We're going muddin' in the golf cart. Back to my redneck roots
Hey you guys!
Thanks for joining us on another journey. Today, we're in Mexico. Mexico! the Yucatan
so we're on our way to
Chiquila and
We're gonna catch a ferry there to an island called Holbox. I
hope I'm saying that right
It's an island that they do not allow cars on so you can drive around golf carts or rent a bicycle
We're now officially in Mexico
Got street dogs
School kids just getting out school. In uniform
Yep
Tuk-tuks
Watch out, puppy
Oh, he's used to it
and we're somewhere in between
Cancun and Holbox
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Okay, so we made it to Holbox
It's been raining here obviously for quite a while
Everything is flooded. We can't make it to our Airbnb
We stopped at this restaurant and we're hoping that our waiter's wife is going to pick us up on a golf cart
And get us to our actual
Airbnb for the night
April's getting ate up by mosquitos. She's freaked out
So it's the rainy season. Yeah, it's been raining for what, three days? three days. Yeah
We're on--what's your name my friend?
My name is Aurelio
Aurelio
So we're on his taxi trying to get to--it's a golf cart taxi
That's all they use on this island is golf carts and mopeds
We're trying to make it to our Airbnb. It's really
Deep
This is Casa Mundo. That's it?
Yeah, this is as far as we could walk, we couldn't make it
Yeah, but it only goes halfway. It doesn't go all the way
Well, we finally got to our Airbnb
Getting here was kind of a fiasco
But we found this great little Airbnb on Holbox for
$60 a night
You can't beat that. it is supposed to have air-conditioning and we can't seem to find it. It is like
500 degrees in here and of course, we can't open your windows because of the mosquitoes
Thank goodness! We did finally find an air-conditioner. We're not gonna die of heat exhaustion
It's actually a really, really nice place, minus the lakefront property out front. Of course, that was very difficult to get to
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Check this out
This is our Airbnb. Looks like we have riverfront property
This whole island is completely flooded
I'm gonna have to see if I can cross this to go find some coffee!
April brought these wristbands for mosquitoes before we had left and
Yeah, they don't work. At all
Definitely an adventure
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Do you even know what we ordered?
No, you should ask him to tell you. I did, but he doesn't speak English
I can tell you
Yeah, can you tell us what we ordered?
Motulenos is what that's called
Yeah
motulenos
Okay
And this is
chilaquiles
Fried tortillas over eggs
Corn tortilla chips with chicken topped with red or green sauce, oh sorry--no eggs
It's corn tortilla chips with chicken topped with the red sauce is what she got so
Oh, you're awesome, thank you so much
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Travel tip for you, if you come to Holbox, I would highly suggest bringing lots of bug spray with you. I
Can't seem to find any of the stores to buy and we brought this little bracelet thing, but it doesn't work.
I think the pretty neat thing about Holbox is
In the off-season, I mean, yeah, it's muddy and it's wet and there's mosquitoes everywhere
But honestly, you get that true
Mexican feeling of being a small little village
Even though it is--is that so?--well, it's still pretty touristy but
It's still pretty cool
Mosquitoes are that way, so we don't want to go that way
Yeah, we better not go that way
Had enough of those!
More than enough! No mosquitoes at the beach
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It's nice at the beach
What? it's really nice at the beach. yeah our River--Airbnb riverfront property
Not so nice
The Airbnb was nice, it's just not the riverfront property
Say hey to YouTube!
Hi, y'all
Hey! we're following you. it's pretty easy to run into each other over and over again on this island. Yeah, yeah. Luckily, it's a small island
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I'm in the ocean!
Yaaay!
My happy place
Yes it is...you're at the beach,
Sweating to death, but you're not getting eaten by mosquitoes. What are you thinking about Holbox?
I like it. I
Like it better.
this
Soothes my soul. The beach is my happy place. one of them, but probably
the top--top happy place
It's nice, it's raw...
It's definitely been challenging
But I'm glad we came
That's saying a lot for me to say that!
You should have seen her last night. She'd have killed me if I was actually filming
Well the one time you were filming
when we got the beers I was gonna jump in but I just
--too mentally and emotionally and physically...drained
Last night was definite raw.--hit a wall, hit a wall and had to push through it. had to shove my way through the wall
Yeah, I can tell you are American because of your accent
Yeah
I went to a football game in Bosnia
That was fun
Bosnia?
Yeah. That was wild
Yeah, those fans are crazy
Guess in my mind, I still think I'm a Floridian so I should just slide right into this, right? with the mosquitoes and the
The humidity but no,
Not so much. I
didn't think I would be sweating so much I mean
we're Flordians
But we've lived in Utah for so long. I know, but like, do you just--does your body just dry up
And so it then it's like aaaah!
It has to sweat?
I haven't sweated like this even going back home to Florida. I always go back home in the winter
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Should be some taxis down this way
Four wheel drive golf cart. We're goin muddin. in the golf cart back to my redneck roots
We literally used to do this, but
Much, much deeper
Through the swamp
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We made it back to the mainland
What was the name of the two companies, it's Holbox Express and then Nueve Hermanos
Yeah, so those are the two companies it costs 300 pesos
Bring the pesos
Because they charge an extra if you use a credit card
And if you bring cash they'll really rip you off. US dollar cash, US dollar cash
We parked car over at orange parking, it cost a hundred pesos
It is directly across the street from the ferry. It's just a quick
300-400 foot walk
super easy
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