We quit our jobs in early 2022 to travel the world. We are currently exploring Mexico. Our current goal is to visit 100 Pueblos Mágicos and all 32 states.
Thank you for all of the great videos over the past couple of years, it has helped us create our bucket list for Mexico. Your videos are well made and we watch every Sunday. Inspiration for my husband and I. We start in GDL in about two months! Very excited!
Excellent video! Cuetzalan is near the top of my Mexico list. There's a nearby pueblo magico Tetela de Ocampo that looks interesting. Zacatlan too! In other news: we got our Temporary Resident visas! We have until Feb. 9 to travel to Mexico to get our cards.
Awesome glad things are going smoothly! We loved Zacatlan, it was one of our favorites. We skipped Tetela de Ocampo so you'll have to let us know how it is when you go.
Thank you for a very informative and educational video. You did a great job of explaining the differences between artisanal and industrial distilleries.
I'm from San Cristóbal and I hadn't watched this video before, and everything that I want to say is that I enjoyed everything that you shared. Beautiful video by the way.
We were too. Unfortunately of the restaurants we visited on the beach side we didn't think any of them were really worth the price. Koras was awesome though.
"Pueblo Magico" or magic town, is a title given by the secretary of tourism to small towns throughout Mexico. Tequila is one of those towns. Sometimes the award is given for the town's natural beauty, history, a specific art or craft, a unique dish, or in the case of tequila its speciality drink. Currently there are 177 of these magic towns and our current goal is to visit 100 pueblos magicos.
Puerto morales is no longer a tiny fishing village and it has become outrageously expensive 40.00 for 1 breakfast, eggs bacon roll and a coffee are you kidding?
@@GeorgiaandDavid it was a shock to me as well i used to go to the cafe America, which was not open last time i was there. I believe they have relocated the restaurant
This area was so impressive. I cannot understand why Tepeyahualco isn't a pueblo magico. It has the best archeological sites we have been to, a hacienda, and those crater lakes. It was one of our favorite days in Mexico so far!
We went to Cantona in early May, during a heat wave. We're both 70, so it kind of kicked our butts and we didn't see the whole thing. We hope to go back. The Tlatlauquitepec/Tetela de Ocampo/Cuetzalan area is high on my list to visit.
I can see why it was absolutely massive but ended up being our favorite due to its size and the fact that there were so few people there. If you go back I definitely recommend the crater lakes as well. We stayed in Cuetzalan...that video will be out in two weeks.
Thank you sooo much for your video. I so appreciate the intel you provide us!! For others, I am going to SLP in 4 days. My BEAUTIFUL AirBnB downtown will be $53 USD per night. I currently am living in Guanajuato where Street “Tacos” and the like are $1.50 USD and my Steak Dinner at a beautiful downtown Restaurant “Truco 7” was $225.00 MXP or $12.16 USD. Food prices in comparison seem really high in SLP??!! I will know soon enough. Thanks again for taking the time to make a video for us!!
The lower cost options are about the same but the fancy places were definitely pricier. Also when we show our totals we are usually including two cocktails, two sparkling waters, two entrees, and tip. Enjoy your trip it's a great city! Thank you for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video!
Georgia and Dave..... is nice to see you are having a good time in Mexico. And it's great to see you finally in my hometown. As you have discovered, there are many things to see and to do in Orizaba. This city has changed a lot since my chilehood (belive me.... A LOT). In the 70's-80's it was not as touristy as it is nowadays. You videos have an excellent level of production. Congratullations for that. This video in particular brought back good memories..... See the house painted green by the Parque López (around minute 7:25)? Many many years ago, it use to host the "Gabriela Mistral Kindergarden", which I attended...... Thank you for sharing your experiences. Hope you have many more good times in Mexico. Have a very happy travel.
We loved Orizaba! The river walk was one of our favorites and we lucked out with sunny clear days. The city felt more off the tourist path which was a big plus. 👍
Hello. Did you bring your car from USA to Mexico. What for fees/taxes etc for temp import of vehicle and what was max numbers of days. and insurance. Thanks
@@RAJUGREWAL we did bring our Jeep from the US. The fee was about $400usd but you get it back when you bring the vehicle back over the border. The days granted match your residency permit or FMM. We made a video about the process.
Sorry, this is a bit off topic, but have you considered producing a video about your experience seeing Mayan sites in general to perhaps rank them in order of which you believe are most worthwhile? I feel like you are unique in visiting so many types and in different areas and would have good insight. Most people will never have the time to do what you did and helping people focus on the ones that are less crowded, less expensive and high quality would be amazing. Not sure if it is a video or a document/web site. Also some general thoughts about what towns in Yucatan should be a priority for visitors going for a week or two at a time thanks for all the information you share.
