OUR “FAVORITES” OF MEXICO FAREWELL VIDEO! (WE WILL MISS YOU!)

buenos dias good morning country collectors as I'm sure you've gathered from the title of this video we are leaving Mexico for now it's been a life-changing two years and as much as we love and appreciate this country it's time for us to pack our bags get back on the road and collect another country with you which we'll be revealing in the next video oh this is fence how could we do that to you but before we move on we would like to discuss our favorites of Mexico which is going to include States cities food beaches memories experiences and much more in no particular order because that would just be too difficult it sure would and if you haven't already make sure to hit that subscribe button and ring the bell so you don't miss out on any of our future adventures all right let's jump into this we sat down and made a little list here so we're kind of just gonna go through them and talk to you about them you know whatever just comes to our mind starting with top states like we said no particular order I think I want to start out with Oaxaca this is one that was really like our first real jump into Mexican culture and it is very near and dear to my heart it's a state that has everything beaches mountains culture food and pretty much anything else you could want in an experience here in Mexico so the next one up is Baja California sewer just like Blown Away the beaches are beautiful the people are nice the water is beautiful yeah the water Santos has a bolando we'll get into that a bit later but it was just like something totally different from where we had been and I mean the Baja Peninsula in general is just like amazing it's like its own little country yeah so that was number two um what's the next one oh in town I feel like that's one that a lot of people know because you go to Cancun and that's where I think a lot of people's Mexico experiences begin you go to a wedding you go there for an all-inclusive but there is so much more to it as well and the first time we came to Mexico on our own that was where we really explored we rented a car we drove around we went to cenotes we just kind of took it all in and I'm so glad that we did Cozumel you got Playa Del Carmen you go down to Tulum so there's just there's a lot to do in that area and like you said it was like our first like little taste of more to Mexico than Cancun so that really stood out too it's all right all right next one Michoacan I didn't even know that that Michoacan was a place before before we went there and I was so surprised we were on the bus and the beauty the natural beauty just like struck me so deeply and I'm so glad we went the central states in Mexico like Oaxaca and Michoacan Chiapas they all have that beautiful culture that really stands out and natural landscapes and I think yeah Michoacan like going to hanizio and just eating all the traditional indigenous food and seeing the dance the dancing remember those guys oh yeah those yeah the old man dance which I'm pretty good at they kind of do this little wiggle waggle on the thing with their masks on and the hats with the little wavy ribbons on them it's something you have to do and then Jalisco wow Jalisco has everything that we love it has beaches it's that has culture it has tequila Puerto Vallarta Guadalajara into lucky like Chapala there's a lot going on there and then torta out you can drowned me in tortaogaras anytime and you know we loved every state but those are just the ones that really stick out to us all right next up we'll talk about our top cities that are not going to be beach towns we'll talk about those later okay um first of course Mexico City this was one that I was actually apprehensive before we went there we had heard so many terrible stories about it and it was like should we go should we not go I don't know we went and I am so grateful that we made that decision because it is one of my favorite cities not just in Mexico but in the world yeah I mean where we stay like Roma and La candesa is beautiful the downtown area is really nice they have what the second most amount of museums in the world after London like it's just the architecture the culture you can go and see sorry I'm gonna say the food yeah the food of course and we also got it was really special because we got to experience it with our friends Reuben and Laura we actually spent a whole month there with them just wandering the streets and the parks it's it's something that you have to see it's almost like stepping into Europe because the statues of David in the Parks the way that the streets are constructed it's just something that is so special and if you don't visit Mexico City I feel like you haven't been to the best cities in the world because it is something that is so special yeah you can tell he's very passionate I am I think it's the longest we've spent in a city here in Mexico oh for sure yeah and then Oaxaca City the rooftop restaurants when you wander the streets and the people are playing the accordions the churches are everywhere the roads are those cobblestones street food sorry street food we went to Hamburger so row there it's like 50 hamburger little like stands along the road that are so good but it was also where we really experienced that kindness of the Mexican people for the first time and it was just like every day seeing people dressed in those traditional clothes walking around where it wasn't like part of a show yeah it's how they are it's who they are they're immersed in the culture and you know unlike a lot of other places that we've been in the world you know like you go and you experience a culture I feel like in Oaxaca City you are part of the culture because the people just embraced you and they would talk to you and just enjoy the time with you we stayed at our Airbnb for like a month and Claudia who is hosting us when we left she hand embroidered me a shirt with a heart on it that's a flaming heart so beautiful and she bought me like just like a shirt from the store because she didn't want me to feel left out but she said that Heidi was her heart how sweet is that like who does that yeah I mean we got to experience so much there and if you're gonna pick one city in Mexico I feel like that could should be at the top of your list yeah we love it there next up is Morelia Michoacan Morelia blew me out of the water yeah it is so beautiful we went there with really no expectations and when we showed up it was just like wow so much culture walking down these beautiful cobblestone streets you're in the Parks again the music the dancing there is so much to it and I feel like every time you turn a corner there's another amazing thing you're like whoa that is so beautiful how did we miss that yesterday when we walked