I'm a little
bit disappointed with myself that I ever went to a bar that didn't have swings
and consented to that.
[Laughter]
Drinks are coming. Our drinks are coming! [Laughter]
Miss, can you please take the drink from the top? Can you?
I don't know! [Laughter]
Okay, grab the beer, just the beer.
Just the beer? Just the beer.
[Laughter]
Ready? Yep!
And the red eye for the guy. [Laughter]
[Laughter]
Margarita. [Laughter] You're very talented! Thanks a lot!
[Laughter] Thank you!
That was super super cool! That's one more place we can recommend
to you guys - Carboncitos! The food was really
good and they didn't try to screw us over or
anything, so that's always a plus! The service was pretty cool too, bringing
drinks out on his head added a nice extra touch to it.
Thank you guys for watching up until this point! Tomorrow you can look forward
to our video from the island of Cozumel wherever we're snorkeling in the ocean,
and you get to see Laska's reaction when we come back to Ajijic. At that point
we are going to be moving - going to a new city. Then we're going to be going to Día
de Los Muertos, and if you're as confused as we are about where the heck
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