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ancient cultures, and delicious. cuz the 1st events rebec shows you 3 cool mexico city neighborhoods that you won't necessarily find. and your average guidebook andrew karate takes you to chick janisa, one of the most important ruins and mexico, yucatan peninsula. and when you've had your fill of culture, will end with something to tickle your teeth, but a culinary city to are ready. let's go with welcome to mexico city. now this is not just any city, it's a huge metropolis. that's home to 9000000 people. and honestly, i know mexico city doesn't have the best reputation. but today i want to show you a very different side to the city, maybe a side that you didn't even know existed. so in this,

so if we're going to travel to 3 very different neighborhoods across mexico city and we're going to see how people will call them home, live and work. are you ready? mamma's let go. we're starting out in a so called burial magical or magic neighbourhood, a designation given to the most historic, culturally significant parts of mexico city. this is co, our current now water for the place of the coyotes. you know, when you come to a local barrier here in mexico city, you can skip going to and no cargo or a market because that's where you see how people go about their day, how they work, how they live. now cardinals are kind of like the souls of each neighborhood. so i'm going to take you guys into the coil i can market. let's see what we can find inside a gun. when you dive into the crowded interior of a local market, your sensors instantly become overwhelmed. with the smells, colors, and sounds inside. to me, this is as real as it gets. if you want to experience

a slice of local culture with marker in mexico city, you don't just get handicrafts or clothes or just register wasn't through figure. often everything pretty much in the same place, at least here. my theory is you could probably survive in this market for a week without ever having to leave. you have everything that you need, ah, right here, i want to show you something and little bit different. take these out, these are so called alady has they are kind of surreal, abstract, magical animals that you only find here in mexico. and they are kind of like a combination of different kinds of animal usually. so for example, right here, mean this to me looks like a combo of crab and fish and some kind of magical a dragon. right hair. we've got

a bed painted and all kinds of beautiful patton flowers. ok. i'm going to pick out one. i'll agree. okay. and treated as my jogan of good luck. these 2 are my favorite, that i can only choose one, the coyote, all the pegasus we, i'm going to get this one. our next step is put you mucous, a peaceful oasis on the outskirts of mexico city. thanks to its natural beauty. switching over the unesco world heritage site and the way to get around here is a colorful both called tracking data. on the weekend you'll see families both local and tourist partying. it a big time when these both. but today i want to show you a very different grassroots perspective. and on one of these boats we meet ricardo, the founder of an important project. dell actually number i just called works with local farmers on restoring the farmland, expanding, switching your natural environment and protecting it from new urban construction.

it also helps provide jobs for more local while maintaining such nuclear traditional agricultural practices. so where does all of this delicious food come from? come from here. it's a local food and we have many products who we harvest. yeah. yesterday for, for make the store. and i 1st, when we have a cell, let me, it's been a 10 cherries and cucumber and carrots come from here. and now here we have teeth and we call it gets sort of and channel. and hearing the black is gone, who we call it monica hit, the we have what i'm only mean of a gallows organic. i will go to come from the one thing and we prepared. we see lentil, an onion lunch going from the cheenum and the onion to and in that but we, we have a coffee, the coffee pot. no. but they're made with cinnamon, natural sugar cane and mix again coffee on of the best coffee is i'll ever had in

my life on my 2nd cup. and i'm planning for a 3rd one. so to mucous water canals are the remains of a massive water, transportation and food production system. originally built by the asked decks in the pre colonial valley of mexico, the small islands or g numbers which docked the landscape, are actually essential for the survival of mexico city. they provide it with water with fresh produce and since the capitol was built on top of a lake that she numb pass, also play a role in stabilizing the ground underneath it. so it doesn't collapse in on itself . so viewed as is one of which numbers, it's so huge, the asterix read it the people from here, they feed it $2800.00 people from the syria. and who are the people that work on this, john? for us, i have 3 workers and they born in the saddle and they know everything about the how to make the crops inside. so local food,

locally produced by local people ref. daddy's gold. so take this out, this is soil and, and a lot of us are scared of this stuff. you know, because it's dirty because it's not clean, but this is where it all begins. this is where all of our food comes from and it's amazing to see the process behind it all, how it actually grows, how it's actually created. the origins of our food, you know, like sometimes we're so disconnected from the food that we eat from the nourishment that we have. and it's just amazing to take the soil this life, giving soil into your hands for just a moment. smell it. touch it, feel it. this is life. oh, i see the here feel so wonderful. it's just the school ash amazing area of

greenery and it's half an hour away from the center of mexico city. this is why louis beautiful calming places i've seen in this country so far. now on to our next destination, back in the center of mexico city. there's one last place that i want to take you guys that's really special here. but in order to get there, i've had to come to a very different kind of neighborhood to the ones that we've been visiting. so far . this is condenser, the hipster capital of mexico city. welcome. if you're looking for a highlights to of mexico city, you might skip condenser altogether. but if you'd like to experience how mexico city is changing from a truly local perspective, i definitely recommend this is the definition of a hipster neighborhood. no sugar low in carbs. kito vegan ice cream condenser is the fashionable hips,

