- Hello, Tangerinees, from somewhere in Mexico.
- And welcome to our second ever
"10 Minute Tangerine Travels Tuesdays",
where we're releasing a shorter video
than our regular Saturday videos.
Today, we're going to be talking about
the 11 things that we love most about living in Mexico.
Don't get us wrong, it's not all rainbows and sunshine,
but after three years of being in this country,
these are the things we love the most.
- The first thing we love about Mexico
is the diversity of landscapes and nature, in general,
across the country.
- Yeah, so of course,
everyone knows Mexico has beautiful beaches,
but you have everything else,
rainforest, jungle, desert, mountains, snow,
like literally everything.
And then whatever else you can't think of,
it probably has that too.
- It's almost as if you have an entire Earth in one country.
- The next thing we love about Mexico
are the street vendors.
This is something that I didn't have
too much experience with,
before living and traveling in Mexico.
But it is so cool the variety of things
that you can get from street vendors.
Some of them are stationary,
and they sell like their artesanias,
or food and snacks.
And others of them drive around, or push their cart
around the neighborhoods.
And then they have their really unique calls,
so you always know who it is.
Honestly, I think that's some of the best part
is hearing like the Agua Ciel or
- [Jordan] Co co co co co
- Co co co co cos (laughing)
Or, what's one of my favorite ones,
Cinco Pesos Los Tamales (laughing)
- Something I love about Mexico,
are the people's strong work ethic,
their entrepreneurial mindset,
and their willingness to get creative,
to take personal responsibility for themselves
and their family.
Even if they don't have a job,
they're going to get creative and make one.
- Next thing we really enjoy about living in Mexico,
is the cost of living.
It is so much lower than in the US,
or even in Canada, or Europe.
Compared to where we were living back in Arizona,
it's generally about a third of the cost.
That does have exceptions, of course,
like where we were living in the Riviera Maya,
it was about half as expensive,
or maybe two thirds as expensive.
So it does obviously depend on where you are in the country,
but as a general rule, most things
are a lot less expensive for living expenses and whatnot.
- Something else we love about living in Mexico
is what do we love?
- Oh my gosh, Jordan's a little tie tie,
so I might take this one from here.
We love the history of Mexico.
I come from a very young state, Arizona, in the US
so there's not too much history there.
So it's so cool, to come to a country like Mexico
that is just exploding with intricate, complex, history.
- Yeah, you have these pre-Hispanic cultures,
you have ancient ruins, you have old mining towns,
colonial cities.
- And influence from a lot of other places in the world.
So instead of going to Europe, for instance,
you can go to some of these places like Guadalajara,
Mexico City, Merida, and you have a lot
of influence from like France, and Italy, and Spain,
and other countries as well.
So you don't have to travel very far.
And it kind of goes back to the low cost of living.
You can get a much cheaper vacation or much cheaper life
while enjoying the beautiful history that Mexico has.
And something that goes along with all that complex history
is the beautiful, jaw-dropping, stunning, architecture.
- In so many cities throughout Mexico,
probably hundreds of them,
you find this gorgeous colonial architecture.
Many of the cities have a lot of Spanish influence
and they're designed around a center square,
in a grid pattern.
The buildings can't be more than a few stories high.
So every street is just super pretty.
- Yeah. And it gets more complex the more we learn about it.
And I'm starting to appreciate the architecture
a lot more as we're learning about Baroque style,
and Neoclassical, and many others, that I'm still...
We're just kind of scratching the surface of it.
But it's so cool to see the history,
like you just, you can stare at it.
You can see the physical example of the history
in the cathedrals and the facades of buildings
and even the architecture of like Mayan ruins for instance,
and that other indigenous ruins...
Is it indigenous ruins? Across...
'cause they're not all Mayan, Aztec...
- Ancient. I'd call it ancient ruins.
- Ancient ruins. Yeah, That's the umbrella.
- Something we love about living in Mexico
is the diversity of cities.
You have these small pueblitos, huge metropolises.
Sometimes we're in the mood to live in a small beach town.
Other times we're in the mood to live in a big city
and there's hundreds of colonial cities.
So the variety of cities is something we love
about living in Mexico.
- Oh boy, next thing we love,
this might be the biggest one on this list.
And if you've watched any of our videos before this,
you know, this one's true.
We love the food and drink in Mexico,
which is some of the most unique, and flavorful,
and awesome, that we have ever had in our entire lives.
