Good morning tangerineys! We are in
Mérida right now in the state of Yucatan, And we are staying in this gorgeous home.
A couple opened up their home to us but we are going on this like super cool
tour. But we're gonna get to see pink water lakes, flamingos, take a mud bath.
I'm not really sure what all is included, but it's a full-day thing.
They're picking us up here at the house so they'll be here any minute,
we better get going. So how was your Christmas, Jonathan? Great! I woke up under the table. [Laughter] You always know it's a good Christmas when you wake up under the table. [Laughter] We just got to the biosphere reserve at
Rio Lagartos. There's like an inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, but then there's also
underground freshwater rivers. So this is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater. So it was about like a two and a half,
three hour drive here from Merida, and I believe it's also very close from Cancun.
So far, I am really liking it! It's so nice outside! It's somewhere around 80 but it feels like 75 because we've got this really great
breeze. The water is crystal clear! So We're walking through the swamp here or
whatever you call this, and we are looking for some crocodiles. [Jordan in an Australian accent] So after going into the swamp it appears
there is one crocodile! About five feet long! Five? Try like three, that thing was like... From head to tail, about five feet long. Maybe four. Your accent is fizzling out. Ah crikey! Hello from the future! And from a
different city. If you want to find out where and you haven't already from our
Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. We will tell You at the end of this video. I have to
come in now because it was so windy! We couldn't record anything for the rest of
this tour. We're still working on the external microphone situation so that we
can overcome that little hurdle. But we had an awesome time taking the boat
through the river! We got to see so much wildlife: like herons, crocodiles. Like
I've never in my life been so close to crocodiles. We've spotted another
crocodile. We're going to sneak in there! And see what we can find! We've spotted one! Oh man, look at those teeth! Oh! Oh, he's big! This is a big one. Wow! This reminded us a whole lot of The tour that we took back in San Blas (Nayarit)
through the jungle, which was also really cool. One of our favorite parts of this
tour was seeing pelicans! Here they come. Ahh! [Laughter] Look at you guys! Hey! The boat driver that we had, had a fish, and was tempting
them with it. Look at their heads! [Laughter] Give me the fish, now! Look at them all! So I'm convinced pelicans are exactly like dogs. [Laughter] Oh, he's following. He did it! When we got there to the pink lakes, Las Coloradas, There were flamingos there But unfortunately the boat that was
right in front of us scared away like half the flock. So we were told that if
you want to see a lot of them, go as early in the morning as you possibly can.
When we got to the pink lakes, we were expecting to be able to do what we've
seen in a lot of Instagram pictures, and videos, and whatnot. Which is be right
up next to them, maybe even get to feel some of the salt. But they have closed
that off to people completely because the companies that were buying the salt
we're complaining that they were contaminated with chemicals and a bunch
of other stuff, like sunscreen probably. Makeup and whatever other body cooties
people were putting in there from swimming in them. So that is totally not
possible to swim in them anymore. I don't really even know why people were,
but that's beside the point. It was really cool we thought to see that the
pink lakes, we've never seen anything like that before. But being as far away from them as we were, it felt a little like underwhelming
if we're being honest. On the boat right back, they gave us some
really fine mud to rub all over ourselves. It has great healing
properties for the skin. Healing and like exfoliating properties. It's a ghost! This is getting to be a disaster! [Laughter] And the
mud had a great chance to dry on the way back where we saw another huge crocodile! And we were just as close to this one, seeing its shiny white teeth, and that was... Terrifying! Oh my gosh! Look at his tail! This is definitely a
dinosaur! [Laughter] It's like "It's a trap!" Oh my gosh! Nope, he's retreating! [Laughter] Pretty cool! Once we got back, We got to wash off the mud in the local spring sort of area. It's where the groundwater
seeps up, and it mixes with the salty water of the river. That was not my
favorite part! Let's do this! No, I don't want to! [Laughter] Why did I put this mud on me? [Laughter] Hey, look at me. There's gross stuff in here! Look at me. It's like slimy! Ahh!! [Laughter] [Laughter] Ewe, something touched me! Yeah, don't touch down! Oh my gosh, I hate this so much! [Laughter] It's still all over your face. I know! [Laughter] Okay, so I vastly prefer...Oh gosh, something just touched me! The experience in Ajijic. I'm going to go back in time and take it off me. Well, good adjacent. That was just not... There was lunch for us that the tour
company paid for. It was included in the price. And then we made the
two-and-a-half or three-hour drive back. And that was the day for us. Unlike some tours that we've taken, this was mostly just a tour that was
organized for us. We didn't have to drive. I really appreciate that whenever we can
not be behind the wheel and let someone else who knows the roads better do that,
we like to take the opportunity. So that was nice! And of course everything was
all planned. This wasn't the most informational tour, as in we didn't get
tons of information about the area, about the pink lakes, about flamingos, or
anything like that. But we did get to experience all of this and see the
wildlife. So if you're in Merida, and you would like to take this tour as well, we
are going to put the information below in the description of the tour company
that we used. Since making this video we have left Merida and travelled to Puerto
Morelos, which is a small, quaint beach town in between Cancun and Playa del
Carmen, and we are absolutely loving it here! So much in fact, that for the first
time in months, we are actually thinking of settling down here for a few months.
One, two, maybe six, maybe longer. Maybe we'll make this our home base. So we are
really excited to show you this city! We're just totally enamored with it! So
look for those videos coming up. Please subscribe to our channel if you haven't
already, so you can see these videos About Puerto Morelos and other
parts of Mexico that we're traveling to. And! GONG THAT BELL! So you get notified the next time we put out a new video! And we Hope to see you there!