by the same spot and that just kept happening every single day that we were bad I think more historic buildings than like anywhere you know Morelos his house was there yeah that's where you know a lot of the the independence movers and shakers they live there or studied there taught there I mean I remember the first day we got there we were walking into the main square and there was this guy we heard this violin music and he was up I brought tears to my eyes he was up on the top of this building playing the electric violin and we walked into the park and it was just filled with vendors and college students and people hanging out and we stayed until the night time when they put on this incredible fireworks right over the main Cathedral there and it was just like it's imprinted in my mind whoa you know and again something that we had no expectations of in a place where people said it was extremely dangerous so most people avoided it you know that's just another one of those things like you gotta go experience stuff for yourself to really know yeah and we walked around at night there that it's busy they had this beautiful Aqueduct that runs through the city there's so many tree-lined streets and just beautiful things to see you have got to put that one in there too we loved it next up colorful City oh my gosh that was so unique too like when we we took the bus there and then we got in the taxi and we were driving through and we're just going through those tunnels yeah it's a smaller City in the valley you are experiencing so much there there's so much history you would walk down on these beautiful streets and people are doing art they're painting things there's just there's so much and the restaurants were just like abounding where everyone win remember the kissing alley oh I do remember that there's some crazy story about like a miner and his rich and the daughter of a rich Merchant and they were kissing and they got caught her father got so angry that he scared her and she fell out and died or he fell out I can't really remember one of them fell out and died I mean that's sad but you go there now and it's like this place where you can stand on two different balconies right across and you can actually kiss and they'll take a photo for you it's also where they made the enchiladas minera I mean one of my favorite dishes in Mexico good enchiladas with potatoes and carrots and chicken remember how she made it in that like big walk thing of course I mean and again such kind nice people like they wanted to share their culture with you they wanted to know that you were enjoying the time there and what was that thing they had at night there the guys they dress up uh yeah the Legends they like walk through the streets but they dress up like it looks like they're from like a Shakespearean play or Renaissance play and they go out and they sing songs in the streets and everyone dances and you learn history it was it was a really special place as well yeah and then last one is Guadalajara Jalisco I think these are good contrast because Guadalajara is huge and again there is no lack for incredible architecture I remember when we went down to the plaza and you're just standing there kind of just like your jaw is on the floor looking at the theater and then the cathedral they're just towering over you and there's another University there just like in Guanajuato so there is this like nice younger population that kind of mixes in with everybody else they had a great little street food scene in front of a lot of the churches yeah and that's where we went to our first soccer game or a football game football match we went and saw Atlas that was that was a really great experience here it's a place I feel you could go for weeks or months and not even like scratch the surface of all the things that you can do there yeah all right so that wraps it up for the cities now we're gonna go into tap Pueblo he goes if you don't know what a Pueblo Mexico it's a town that has been denoted by the country of Mexico it's like a magical Town there's like five different categories and that you know like really Define them but they are very very special places yeah they're fun and there's like 132 or something yeah we just loved like checking them out like happened from one to the other but the first one that stands out is sakeland de las manzanas in Puebla this place is one of my favorite places that we went to in Mexico it's like the most beautiful place that you've never heard of before it's a small town and it's on a huge Canyon a Barranca Barranca I believe and it just sits on the canyon so you're overlooking the mountain the green Rolling Hills in the distance and then in the town it's like remember the vitro mural it's a small town that is huge on Art and Artisans yeah and it's zakatlin de las manzanas because they're known for their apple production so they have this incredible Apple Fair that we actually didn't get to go to but we heard so so much about but they make every kind of Apple product from wine to foods to whatever you want they have it there and it's it's quaint so when you walk you're walking along like the edge of the canyon and then they have this glass walkway that goes out over it so you're walking and looking down into this beautiful Valley that is just covered in green with the birds flying below you and then you look to the left or the right and there's just waterfalls just pouring down you can see like little villages on the edges just kind of in front of you and we met we actually met Mary that was responsible for the vitro murals or it's like the the life murals and they were creating this incredible piece of all of the states in Mexico and they were like it's the actual faces of the people that were remember the guy looked just like you he did it was like my twin brother I still clamming it was me I was the king of the Apple Fair that year okay but yeah it's just such a neat place to go and spend some time and just really get away from it all which we really liked next one up Isla Mujeres which I didn't even know it was a Pueblo Mexico when we went when we were just looking at the list we're like is the Warriors is a Pueblo Mexico holds a super special place in our hearts because it was like the first time that we really left on our own that's what we went to we had friends told us about this island that you just had to go to and we're like okay whatever it's a little island off Cancun how great could it be well it was great yeah you rent golf carts there and you just drive around this island and you can just stop they have ruins there with for the goddess Isha they have great snorkeling tons of restaurants there's this one long road where you walk down where they're selling these beautiful handmade crafts and then there's