On the list of drinks, we've got like Mezcal, Tequila,
fresh juices, Tecate.
Oh my gosh, so many drinks.
And then for food, some of my favorites are, Tlayudas.
We've got Carne en su Jugo,
and just so much fresh, prepared food,
that for me, it's great.
A lot of it's made with corn, therefore, it's gluten-free.
So that's another awesome feature.
But even like in tacos, you know,
Mexico's highly known for its tacos,
but the variety of stuff that you can put in a taco,
and make tastes like heaven, holy crap, sign me up.
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We didn't know what we were getting ourselves into
when it comes to this one, before coming to Mexico,
but one thing we love about Mexico
is that people are very friendly towards foreigners here,
both visiting and living.
- Yeah, to be honest,
I was a little bit surprised that this was the case,
given the political and social turmoil.
Not to get so into it,
because we don't like getting into politics,
but you know, there's the whole like build the wall
between the US and Mexico.
So, for all we knew before traveling,
people would be very hostile towards Americans
because maybe the Mexicans thought that all of us thought
the same, or all of us was for certain political party,
or like, who knows.
But thank goodness, that is not the case.
We feel incredibly welcomed here.
And like, I mean, literally Mexicans welcomed us
here with open arms.
They just want to share their culture, and their lifestyle,
and their food, and their country with us.
They want us to love it as much as they do.
- And also in terms of friendliness towards foreigners,
their immigration policies,
it's one of the few countries in the world
where we can go to and get 180 days visa-free.
Yes, there's a lot of countries you can go to
and get a visa that allows you to stay in the country
for 180 days.
But very few that do it visa-free.
The next thing we love about living in Mexico,
are the Mexican people.
- Oh yes.
Mexicans are some of the kindest,
most welcoming, and family oriented,
and friendly people we've ever met.
And to give you an example,
when we were first starting to travel in Mexico,
and first living in Mexico,
when we would meet people, and become friends with them,
I was in complete disbelief at the length
that our friends would go to help us adapt to daily life,
or to do favors for us, without us even asking them,
answering any questions that we ever had.
It was like, "Oh my gosh, like, what do they want from us?"
Because...
- Yeah, no kidding, they went to such great lengths
that it was jaw-dropping to us.
- Yeah, it was jarring.
Because friends, people who I would've called friends
back in the US, wouldn't even do a fraction
of those things if I asked.
So it was just like,
I don't know if you'd call it a culture shock or what,
but I couldn't believe that
when we first started traveling here.
The other thing that I mentioned here,
was how family oriented and welcoming Mexicans are.
It's just not like that in the US,
that people would literally invite you into their house
without knowing you to have dinner with them.
Or like, I remember last year, for Dia de Muertos,
was the last year?
Yeah, some families were in a (foreign language),
they on there in a cemetery celebrating their families,
their loved ones that had passed,
and they invited us to take a shot of Mezcal with them
as part of that celebration.
We had no idea who these people were.
They had no idea who we were.
But they still wanted us to take part in that,
that part of Dia de Muertos with them-
- And then when we were in Acapulco earlier this year,
we knew a family for about an hour
and they invited us into their home.
It was one of their family member's birthday.
It was also your birthday, too.
And they put your name on the birthday cake.
- Yeah, hours prior...
They'd never met me.
They had no idea who I was, yet they wrote my name
on the birthday cake, since it was just my birthday too.
I was like, I'm going to cry.
We got to stop here.
- Now, before we get to number 11 on this list,
we gotta let you know that at the very same time
we released this video, we also released another video,
the 11 Things We Hate About Living In Mexico.
So these are the exact same time,
something we've never done on our channel before.
So go check that video out after we're done here,
but without further ado, number 11.
- (in accent) Numero 11, the culsoor.
- The couture? The luxury brands of Mexico?
- (in accent) the culture.
- Oh, the culture, that's right. (laughing)
Honestly, the biggest reason I think for me personally,
that we're still living in Mexico,
is how amazing the culture is.
And that includes the various styles of dance, and music,
the glorious, lovely, colorful artesanias,
which I can never get enough of,
just like looking at them all-
- And the colors in Mexico, in general.
It's such a colorful country. - Totally
And then food is part of the culture.
- Oh Yes.
The food and drink, the holidays,
and various types of celebrations.
I love it, love it, love it.
These are our 11 reasons.
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