the center of mexico and very different from all the other neighborhoods in town. it doesn't matter that we're in a hipster neighbourhood. the time of mexico city is always present. so i say the danger with us, but because i've, i've arrived at like land justina a tiny hole in the wall bar that deals exclusively in mexican missed missed call is a little bit like tequila in that they're both made from a guy they but miss cow tends to be much richer, much more aromatic in flavor. the dime on the j. danielle is here to give us an introduction. wow, here we go. la la, real mexican was cow, real mexican with a. so how strong is this exactly. exactly. it's a $54.00 degrees above weight, $54.00 point. think before 4.6 is one of the strongest that we have been left on

the center of the high amount of alcohol for you to take more do flavors of the actual actual plant. so it made a strong body will face good. do you shot it or do it when the culture you're done with middle cases, if you could. but if you did receive that, then it's got a little bit. and we just give a little a bully, grab a no, he kind of a right. so how about this? when we raise it, tell us now let's raise it to be humble and yes, of course. all right, sure. cello, a cello, a with

next we a company, drew a newly rattie on an exciting excursion from the popular beach resort of canker. we had to one of mexico's most visited tourist attractions. the ancient ruins of chic janita. if probably heard of the maya civilization once arrival in city debate, teacher needs that is a complex of mine going and ancient structures, if approximately 200 kilometers from con, best known for their complex calendars advances and mathematics and astronomy, and allegedly predicted to be end of the world and 2012, the maya civilization was one of the most dominant indigenous societies of mexico and central america. before the 16th century spanish conquest treat you need those, the unesco royal edited site, and quite popular prior to arrive here as early as possible. and be here by 8 pm.

otherwise, the reading lines can be quite long. if you want to, you can hide a guide to tell you more about the site which will cost around $50.00 euros and will allow you to skip the less. if you're not a mexican national, i think it would cost you $571.00 mexican pixels, which is around 25 years. it's about 10 percent cheaper. if we read instead of garcia who doors with like most terroristic places, there are a lot of tourist shops where you can buy souvenirs, but you don't want anything. just say no gras. yes. it. oh, that sounds like

a bird. ah, if you google for cheating, it's the image of this bit amid will come up. i used to think that this itself was teacher needs. so, but it's actually, the whole site displayed itself. it's called a bit of l. castillo, or the temple of cool, cool cotton. it's the main attraction you. cook will come is actually the name of a serpent deity that was worshipped by the maya. and it literally means feathered snake in the yucatan. my language. if you're here, you will see a lot of people clapping. that's because there is something very special with the acoustics of this temple in the status. if you clap, they will be echoed, that you hear. it sounds like a bird chirping specifically

that shirt of the mexican kit side, there is a sacred animal in my m culture. finally, it doesn't work. if you're standing on the side, you have to be standing exactly in the center of the sector. we know that the maya had a really sophisticated calendar. it goes to stomach during a $360.00 day calendar. and what's interesting is that if you see the pyramid behind and each site has $91.00 step exactly. but the main engine has one extra step. so in total there are $365.00 in the pyramid. and on each side you can see 52 rectangular panels. they stand for the 52 year cycle. the maya used to track longer periods of time. then believe that after each such period, the universe gets destroyed and re created when the new era starts to the misunderstanding that they predicted the end of the world in 2012.

i just wanted them to if you were wondering how high castillo in the tumble at the top of the pyramid is approximately 24 meters above the ground, the view must be good for me up there. but these rooms are protected and you're no longer allowed to climb up there. this is to avoid accidents and to preserve this ancient side, ah, here i have the hob calendar of the mine which was also 365, just like more than kellen. it had 18 month each month had 20 days, and there were 5 days left or at the end of the year. and these mines considered those 5 days, very dangerous. they were afraid to leave their homes on those days and followed

certain rituals. because that was the time they believed than the underworld met with the mortal the site covers an area of roughly 5 square kilometers. it is the city used to be also one of the most edwards, one in the maya world, which could be the reason why we can find a variety of architectural styles here. and these structures used to be painted. you can see some left over colors on some of the structures. me. you can even find a ball game cord there. can you imagine playing a game where you have to pick a rubber ball through that whole, but way it, you're not allowed to use your hands. feet, you can use the elbows, hips, or this area or any other part of the body. and there's another twist. if you've been this game, you get your head cut off. i'm not joking. this was literally the rule of this again, the captain of the winning team get decapitated. but the funny thing is he considered

it an honor. it was an honorable sacrifice to people who wanted to have that happened to them because they believed that they will be in carbonated in a better form. this is one head office. it's gotta get the, you know, the awesome life after life. ahead there. oh, it's hard to imagine that some of them i ever chose where this brutal given that quite sophisticated sense of architecture with a to stick their corporations and beautiful carvings. that it some of these carvings which give a hint at their customs and red shot. this ball as a lot of engraved because that's because they used to put their enemies, goes on a bike on the wall. ah, don't forget to beg your son soon because even in the middle of winter it gets very