live music going on we had the churros at Jurassic Jurassic Park and it was like my first Mexico pun that like inspired me to be so punny through our times at least I think I'm playing and that was what our second video that we made after coming back you know full time doing this so yeah is a great time if you only have a week it's like the perfect place to go to yes and the next one is Loretto Baja California sewer I mean the whales migrate through here it's this tiny little town with a beautiful melicon that you can walk down the whole town is very very walkable and I think the most special part it was that natural beauty our Airbnb host her son-in-law Eric I'm tired super nice guy if you ever go there definitely take his Tour on the Tres Chiles he took us out to Isla Coronado and it's one of the most beautiful island experiences I think that we've ever had just on the way out we saw a pot this huge pot of dolphins and then another five of dolphins and then another bite of dolphins and then you go around the island and there were sea lions and blue-footed boobies it honestly felt like a little Galapagos we got to go snorkeling there it was so nice and then he took us into this little Cove where he whipped us up some Yellowfin Sashimi that he had caught the day before and then then we walked around by this little like volcano and then he took us to a beach all on our own the water is pristine indescribably blue like when I say beautiful that doesn't even do it justice yeah it was just like one of the most perfect scenes just looked like it went on forever natural beauty definitely and then yeah this nerve town it's just really nice their Market they were always support local and these little walking paths with the trees that like oh yeah they're like come over them these tunnels that are really nice it's really unique and then if you have a car rent a car you can do a day trip to the Mission San Francisco Javier the next one up is San Pedro Jalisco if you're visiting Guadalajara you have to check this place out as it's only like what a 10-15 minute drive from the center it's actually a magical town that is in the city limits like the greater metropolitan area of Guadalajara it's like one main street that kind of runs through the town and if you're looking for any kind of handicraft this is the place that you want to go furniture clothes they have these restaurants we tried um poke there for the first time that was very interesting it's made from agave nectar definitely try it out there in Mexico we also had these cool little ice cream things that we'd seen everywhere else but this was the first time we tried them about halfway down the road you get to El Parian which is actually the largest Cantina in the world it's all of these restaurants that are kind of in this complex and in the center is this raised stage where Mariachi just plays all day long Jalisco is where Mariachi was born so you hear it everywhere it's really nice and they have papel picado strong up and I think when we were there was it Valentine's Day it was Valentine's Day so they were like huge Hearts all around it was it was just like a beautiful place and I definitely recommend it you you will notice these giant statues when you're walking down the streets which are great for some picture opportunities as well as these little chubby guys riding bicycles that you can hop on the back of the bike with I fit right in yeah the little gordos I think Roto padillas yeah really really cute so yeah we definitely recommend that Pueblo Mexico and the last one on the list is San Cristobal De Las Casas in Chiapas which was just like unlike any other you know Chiapas is the poorest state in Mexico but it's probably the richest state when it comes to culture yeah um walking around the town you are going to notice there are so many indigenous groups that actually come down from the mountains to sell their goods and stuff they dress completely differently they live a different kind of Lifestyle but they all come down and converge together here in this town which is also very beautiful surrounded by mountains yeah the climate was a lot different than a lot of the places we it was very cool we I remember we had to buy some clothing there because it was got quite chilly we did the the Central Park area is so cool to go and hang out in we actually met Batman there yeah that was really fun it was also the festival for the Virgin day Guadalupe we were there right before Christmas people from all over the state will actually walk or run they hold a little torch it's like the Olympics and they keep it lit the entire time they get there and they climb like 200 steps up to this church that's on the top of the hill and they go in and they light the torch and they get on their knees and they go up to the front to pay respect respect to the Virgin day Guadalupe and then all day long there's just fireworks going off the the big day we were there they set this gun powder down the middle of the road with little explosives in the middle of I almost went down like yeah it's exploding people are running in all the different directions it was a cool experience for sure in the carnival we wouldn't remember oh yeah that was so much fun going to the carnival we went in the ferris wheel yeah it was a really cool place place and it's like the jumping off point to go to Madero Canyon Palenque the Aguas Azul some of the most beautiful waterfalls I think I've ever seen yeah so if you're looking for some culture and also want yeah to go explore some more natural beauty Chiapas is definitely the place for sure and crystal ball is the spot well all right next up we got our beach down oh man my favorite if you didn't know we are Beach babies and we couldn't just pick five like so some of them we picked just a region starting with the Riviera Maya Cancun Isla Mujeres Cozumel Isla hobash Puerto Morelos those are all in Quintana row next region the oaxacan coast we started out in Puerto Escondido it's it's a surf town they like from I think in November and a couple other months of the year they get 30 foot waves there it's world class surfing so you need to be careful if you are gonna go down but to go in the water but you know what it's a great place to go out in the morning and watch people serve remember of our first videos there was like big wave surfing oh it's funny go back and watch those they're hilarious they are it just has a really nice laid back vibe there too and the beaches are so wide and long that you can be with people or be by yourself but other than Puerto Escondido I mean there's the bolite which is the only the new beach there's mazunte which is another very laid back area which is one of those destinations that was built by fonatore as a resort town there in Mexico all