Wow, I have never visited Orizaba and I am Mexican. I have heard about this place but did not know it was interesting or beautiful. In Veracruz is more popular the main port, Tajín or Xalapa, but Orizaba looks nice
Thank you for showing a lil about our great city. We are very welcoming to tourists. I strongly recommend to go to a Baseball game, our local team, Saraperos de Saltillo, is a complete different experience from a regular MLB game where is more family friendly. While still family friendly, Mexican baseball fans tend to be a lil more wild! Also, another great part of saltillo is about 10-15 min drive where you can go to Monterreal or a lil town called San Antonio de las Alazanas. It’s up in the mountains but it’s so pretty that it looks like friggin Switzerland. Forest, woods, organic apple, it snows pretty much every winter and you can ski all year long! Imagine an unexplored Aspen with Mexican prices! Also, 1:30 min away driving west, we have Parras de la Fuente, we have the most ancient wineries of the continent! They’re not only ancient but also fancy and upscale. (Thomas A. Edison also lighted that lil town as an experiment before any other city in the world!) Again, thank you and please visit us more! Greetings from a native saltillense residing in Dallas Tx 🫶🏻
Welcome and thank you for showing good places in my city. I work a lot and have almost no energy or time to visit these places in my own city. I haven't visited that “tres centurias” square for years. 😅
Hey you Two! Your channel had not been showing up on my feed for quite awhile I have just found out. Fortunately today this one did! So weird and to see how many I haven’t seen. I just have to say again what a wonderful job you both do on production, editing and how much content you put into all of your videos. Awesome job guys!👍👍👍
Interesting that you say that as our views have taken a dip over the last couple of months. Thank you for the support! We definitely appreciate comments like yours.
Nice video been wanting to get to Tabasco for a while. I live in Coatepec 6 month of the year and have visited the Xalapa museum several times.With his paper work and vest Dax my Schipperke service dog also has visited the museum. I think it's very cool you two with a car ind $ can travel all of Mexico..What you spent for a week in Tabasco is my monthly budget, and I eat out most of the time.. Two gringos on the gulf are friends, I got too know them in April when they were living in Xalapa. Like you they are traveling with a car, the difference is they stay long term before moving on
We enjoyed Villahermosa. We used to travel slower staying 28 days in each place when we were traveling with our 15yo old sheltiepoo after she passed we started traveling faster. Our goal is to stay under 5k USD per month but with Airbnb prices that is getting more difficult. Having a car does give us a lot more freedom. Thanks for watching;
OMG Next visit..I suggest you hire a Local to show you where to eat food every bit as good...or better...for Half of what Y'all paid I have lived here 20 yrs. and I was shocked by your prices.
Omigosh, I love those small town churches! I really do enjoy your channel. Your travel style is very similar to that of my wife and me: go exploring, wander around, and see what might pop up.
Thank you! We generally have a place or two that we plan to visit and then just see where the day takes us. I don't like the stress of having everything too planned out.
Airbnb prices have increased a lot since we started traveling and we eat out almost everyday.... sometimes twice a day if we are traveling fast. Our expenses are definitely on the higher end especially compared to someone renting long-term.
Hola Georgia and David. It's really interesting to see how things have changed since 1974. I had no reason to visit Tapijulapa. That area of Tabasco was never mentioned in the guide books and roads in that area were either gravel or dirt and rivers were often crossed by ferries rather than bridges. Interesting to see the churches. Most appear to be late 19th century or 20th century, like most of the churches in Villahermosa. There were early churches in the area but few have survived, perhaps due to rain, humidity, flooding and the occasional fire. The Parroquia San Francisco de Asis in Jalapa de Mendez has a very obvious neoclassical facade and was a very ambitious undertaking for the area if built during the 19th century, and the Parroquia Santiago Apostol in Tapijulapa might be old, but it is also simple enough that it could be early 20th century, I can't tell. The rest are fairly fanciful designs, but they may include within their core the remains of an earlier church. As a group very picturesque although I still prefer the colonial era churches. Comalcalco is huge compared to 1974. Actually it is the same size but in 1974 the restored ruins consisted of a single plaza surrounded by three to four mounds with temple remnants atop some of them. Everything else consisted of poorly defined vegetation covered mounds. The road to the ruins was powdery dirt, and any car on the "road" appeared to be chased by a dust storm. The cacao tour looks interesting. I love the red ginger plants. When I make cocoa I take my lead from the Maya and Mexica, adding cayenne pepper rather than sugar, plus cinnamon and maybe vanilla. I hope you are having weather that is not too hot or wet. I guess Villahermosa will be next week, and I look forward to that.