hot here. always touching on 30 degrees celsius but thankfully there's shade here in some areas. you should also bring enough water. but if you're out of it, there is one shop inside the side which sells more. an other beverage. it's located right next to the sacred zenato. ah, this here is a secret santa rethinking your thing called the used to throw a lot of stuff down there for secular fight, even human. if you come all the way to treat in itself, then you should also visit these amazing sin note is like this one down here, which is just a 5 minute drive from fusion. yeah. ah ah

ah, and finally we head back to mexico city. even though back lugs trying the local food wherever she travels. so she is going on a street food tour with her. so her neat rusito, my guide to the best food in town, racier, runs her own company called eat like a local who specialize in st for tours right here in mexico city. and were off to a very fast spot, a super local hole in the wall, which says the ultimate street food item and mexico. jacko fall,

act for this that, that are one of my favorite that goes there. so that was like, you saw that still, that goes, that goes in mexico. i usually meet by a guy. okay. and you will see, cuz he has maybe a women or something really new in mexico. not something that was existing. seems the beginning they side every coming, but we're after we started working on the street and we need something to eat. right. so the etiquette is just to take it in it with your hands, stuck it in your mouth, you know, quickly. exactly, and all with your head, the heads up, i'm gonna give you a really good that got you as a guinea, as some car, nancy mita with a kind of like look, i'm only on so let's do this. so this is the plane tackle so far. what we're going to do right now is add a little bit of soft, little bit of garnish. to make this alicia, can i do those? can i do this? okay. 123, a good. everything in this tackle days. solve crash, the veggies or just the right amount of crunchy in the guacamole on top is so

creamy and delicious. you got to get your hands really dirty. like you gotta like, invest your body into your food. i love that. you know, that was only the beginning. we're on our way to, well, 1st of all, we need to digest that taco, and then we'll be on our way to meet one of the longest standing st. food vendors in the neighborhood of condo that i saw. that is 6040 am. if you wake up to me this packet and they said come back, get back. what? because they're basically be in a basket. and what they do is they put it back on with the stuffing, they fall them and then they piled about like a fan. yeah. oh wow. and therefore finding like chopped onions and then they still it with plastic wraps. so they've studied, they sometimes they call it a study, they have more flavors. i like the one with an antenna because he makes it back with most of the basket. that goes there, made enough mass production. and then when you're in a hurry and your work do jobs and you have things to do when you come to order to, to eat and go. and they, they say the us, he makes, he makes us us every year,

every day, different look how beautiful and i smell it. ah, god, every time i smell something like this, every time we're walking past different streets, installs different restaurants. and you smell all these little smells you every time that happens, my mouth watering. do you think this is spicy? mouth. okay, but she is a mexican. so she's from here a ah, kind of remember that i tell you that women make you happy. and men make that was, this is like if you have been made by women, since the aspect she comes from, i saw him, he's going to slow me. he got most of the biggest heaviest stores. they come from that state because they grow there. still, they grow the core and they go to stuff that they cook. so this is something that

is very or dissimilar because everything is made by her. wow, gordon is the most important thing that we have in mexico is the essence of our culture. and he's literally in my uncle, go to men, was made out of court. so for me, this book is very simple, but is the hard that we're not back right? this idea the web one. so you can try the playbook by itself. delicious, that's corn. it's much corn that became a fun this. oh my gosh. i never knew that this existed. this is why i see not by the enough. let's see. let's see here with me here. we've got the pilot right cactus. yeah. this is interesting. yeah. so the cactus that has, like a fixture is really cool and very different from what kind of food that i'm used to normally because it's a little bit like jelly a little bit solid, but also quite so. right. so you kind of feel like it's crunchy. let's try it.

ah, next up, lucille took me to one of the busiest in mexico city. been their cattle the hm. like. it's known as a flower market, but there's a lot of delicious trees hidden within its walls as well. a little facing with all there is an offer like a this is called black apple. they, they're very special for it. and then mix it with the orange. it's like through to pudding. yeah. right. ah, oh, we have why. it's so sweet. it's so fresh. absolutely delicious. in it and you have to go into a mangle. so do you see when i been up? oh her this to me it's like a tiny little clementine or stuff like that. oh wow. it don't feel like doing a small orange. yeah. oh yeah, we're good. that's my me very sweet. wow beautiful. a

. 2 but as the fruit, you know up the thing about the fruit from this marketing for it that i've had in mexico so far is that it taste nothing like the food that we get and supermarket it, like almost speak right. because yeah, so in that yes, and you did like do the lawyer, labor of exactly your life? why do you add extra sugar to the fruit? but obviously there's no extra sugar and that's just how the fruit actually takes. exactly. we were about to try something very local. he collect that he collect us are an unusual combo with chunky slices of turnip dipped in sugary powder, kind of like lollipops, but of course, with a mexican to it. okay, there is the, the power puff girls flavor. i think mm hm. now it's a with violent red medical. yeah. parking group. yeah. mango it's chilly, migrant jewelry. good. good. good listeners. sweet

and juicy and fresh. right. kind of like a popsicle, but a little bit healthy goes. it's on a vegetable middle insurance. i'm. they'd like to cancel each other out now and that's the end of our mexico trip, or yos until next time with with

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