right next another region Baja California sewer we kind of already pointed out these places so I'll go kind of quick but La Paz one of our yeah yeah one of the I think one of the coolest beach cities that you can go to the melacon comes alive it's alive during the day but at night everyone's out there riding like little sit-down bicycles skateboarding they have these beautiful sculptures all along great restaurants oh my God maybe one of the most beautiful beaches we've ever well one of the most beautiful beaches we've ever been to in the world the The Bluest water the sand is incredible speechless yeah we went there with our friends Richard and Michael that took we made so many wonderful people in Mexico we really did and it made the experience so much more enriching because if you keep yourselves open you can do stuff like that you can meet people you can have these experiences remember apply a blonder we like swam across and when snorkeling then you climb that thing and then you rolled down the sand I felt pretty sick afterwards but it was we did that for you I did I did do that for you guys and then ooh San Jose del Cabo Cabo San Lucas Loretto Cabo San Lucas is like that tourist destination and it's a tourist destination for a reason we did that cool climb with all the dogs there we went to Cannery Beach we had some incredible views again nice malecon to walk down the sea lions actually jump out of the water and get on the back of boats and we went to that really cool Brew Baja Brewery there oh yeah watch the sunset had some great food and then right next door it's like the other Cobble that nobody talks about but San Jose del Cabo it's like The Artsy side it's more relaxed and Lady they do markets on Thursdays Thursdays they have an art walk there and there's nice beaches around as well great restaurants it's just yeah like the other side you know and we had some good Turtles there too he remembers every churro he's ever had and then going north a bit a bit more Bahia Concepcion and Mula hey wow that's where we stayed on the sailboat wouldn't experience oh gosh I know and the drive like I feel like there's probably ways to get there by bus but if you can rent a car if you can afford to rent a car the drive is so incredible the the coastline you're driving down it's just beach after Beach of pristine nature if you're looking for a road trip I think the Baja Peninsula is where it's at for sure and then you go into Mula hey and it's this Desert Oasis yeah just in the middle of the desert there are all these date palms that just go on forever to the mountains yeah every turn we made in Mexico it just surprised us as you can see we're super passionate about this country for sure yeah all right I'm wearing it on my chest me too hey next up siwa and ik Saba this is in this day of Guerrero Guerrero so you probably heard the name see what the nail before and that's for a good reason one of my favorite movies of all time is Shawshank Redemption and that's where Andrew Dufresne talks about going where the the Pacific is the bluest you'll ever see and that's where Red goes down and meets him when he comes out and he's working on the beach just like on the boat I think that's actually filmed in like the Virgin Islands yeah it's definitely filmed someplace else but I know why he he would go to why they would go there because it's just this beautiful escape on Sundays in the the main Square they would have all the families would come down and the locals would perform dances sing music a talent show yeah it was like this talent show that everyone came down to enjoy beautiful walking along the beach there and they had a bunch of different beaches it's known for its fishing so if you're into fishing it's a great place to go we went to the players La Gatos where you take a little Ferry right over to the other side and you're just living that like deserted Beach life that is so nice because you have to take a bow over it seems like you're going to an island but then you get there and you see I'm just across you know the bay here but yeah just a beautiful place again go there go to one of the restaurants you can have some seafood or whatever you want for lunch and just lazily lay or stroll on the beach it's beautiful and then you can walk back to the the town area along the beach there and right next door is ishtapa ishtapa is like the resort town there which is like sort of a Cancun but I think a little more laid back they have this great bike trail that goes down the middle of it you can ride uh your your bikes out and see like crocodiles on this little area reserve and there's another island called islaishtapa there where we went and met Cuba yeah our waiter and we took care of us they have Beach bunnies literally Beach bunnies these little bunnies and like hop around under your feet while you're having this giant pineapple drink and then you go snorkeling and walk around that pineapple drink with his face it was a mouse yeah and then Mazatlan Sinaloa we know like when we hear the word sinalo we know what you think what comes to mind and it's not always good things and so we were a little nervous to go there was one of those states that people had told us to really avoid but we went there and we were like okay like this is really nice we only went to Mazatlan but so that's all we can really talk about but it was it's it's so unique The Experience there because I feel like a lot of times beach towns don't have a ton of culture associated with them when you go to Mazatlan there is culture there is this history there and Pedro Infante used to live there the one of the most famous Mexican musicians and actors we were actually there for our second D de Muertos it wasn't the same celebration we had in but they had a parade that was very cool and and I mentioned it has the longest malagon slash walkway in the world supposedly some people say some people argue it doesn't but you could walk it for hours and hours and hours it was like being in Las Vegas like you're on the Strip like you're like oh our place is just right there and it's an hour and a half later when like why didn't we hop in a taxi yeah and they had these really cool taxis they are some of the most unique transportation that we took in Mexico they're like golf carts on steroids yeah they're cute but they have the old town that is very rich like historic and then you can walk down and then it that brings you to the golden Zone that's where the hotels are the big hotels and then a little bit further you know you can go back go up and it's more residential right in Cerritos and we also get to go to a baseball game that was the venado so cool yeah they had the most hilarious uh mascots that you've ever seen and it was like one of those affordable activities that you could