hola amigos buenas tardes bienvenido a la Mexico today I'm visiting the area of
ECATEPEC a large area on the northern outskirts of Mexico City in Mexico
State itself often described as the most dangerous area of Mexico I've got
the CDMX subway to the end of line B to CIUDAD AZTECA a significantly
poorer and rougher area of Mexico than I'm used to but I want to focus on the
positives. ECATEPEC is home to the teleferico mexicable ecatepec, a
modern cable car system designed to improve safety reduce crime and improve
access to Mexico see so let's see what this area is really like
I'm heading to Santa Clara and I really think I really think is worth coming to
areas like this where New Mexico City were any city because obviously in the
outskirts it's gonna be slightly less well-off less affluent that kind of
thing it will be dirtier more dilapidated and rundown but that's
isn't that the spirit of a place that you visit you know you see a different
side of it and there's just this artwork amazing amazing artwork on walls
graffiti and a kind of thing and locals local shops and yeah it's awesome take a
look at this artwork you can see his Facebook page up there a bit like in
Comuna 13 in Medellin oh am I giving a hint as to the theme of this
video yes I just did wonderful let's go
I literally I'm in the ghetto now so I have to go basically through a paper
recycling plant over a small River and under an underpass up there
oh so tiring but I'm hoping it's gonna be worth it because I can see some
amazing views ahead of me oh my god literally I'm in the middle of nowhere
look at all these paper and cardboard trucks recycling very industrial area
I'm heading that way
so I have finally reached my destination yes you've seen it in the thumbnail
you've seen it in the title that's right Mexico City has its own cable car what
you didn't expect that did you I've literally seen no other tourists on
the way here so it's definitely somewhere where no tourists have gone
before in the words of Captain Picard so you've got a big frida kahlo thing up on
the on the building there you will be elephants behind me
wonderful lots of lovely artwork so I said earlier that this Mexicable
is what it's called was basically connected to the video i did in
colombia in Medellin about the Metrocable yeah that went up to Comuna 13
and largely it's here for the same reason it was modeled after the one in
Colombia I believe I might be wrong and it was largely constructed for the same
reason to improve access from poor areas for City to the sea let's go have a look
so the make our play is awesome there are 190 of these cable cars and seven
stops so you go away from Santa Clara down the bottom up to La Canada which is
where I'm going I think I've just gone through the fifth stop halfway through
you have to get off and then you go on another one and and luckily as you can
see I'm by myself in a cable car amazing and the views are stunning the buildings
are so colorful pinks yellows oranges stunning you have mountains hills the
views are spectacular across the distance amazing this gotta stop saying
amazing if it's so much similar to Medellin and in terms of the views that
you have and as I said you know no tourists are here I'm literally the only
one so this is a great place to come in Mexico just look at the views behind
me and the cable cars it's fascinating
you might read online that the Mexicable costs 6 pesos well gone up it's 7
you get one of these cards basic it's a bit confusing there's a ticket machine
this costs 30 pesos in total so 10 for the card and you basically deposit 20
pesos onto the card so it's enough to get up and down 7 7 14 so very cheap and
also the staff are fantastic so every time that you stop at a station and they
will close the doors, say buenas tardes that is simple basic manners but I'm not
used to that kind of thing where I'm from
wonderful Mexico this is just awesome
I've got off at the seventh stop okay I'm literally blown away
is this still Mexico City or is it Medellin is it a Pueblo Magico it feels
like a magic town cuz you've got churches you've got local food
everywhere you've got that small-town feel I know that obviously it's
considerably less well-off then you know the center of Mexico City but you've got
the cable cars going overhead and they're blue skies it's absolutely
stunning I can't believe it I didn't know this base existed or the cable cars
existed until about a week ago so I would absolutely recommend coming here
it's time for some food I think
I'm gonna head back down now on the Mexicable I've really enjoyed today
it's been one of the best days I've had in ages I strongly suggest you come here
when you're Mexico City because it's it's completely different to what you
would expect for Mexico City it's amazing by the way I had some donuts and
they were stunning check out my Instagram if you want to see the
pictures of them thank you very much thanks for watching don't forget to like
leave a comment what do you think of this area did you know there was a cable
crime let's go see and don't forget to subscribe thank you very much I'll catch
you later okay so it's a few days later I'm in a very sunny Roma just editing
this video actually and I thought I would do a short addendum just to cover
a few bits which maybe you're thinking about as a result of watching this video
so one of the great things about being a few days late with my uploads in terms
of when I did it and when I actually upload the video is that I will post a
lot of photos on Instagram on the day that I actually went to a place and I'll
get a lot of feedback from people and that has been the case with this
particularly from Mexican viewers which is great you know when I thought about
going to this place I did read that a Caterpillar's considered one of if not
the most dangerous area in Mexico and that was backed up by some of you who
have sent me messages commented on photos things like that which is great
and you know one of the things that was said was that even for some Mexican
residents they wouldn't dream of going to this area and as you saw in this
video I did mention twice that I felt like I was the only foreigner there and
I can see why and you know one of the things I just wanted to highlight was
that you know you'll notice that this video is very positive
the main focus was about the make a bleh I didn't address safety or danger
particularly walking from Ciudad Azteca heart to Santa Clara
I didn't address that at all because one of the things I like to do in videos
leave it up to your interpretation I won't say everything there's implying
yeah I will imply certain things and I think you're intelligent enough to
realize that that's what I'm talking about
so when yeah one of the things that I've had a lot of questions about is that did
I feel safe there you know there was sometimes walking
from Sudan has take her to Santa Clara that yeah I didn't feel particularly
safe I got lost a couple of times got chased by a pack of dogs
which wasn't on film I did get followed by a guy on a bike he then started
talking to me I think he was saying to me basically to stake be careful filming
I got a lot of strange looks which is understandable because you know people
don't go there in terms of foreigners and I basically went into a shop to buy
a NARANJA Y NADA my favorite and and I lost this guy he was following me
but and did I feel safe overall I wasn't particularly unsafe you know because I
go to a lot of these places and I'm used to it so I'm not saying that you should
go to this this place if you do have worries about that kind of thing and you
don't expect I did walk to they're making cobbler you can get the bastards
I said in the video so yeah but but overall I had a great day it's
definitely a side of Mexico that I haven't seen before and I would
recommend that you go there to experience that yeah and an overall it's
as with so many places that get a bad rap in terms of safety in danger it's
not as bad as you think as I said the staff on the main car Bay were
professional fantastic and it really highlights how not only that was built
for accessibility into the city but also in terms of safety of the locals for the
locals so when yeah I just wanted to sum that
up I hope you enjoyed the video I've really
enjoyed going there and editing it and etc it's something that I haven't seen
any other youtubers do in terms of going to this place so when you're in Mexico
go there that's all I can say so once again thanks for watching and I'll catch
you later