What's up Tangerineys! From a brand-new
state to us in Mexico, Michoacan. Specifically the city of Morelia. If you're new to our channel, my name is
Maddie, and I'm Jordan, and we are Tangerine Travels! We've been traveling
through Mexico for almost a year now and our first time in Morelia, there were a
lot of things that shocked us, that we weren't expecting. One thing that we love about the city is
there are so many colectivos! If you don't know what a colectivo is, it's a
van-looking thing that a whole bunch of people will pile into to go various
destinations. And it's one of the cheapest, most economical ways to get
around town, and it's also one of the cleanest. It's much nicer, I think, than
having a whole bunch of buses that emit lots of diesel fumes and such. So the
noise pollution is a lot less, the actual pollution is a lot less. But what shocked
us is that we've never seen a city in Mexico, before Morelia, that had quite so
many colectivos! One big attraction in Morelia is the
aqueduct that's supposed to be pretty Incredible! So we're going to try to take
a colectivo there and see if we can manage to figure it out. We don't really
know how to know where the colectivos go here. If anyone knows how these work,
please let us know! We noticed some of them have signs on them and we have seen some that say "acueducto," so we're going to look for one like that. But a lot
don't have a sign saying where they go, They just have a number. So I don't see "acueducto." On any of these. This one has some, it says where it's going, but
doesn't say aqueduct. It says the zoo, Centro, and Carrillo
which is one neighborhood in Morelia. This one says San Juan, Cathedral, Centro,
Walmart, monument, mercado abastos. This one says Centro and number two. And this one says "acueducto," so we're going To try to get this one. To the aquaduct, please. In Tulum when we took a colectivo, we
paid after the ride, as did everyone else. Here, he said it didn't matter whether
you paid before or after. But it seemed like Most people paid right when they got on. This is the Morelia Aquaduct. Acueducto. With two hundred and fifty three arches made out of limestone 1.2 Meters? Meters? I mean kilometers. 1.2 meters long, an absolute masterpiece! 1.8 kilometers long. And built in the
1700s. And built in the 1700s, like I was saying. [Laughter] We didn't think this was a very well-known spot for tourism based on what we had heard - that it's kind of a hidden gem. But we don't find that to be true. We've seen people from all over the world! This
is the only place in Mexico where we've seen stuff written in eight different
languages! We've seen literally people from all over, whether they're Spanish
speakers, or Mexicans visiting from other parts of Mexico, or people from
visiting the US, or Canada, or China, or Portugal, and Brazil. From all over! There's tons of tourism here! And that was really surprising to us, based on
what we heard. One of the things that has personally shocked me about Morelia is
the amount of staring that there is. It's pretty common when we go to new
cities, especially smaller cities, that people are like "ooh gringos, we don't
see them around here very often." And yes, I do realize that when holding a camera
out, we're gonna get a few more stares than normal. But I'm talking about just
your average walking down the street. And when you catch someone staring at you
here, they just continue staring, so that's the part that shocks me. The main
difference is it's everyone stares for extra long. For extra, for an extraordinary amount of time. Which is uncomfortable. I feel like it's pretty rude but that's just
the way that it is here. And this has never been the case in any other city in
Mexico that we've visited. So I'm curious to know if there's a reason for that? Is it my clothes? Is it my smile? My hair? Is there something in my teeth? But it's not just people staring for an awkward amount of time, it's men staring at me like I'm a
piece of meat, and comments that they're making in Spanish they think we don't
understand, that just make my skin crawl. It happens every day, multiple times
a day. Anywhere we walk, no matter what I'm wearing. And I do hear people in the
comments saying "well you you dress more conservatively." But I am
wearing the same clothes here in Morelia that I've worn the entire eight, almost
nine months, that we've been in Mexico. Except more conservative because
you're wearing pants here instead. One Thing that surprised us about Morelia,
considering we're right in the middle of Mexico, is the cool weather here. This is
the coolest city we've been in but that's probably because we're at a 6,200
feet above sea level. And it's November but you know, who's keeping track? But in
all seriousness, many people have this idea of Mexico that it's just
tumbleweeds, and desert, and Cowboys, and things like that. And hot throughout the
entire country. And hot throughout the whole country. You wouldn't believe how many comments we get saying "How does your husky survive here?" In the heat. "It must be so hot!" Apparently it's hot everywhere, so this might surprise or
shock some other people too, that's why we're bringing it up. Something that
shocked us about Morelia in the best way is the gorgeous architecture, especially
this Cathedral that's right behind me here! But even the buildings too. Like this. Also like this. And like this. And this! The town has such a great aesthetic to
it, but specifically, this incredible cathedral! As you guys might know at this point, our
go-to for finding rentals in a new city Throughout Mexico is Airbnb. If you haven't
signed up yet, please use our link in the description to get $40 off. The point I'm
trying to make here, is that in Morelia, the Airbnbs are pretty much
comparable to the hotels around. Usually you can save twenty or thirty dollars (per night) by
getting a nice Airbnb as opposed to getting a hotel in the city. But it's
just not really the case here. Something that really surprised us about Morelia
is how affordable the city is! We can finally afford to eat at some of the
nicest restaurants in town. At least occasionally. Right now we're at Lu Michoacana which has become one of our favorite
spots in town. It's right next to El Centro. This is something that on Yelp, I
believe, has like three or four price signs. ($$$) Although this is a very high-end restaurant, that I think in the US you'd
probably be paying thirty to forty dollars per plate, the last time we were
here my entree was 102 pesos, and yours was? 93. So pretty darn
affordable! And you're right in the Center of town! Great ambiance. And it comes with this beautiful presentation. Beautiful presentation of these plates So I got it jicama enchiladas and they