do where like the food they had sushi for sale they had beers for two dollars like everything was fine for like five or seven dollars I think yeah and the Ronaldo's one govanados yeah they go like this and we got to meet Luis and Julie who are some of our very close friends now we met Billy and Mark there too yeah so hi you guys hope you're doing well and the last Beach town is Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco and we're gonna talk about yalapa as well Puerto Vallarta was I don't know what we were expecting when we went there but I really enjoyed it as you walk down the beach they had lots of statues and stuff along the malecon they would put on performances at night oysters on the beach we had those cool mango flowers we we were just experiencing some of the best pastor we stood in line to get this past door they were like giant Pastor that was so what's the name of that place how could we forget and the Margaritas we had like we shared one right and we were like all right it's time to go oh they even gave us a little to go cup when we left we had we met this really cool uh freestyle rapper there who wrote us a country calendar he had his his little his little speaker he looked yo yo yo the country called Lecter and just like wrote this whole song about traveling around the world on the spot I love all these memories they're just like popping back in and remember we also hiked up to the Viewpoint where we got to see like yeah it's the best view of absolutely where do I read and we got to do it with my friend Kyle too who I hadn't seen since high school which is really nice bumped into him there it was such a cool experience yeah so that was a great time and then we got up in the morning and we we took a bus that over to the port yeah yeah and then from there we took a boat to yalapa when you get there you know you get off the boat and it's just this beautiful like little beach and you walk up you can go to the waterfall the waterfall was cool we met the pie lady there oh yeah made some Delicious Pies but you walk around there it was beautiful and it was very relaxed so like you have the busy town of Puerto Vallarta and then just around the corner is this very quiet relaxed place where they have nice hotels you can stay and we saw whales on the way it was really cool I had to throw that in there sorry yeah just a nice little is escape from that area the busy City area all right what do we have up next do you think it's food it's time for food I hope so Top Foods yes and you know what's number one for him the I'm gonna say it wrong the marquisita oh my gosh I do it's always Marcus said that marquisita these these these were born in the Yucatan Peninsula and you can find them all over Mexico but they're like this thin layer of waffle batter that they put down and you can get any kind of savory or sweet flavor put inside of it they love putting cheese in it whether it's cream cheese or or like shaved cheese as well then they rolled them up and then they put like a smear of chocolate or whipped cream or whatever on the outside and you just have this like giant delicious thing in your hand that's crunchy and hot and I told Adam if we ever go home he should start get like a food truck yes I'm marcusita fruit food truck would you guys come to my market marquisita food truck you know he would load those up I would also weigh like 900 pounds come on you can't dig into your own staff that's right next up is Tacos El Pastor another one of Adam's absolute favorites and I think it was really fun because throughout Mexico you know you could find it pretty much everywhere that we were first time we had it was it is the mujeres and it just like got me going and I was hooked I was hooked I Can't Get Enough Adam ran on pastor and Mark AC does for like the first couple months we were here first couple years the whole time next up one of my top foods that we had were uchapos and we got to try them first in Morelia Michoacan I'm not a huge Tamal fan like I don't love tamales but I really like these they were like like I don't know they were shaped like this and they were made of sweet corn and they were a little more like cornbread they weren't super dense they were more fluffy and they had just this delicious sauce on them they were so good like little pillows in your mouth yeah I love those and then mole wow so that this takes us back to Oaxaca they they were they have seven moles there some places even had like five year mole where they would just keep taking a little bit of that mole and putting it into the next and the next and the next it was like a generational building on it I think it was like 23 years 23 years or something and the flavor is just so unique yeah that was definitely one of our favorite dishes just trying all the different ones it was really nice you know and that's something that's so important when you are traveling like obviously you know when I came to Mexico I thought that Mexican food was tacos and burritos they don't even have hard tacos in Mexico not like we have them they have the tacos Dorados which are like these little twisty twisty things with a little bit inside they don't have the shells that we're so used to back in the States it's all like handmade soft tortillas that they pack with food and you know you have to be open to trying them maybe you're not gonna like it but maybe you're gonna find your new favorite food in the world so just keep that mind and that mouth open and just enjoy don't forget to jump in you know he's always got that mouth of it he's always doing that compare these to breakfast nachos people do not like that and and they're not breakfast nachos like I think one of the one of like our big like lipo moments here was tortilla chips are tortillas like the tortillas that they make that they cut into triangles and then fry it's like that makes sense I'm like she's making tortilla chips yeah well they take these Fresh Tortilla Chips they put cheese on them with chicken or steak or sausage wait oh maybe if you get it like a poached egg and it kind of like drips down onto it so delicious but they also do them with moles on them a lot of the times it's just like salsa verde or salsa Rojo I always go Verde that's just me I'm a green guy I love the green sauce too green go white yes and last one it's not a food but it's a it's a bevy oh wow I'm putting that in the food category I don't care it's one of those beautiful things that I was so surprised by like I it's not just another tequila it's a whole different beverage tequila comes from Blue Agave Mescal comes from any type of agave including Blue Agave and it has this beautiful Smoky kind of flavor people actually make their own mezcals all over Mexico and I like it because there's different like with Tequilas