It was a very interesting part of Mexico. Even now there is almost no international tourism. It felt a lot less colonial and we saw many more women in traditional clothing. I enjoyed seeing the church designs that they came up with. I love visiting the more detailed colonial churches but this was a fun change. I loved the cacao tour she went into so much detail about so many of the plants in the area. It is definitely getting hotter and wetter but I imagine it will be at least a little dryer in Baja.
Hola Georgia and David. Campeche looks great in your video. Very colorful and inviting. I'm a little bit envious. 50 years ago I arrived early in the afternoon and it rained until after dark. The next morning it was raining again and continued to do so until after I gave up and left. I did some soggy sightseeing but didn't take a single photo, so your video shows me some of what I missed. Of course now the museums are more developed. 50 years ago most of the sites you visited in the state of Campeche had not been excavated and restored. Too bad San Jose was closed for restoration. Tiled churches are rare in the Yucatan Peninsula, and San Jose has the added oddity of having a lighthouse atop one of its towers. Odd that San Jose and the cathedral were also undergoing restoration at the same time, I guess the government is trying to catch up on deferred maintenance before the Maya Train begins to bring zillions of tourists to the city. At least San Francisquito was open. It has what are probably the best gilded retablos in Campeche, so thank you for showing those. Did you see the adjacent cloister? It;s ironic that you have such good luck seeing the Mayan ruins by yourselves but have such bad luck finding an open church. I read that the new Edzna archaeology museum opened this past week. The washing machine in your rented house reminds me of the one my mother had to use prior to 1951. It had a hand-cranked wringer atop the washer, and wet clothes were removed from the machine and run through the rollers before hanging the clothes up to dry. Well, at least you didn't have to wash your clothes by beating them on a rock in a river the way I did in Sayulita. This week Mexico announced the addition of 12 additional barrios magicos, bringing the total number of pueblos magicos and barrios magicos to 209. I think it is a plot by the restaurant owners association to keep you in Mexico and eating very well. How is your weather? Rainy? A heavy rain in Merida last week left some streets knee deep from the runoff. I experienced some of that 50 years ago. Fortunately the water seems to disappear relatively quickly. Hopefully the hurricanes aimed at Colima to Guerrero won't affect Mazatlan too much. I suppose your next video is Villahermosa. There are several ruins in the area but the best are in the park for the La Venta sculptures and at Comalcalco. I think there are now three pueblos magicos in the area. 50 years ago none of the towns seemed to be magical, although many had a seedy charm wrapped in tropical decay. I did encounter two Lacandon Indians wandering around Villahermosa late one night. They are easy to spot when wearing their traditional traje indigena. In 1974 at least eight rivers in the area were crossed by ferries, including a large ferry to reach Frontera. I hope that after leaving Villahermosa you had a chance to visit Lago Catemaco and the nearby Salto de Eyipantla. I know you love waterfalls. Also Tlacotalpan, which I think might be a World Heritage Site. How much longer do you have in Mazatlan? Stay safe. And dry. And cool. Well, one of the three anyway.
If Campeche wasn't so hot and humid it would be a contender for us for long term living. The streets were beautiful and cleaner than most in Mexico. The food was excellent and we love a sunset over the water. The Mexican government is definitely catching up on all their deferred maintenance with the train on its way. We never had a washer like that one before but I do feel like it cleaned the clothes better than those new high efficiency ones. One day in the future we might have to plan a barrios magicos tour lol. The past three days have been beautiful and sunny with a bit of rain overnight. Unfortunately we didn't make it to any of those sites. Next week we take the ferry over to Baja.
We vacationed in morelia and the corundas were sold in the market, cheap. also, you could get the white cream or red sauce. I ate mine plain. This was in the late 80s.
@GeorgiaandDavid it definitely changed a lot. Like they had street vendors selling their products and services, calling them out as they walked thru the streets. I miss the uniqueness of that time. I haven't been back since the 90s. But I see the changes thru the RU-vid.
GREETINGS From a Mexican in Chicago who is learning a-lot about my country through your channel. Its great how you exolain your vivid experiences. Unit d now has a direct flight from Chicago to Tulum International airport. I am waiting for Tulum. Maya train station to open up. Thank you for sharing you guys are great travelers. ❤❤❤❤❤