were about 90 pesos, and Maddie got a super delicious looking salad with hibiscus,
which was about a hundred pesos. My flight of mezcals, mezcales from
Michoacan was 89 pesos, which included an orange slice jamaica or hibiscus salts, and a few cheeses, from the area, I believe. Although
you can eat at a five-star restaurant pretty affordably. If you're on a budget,
you also have lots of great options, for example, right here you can get huevos
al gusto, which is eggs any way you want them, and you can get it with bacon,
chorizo, or something and beans for 30 pesos. The next thing that surprised us
about Morelia, Michoacán is that it seems like a less conservative city than just
about any other city we've been to Mexico. Women wearing more revealing
clothing, sex theaters like this one, a sex shop down the road that way, a sex
shop down the road that way. Gonna do a walk-by at this theater and sex shop but
I do realize that it's possible that there are sex theaters or sex shops in
other cities in Mexico but I suppose this is the most prominent that we've
ever seen that. And also, we're not looking, so it's possible they're just
hidden amongst all these cities. So.. One more thing that surprised us here
was that all the restaurants, when talking about drinks or liquor, they have
all their measurements in ounces instead of milliliters, which is super
unique for Mexico. And something we haven't seen except for the tourists towns. Like Playa del Carmen, places like that. So we are now in the mercado de Artesanias y dulces. And this brings
us to our next one, which is there is a lot of copper in Morelia. So cute! [Laughter] We did some
research to find out why this is and we think it's because there used to be a
lot of copper mining here in Morelia and Michoacán in general. Now, there's not
much copper to be had in these mines but it is shipped here to be made into super
cool things like sinks, pots, cool things like this. [Laughter] And for a very very low price. We also read that it's mostly shipped here from electrical companies. So I
don't know how true that is but if so that's kind of cool. We thought a paleta
sounded nice and we found the spot close to Centro. This is a gazpacho-flavored popsicle. We are still going to try gazpacho but
this has pineapple, jicama, chamoy, and mango. And spices too, she said. Yeah, typically, from what we here gazpacho usually has onion in it, so Maddie wouldn't be able to have
the normal kind of gazpacho. But we got popsicles! I need to get over this layer
of ice in order to get to the actual flavoring. Very slight chili flavor. I think I'd
like it a little bit more with a little bit more chili. Still tasty so far. and... To me, it tastes a whole lot like chili
and mango. Like we get those type of popsicles all the time. This is good! And it was 15 pesos. This is a more expensive popsicle than what I would
expect given the other prices in this city. One thing we loved about living in Guadalajara was that every Sunday
they close down some of the major streets, so you could bike, and
rollerblade, and take your dog out, and go on the street all morning long. And after
we put that in a video, we found out that Mexico City also has it. But we didn't
know any other cities did, so that really surprised us. What are these? We really want some. [Laughter] That really surprised me! I love that so many people
come out to exercise in one day. You get to come out and watch, do all the dog
watching you want, see all the cute dogs in one place. That's what I come here for,
the dog watching. We went in search of elote here near the Centro of Morelia and we thought there was a concert going on. Which is right behind us right now but
it's actually kind of an open-air worship session, which is super cool. People can just come out here dance around, sing, and
worship. That's, that's really cool I think. And What's also cool is this awesome elote
spot next to this, Elotes La Cerrada. I got a Dorito-lote which is like a thing of Doritos, corn, and deliciousness. And they
had like 30 sauces to choose from. This is the coolest elote place we've
ever seen! I'm sad we just discovered it but if I get fat after this, you guys are going to know why. [Laughter] So something that we get asked on our channel pretty often is how walkable a city is,
especially for people with mobility issues, like back issues, or ankle, knee,
things like that. Or they're in a wheelchair. Something that really
surprised us about Morelia in a really good way is that the sidewalks are so
nice! Yeah, yeah and they're mostly pretty wide too. And there aren't like trees
uprooting them or potholes within them, and stuff like that. Compared to other
cities we've been to in Mexico, these are the nicest sidewalks we've seen. So if someone is in a wheelchair they're gonna have no trouble getting around the city. Hey, you! So we're now in front of one of
the many museums here in Morelia, and this is the home where Morelos, who the
city is named after, was born. As we've mentioned in previous videos we're huge
history fans or museum fans, however it is really cool that Morelia has dozens
of them within about a one-mile radius. So you've got like the planetarium, science
museums, historical figures like this. If you're into history, this is a great
place to visit! We are still in this hacienda where Morelos was born, and
if I learned one thing here, he certainly came from a wealthy family. This place is huge! When we got to Morelia, we wanted to grab
some food at a restaurant but we specifically wanted food that was local
to here, so we were looking for those kind of restaurants. And we got there,
looked at the menu, and a hardly knew a Single word. [Laughter] We're pretty much talking about Morelian food or Michoacanian? Michoacan food. [Laughter] Those words are a lot different so in talking
about a tamal, here it's, what is it called? Corondas? Corondas I think. Or something? So all the words change just slightly because they're unique to here but we were like "Um help!" And then we were trying to translate the words and because they're so unique to here, they
don't translate anything. So as you guys can probably tell, it took
us a few days, maybe more than a few days. Almost a week to record this video
because the things that shocked us when we first came to Morelia sort of
changed over time. For instance, a whole bunch of interesting characters were on the list. Colorful characters. Yeah that was an item on the list that we decided to scratch, because it
turns out, we just ran it all of them on the first day. On the very first day. Hi I'm a bird! If you stuck around with us to this point, thank you so much! Please subscribe to our channel to see
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