you get like young ones wait Reposado and the same goes for mescala you get like Hoven you know espadine the different types of agave they come from they all have different flavors so like when you drink beer do a beer flight you can do a Mezcal tasting and it's just it's really unique and fun and they have like sayings for everything bad for everything good let's go there's no solution or remedy one liter and a half but if the pain is by the heart with no reason cheers Mezcal makes you magical like you don't get drunk you feel the magic of the Mezcal I actually went to a few places where we saw them making the Mezcal walked around in the fields and it's just it's something that you should give a chance to if you drink when you're here in Mexico yeah I think after we left Oaxaca half our blood was Mezcal oh definitely and they serve it with this very cool it's called salde gusano they actually take the Agave worms and they dry them out and they grind them and then they they put them with orange wedges that you get and it has this very unique kind of flavor and you're supposed to drink it with a beer right like you see most people that have a beer and then a shadow Mezcal as well you just sip it you don't take a shot of it which will that's what we learned right back home tequila we're just putting them back but here we learned that you're supposed to sip your beverages enjoy that we had so much more food that we enjoyed too like so base and chiladas you know every state just had something for us we can't get to them all but oh man where are we we actually had a burrito that was wrapped in cheese they fried cheese and then wrapped this incredible meat and wow mind blowing all right top experiences other than eating that cheese burrito oh man I can't stop thinking about it now dude los Muertos in Oaxaca it's always been a dream of mine to go to Dia de los Muertos and don't make the mistake of saying it's Mexican Halloween because you are completely wrong it is this beautiful tradition that is about your ancestors the people that have passed on in your family their Spirits coming back and spending time with you I'm getting chills just talking about it yeah when we did it remember we went we did some experiences with cultural unlimited and we got to go out to Tia lunche's house where she you know taught us how to make tortillas and then we had tamales and we built our own a frienda which is the Altar and we went and we cut the flowers in the fields and before that we went to the market and we gathered all the supplies for the efrenda so we got to learn about the entire entire you know what families do to prepare for it and every family has their own Altar and the people that they have their faces painted we did as well which was very cool and you know the people they dress in these beautiful clothes especially in Oaxaca there's parades in the streets we actually went to with that same company that you were talking the cultural experience we went to another town where they had this like band battle Yeah it was one of the coolest things and so funny they were just out there were tubas that had pyrotechnic shooting out of them people were dressed up they were playing music and we actually went back to this guy's house afterwards and everybody from the town showed up dancing singing just really embracing The Experience because it's not Halloween it's about you celebrating life and that is one of the coolest things I think we experience in all of Mexico all right next swimming with whale sharks in Isla Mujeres man I've been a scuba diving instructor for 25 years I've I've swam with some whale sharks I've seen some incredible stuff underwater we went on this experience and there were a hundred whale sharks like we didn't count them but there was there were a lot the captain said there were a hundred and it wasn't just whale sharks it was these mantas swimming around Turtles we saw dolphins and every time we Heidi almost got swallowed by a whale shark I mean she wouldn't have you know eaten her but it was Swimming by our guide Adolfo hey Adolfo pulled her out of the way at the last second I cry when I watched the video because it was one of the most beautiful and unique experiences and to share with you at home it's it's so beautiful to see these animals are the size of a school bus yeah and it wasn't an easy feet getting out there I think it was like 22 miles out to sea it took a couple hours right and the Seas were quite choppy so if you're gonna do this just know that like yeah you got to be prepared maybe take some seasickness pills you know so you take them before you go don't be a hero just take the pills but definitely I mean an experience that we'll never forget next up is the Jose Cuervo Tequila train in Jalisco wow wow wow talk about a unique experience it starts in Guadalajara you board the Jose Cuervo Express and right away the tequila starts flowing you get this taste limited tequila yeah and then you can drink as much as you want they give you some food and you enjoy some music the entire ride there goes through these incredible Landscapes of agave Fields when you pull into town the mariachi bands are just waiting outside with the music going and then you get there and you get to tour the Jose Cuervo facility the factory and learn all about the process of this unique beverage I love seeing how like they roast them in these giant ovens it really hurts it was so cool and then we actually went into like the heart of tequila people are dancing singing drinking cantaritos yeah it was just a fun fun day and at the end we even got to go to the Agave fields and we saw a himador they're here not all heroes wear capes people the humidor with this little hat on he just cut up the Agave hearts for us right there we all did some line dancing it was really fun yeah we actually left standing straight up we were responsible yeah next up oh we just did this the off-roading the desert racing in San Felipe Baja California with desert Adventure Tours so cool Jerry and Kayla hi guys that took us out into the desert where we got to see the Valley of the Giants they are the biggest cacti in the world 70 feet tall and some say about 500 years old yeah it was incredible you know you're just looking up at them just like wow this is interesting getting out there you're just like racing through the desert it was so cool we were strapped in real tight we had these little bandanas we were gonna rob a train it was fun very unique experience definitely a lot of fun put it on the list next one one of my favorite times that we had was staying on that sailboat in mulee in Bahia Concepcion off of Playa Boro and I think the best part was our host Sylvia and Carl and Carl sorry Carl we didn't forget about you they were the sweetest couple and they have this sailboat that they actually Sail on but they rent out as an Airbnb they gave us our own dinghy and we would go out and just explore the islands enjoy ourselves sleeping on the boat was so cool and we went out for margaritas and saw an incredible sunset with Sylvia and she also taught us how to clam we that was a cool So Adam caught a fish I put it back but yeah it was just it was just fun another really nice cool and unique very unique yeah next um hot air ballooning or teotiwaka again thank you to our friends Lori and Ruben this was actually a gift to us for Christmas birthdays they were so wonderful we got to go with Reuben we left at like 4 a.m or something it was quite early you get there before the sun comes up right outside of where the ruins are and they're just feeling hot air balloons and we had like our own little compartment in the hot air balloon it goes up you're over the city there's balloons all around as the sun is rising and then you look down and there are these incredible ruins that are one of the biggest mysteries from Mexico I think it was just so beautiful and then we may have had a little bit of the landing was we may have hit a tree or two I just remember us like exciting and then riding back in the back of the truck yeah in the basket then we also have the champagne toast oh that was fun when we landed which is really nice and again another very unique experience then we went and saw The Ruins which were beautiful oh and then with Lauren owing these like beautiful blue hot springs that just flow out of the side of this mountain down into this Valley we had such a wonderful time at least you did a lot with them we even went and saw the Lucha libre's when we were in Mexico City which was so cool too they were doing flips off the the turnbuckles and stuff and then whole Moon we can't forget when we went to whole moon and the state of Yucatan with Sammy hey Sammy I think a lot of these experiences were well around people right it's that's life life it's it's you know a lot of the memories the good memories that you remember are made because it's the people that you were with or you didn't with but we went to whole Moon that is like the Cenote capital of Mexico and Sammy ended up being our guy we've been working out really woke he spoke perfect English he took us to all of these they have like so many 40. 40 or 50 and they're discovering them still like at this present time he did this incredible jump like 40 or 50 feet down into one of the cenotes I was impressed Sammy you are the man yeah we miss you and we hope you're doing well and we still stay in contact with him we do which is nice he's so nice and the last one we mentioned it slightly before it was releasing sea turtles we got to do it a few times and it is such a special experience you know having this tiny little perfect Turtle they were in her they're these little these little they look like coconut shells they're actually like a traditional bowl that was used here in Mexico a little bit of sand in it and they give you your tiny little perfect turtle and we name them and then you go down there's a line and you just kind of like let them go and cheer them on as they go down into the sea to be free yeah out in the ocean only like one out of a thousand actually survive to adulthood ours definitely out there holding their little flippers together right now swimming through the ocean we can dream well I hope you enjoyed our experiences we have so many memories already from this journey and I just feel so blessed and you know like we did mention cities beaches those were just the tip of the iceberg the ones that came off the top it took us a while to narrow it down to just these because we really have had only positive and wonderful experiences since we've been to Mexico for two years yeah yeah really just the zochi Milko one was honestly our only bad experience yeah everything else has just been so wonderful I remember one time a guy like he took 20 more pesos than something should have been and that was it on one bus he was supposed to give his change and he got off the bus and left and we were like well it happened and I'm sure you know some stuff we just didn't see or we were charged extra here and there but like yeah it's it's amazing to be someplace this long to have only very positive you know memories and experiences that we're gonna like Heidi said carry with us forever yes but we wanted to just talk about a bit more stuff we had this question what surprised us about Mexico and I'll say just it's diversity you know we talk to people and we tell them like every state here in Mexico is different it's like the United States right Alabama and Alaska are totally different same here Chiapas and Baja California totally different from the people the culture the food the music the landscape like it it'll just blow you away and I'll be honest when we came here we didn't know there were 32 states like we just thought Mexico was Mexico Mexico oh we're in Mexico because back home we're not taught about our beautiful neighbor here which is such a shame yeah it really is a travesty yeah so I think like the diversity just you know it blew me away and it still does to this day for sure I think for me it was you know we've been all over the world together I traveled before I met Heidi and Mexico was always like on the back burner it was like maybe when I get old I'll go to Mexico Mexico is just Cancun Mexico is just this party place and Mexico opened my eyes to the fact that I need to keep an open mind I need to be willing to have these experiences because if I wasn't we would have missed out on one of the most beautiful cultures and countries that I've ever experienced in the entire world and I was not expecting it and I am so grateful for it because it's changed me you know being here and and the people are so kind you know I feel like at home we have a Mexican culture where it's separate from us we're not like it's like Americans and Mexicans when you're here the Mexicans accept us like we're Mexicans as long as you're nice to them as long as you respect them respect is huge as long as you smile at them and treat them with the respect that you want to be treated with you're part of their family and people tell us that all the time and that's what surprised me the most about Mexico is they embraced us like we were Mexicans and that's what I love like the pride here you know it doesn't seem as divided as back home like there is a Unity here that we have never seen and when speaking like Adam was just talking about like the family unit is so important here as well and Community a lot of people you need each other you lean on your neighbor for help and it's just yeah but it's just it's such a beautiful thing and I've it's definitely made me realize just how important family is you know God is very important to them as well and having your faith and I think that's a beautiful thing and I think it it keeps Community together I think back home we've shifted to this more like individualism so like it's like all right well you grow up and now you're on your own you do this and you do that but you do it on your own because that's what success is what happened to us helping each other and building each other up and being successful together for sure and I think here a lot of people you know they they lend their hand to you and they want to help you because they need your help too and they realize like we can grow together absolutely which is just a a big lesson but I think just the main thing is if you can travel please travel get out there because it'll open your mind change your perspectives it'll humble you to your core even if it's just to the next town over or the next state if you can't get away to Mexico or a different country you don't have a passport just go someplace and see something new go out and say hi to somebody start a conversation it'll make you a better person and I think that kind of leads into the next thing like what did we learn from Mexico well Mexico has taught us so much as you can see even after traveling a lot of the world it's just I think doing this YouTube channel and doing research has really like you know learning all of the history has been so enriching so I think that's kind of drawn us even closer to a country than we've ever been to um but something else that I've learned that goes even further than that is just how you know if you didn't know my sister passed away in March of 2021 it's almost going to be two years I know that's crazy so when we started our channel in June of that same year you know I was still reeling from that loss and that trauma and honestly I was completely broken like you couldn't see it in the videos because you know we were making videos we were having fun but behind the scenes I was angry and I was sad and I was really reeling from the loss and the trauma and I can thank Mexico for healing me like it's given me the patience and the space and the opportunity to go through all of those feelings it's I've you know I've stepped up the ladder and I've crashed back down and it's really been there just with open arms and so welcoming like we said the smiles of the people and the Landscapes just the entire feeling here has just allowed me to heal and I can say like I have healed and I am doing so much better and you know like Dia de Muertos like we talked about it just like put into perspective more what loss is to me and what it means to me and now I carry my sister with me everywhere I go she I know she's here with me enjoying all of our travels with us and so I couldn't there's no way for me to really give my thanks because this country has done so much for me but just yet thank you so so much for allowing me to heal and grow and become the woman I am today because without you yeah I don't know where I'd be you're quite a woman thank you you know I think Mexico helped to heal me as well I think especially after covid I think that you know Mexico kept its borders open when the entire world was shut down and you know they took different kinds of precautions but fear wasn't the first thing that you felt when you were here and you know I think that it helped me to grow into a better person we tried we've traveled before and I think that traveling has changed our perspectives or expanded our Horizons but I think Mexico is one of the first places that has truly changed my heart and it's because of that openness that culture the history and the acceptance because I think a lot of the times you go someplace and your tourists experiencing things in that country whereas in Mexico I feel like I'm part of Mexico and I feel like Mexico is part of me and when I wear this this Mexico shirt it feels like it's in my heart and I'm so proud to be here and proud that they allowed me to share in their beautiful culture and all I can say is muchas gracias from the bottom of my heart to all of Mexico it's people it's culture it's Landscapes it's nature it's food it's music you've made me a better person so thank you for that yeah thank you for that she needed it for me hello you're wonderful but yeah I think that's it I mean you know we are planning on coming back here so we did write down some places or experiences that we want to come back and do and definitely trend chepe and Chihuahua I want to go to Chihuahua and stay so so bad so that's at the top of the listina in San Luis Potosi I even planned that whole video to go there but unfortunately it was the rainy season so we didn't end up going the butterfly migration in Michoacan millions of butterflies migrate down from Canada monarch butterflies so beautiful I want to go to Monterey and see that City and also to Sonora and eat some great meat over there and there's so much more yeah there really is so yeah thank you I it's so sad saying goodbye but it's not goodbye and see you later it's hasta luego you know it's not adios no we're definitely gonna see you again if it's not soon it'll be later but it'll be again I don't think it could ever be adios because honestly you are gonna be in my heart I'm talking to Mexico right now you're gonna be in my heart for the rest of my life and I will carry you and your lessons and your beauty sorry I've also never been so emotional about a place I've ever been to but you're going to be with me forever and and I cannot thank you enough for for making me the man that I am today so muchas gracias yeah and thank you just yeah again for having us and allowing us to be here and to grow and for watching us grow yeah for being just being someone to lean on for all the the countrymen here in Mexico and women who have supported us and just applauded us and you know kind of pushed us to keep going and to keep doing this and all of you at home who have done the same so and and we we genuinely hope that you choose to come with us as we collect more countries around the world we hope that you want to be part of this journey because we love having you in our community and it really wouldn't be anywhere near as much fun if you weren't here to share it with because it enriches our experience every day your comments your likes the way that you communicate with us it's just it's so much of our experience that we never even knew was important before but yeah if you don't want to come we understand but please do because you are so important to the experience and we think a lot of the countries that we're gonna go to You're Gonna enjoy as well absolutely so thank you again Mexico we love you so much and we will see you in our next country