Guess what time it is! Something like 10? It's our favorite time when we go to any
new city, because we get the opportunity to go to El Centro of El Centro! We're in the gazebo. What's up Tangerineys! We are here in a new city. Comala, Colima. We just arrived yesterday. It's a little bit different weather than we're used to these days. It's about 80? What is
it, 82 degrees, high of 88, with almost 70% humidity. Slightly hotter than were used
to. But thankfully, we're staying in a place with a place is ice cold AC! So Comala, Colima is actually a Pueblo Mágico. A magic town. To our surprise, we've only
been to three before this. Tequila, Jalisco, Mazamitla, Jalisco, and Sayulita, Nayarit. Nayarit. Each one of those cities, it immediately, like okay. It's apparent. Like right away, why it's
considered a Pueblo Magico. Tequila, I felt like it was just this huge party,
with of course, lots of tequila! And very festive. And the history of Tequila, lots of history there. Mazamitla, it felt like Swiss Alps mountain town. The most gorgeous
cathedral, all white, super pretty! Sayulita, well that's like a kind of a hippie beach town. So far here, I don't know. You can't really tell what
it is about this place, but after we did a little bit of research, and found out
that it was what about 20 years ago or so that the whole Pueblo Mágico... Yeah 17, approaching 20. Where they started all of this. Each of these towns was picked either for its history, an event, the food, Some type of special hospitality or art. Folklore. Folklore, I don't even know what that really means. But they each had a reason. We have learned already that there's a
lot of history here, there's ancient ruins that go back a long long time! Pre-hispanic ruins. It has the most active volcano in all of Mexico! We're gonna take you guys along as we explore Comala. Maybe the volcanoes. Maybe some other fun stuff. The local food here. The
hairless dogs that I can't pronounce (Xoloitzcuintle). We know there's gonna be something that
makes this town special, and you're gonna find out what it is as we find it out. Also, coming up, we have some special guests on our Channel. A couple new people that you may already know! Uh-huh! Uh-huh! So we're back at the hotel now and it's
actually pretty cool around here. It's sort of situated off the road and
it's got all these trees! There's this river that's right over this way. We like it back here, there's a lot of nature sounds. Basically right outside our door
is this little stream, river type deal. Which is so beautiful! Whatever that is? That sound. I don't know if that's the most beautiful part. What do you think that is? Is it a bird? I'm going to guess some type of insect. Oh an insect! Yeah. Before we kick off today's adventures I wanted to share a story that happened
yesterday. We were with these special guests that you guys are gonna
see later on in this video. We're all talking, walking back to the car from
dinner. This young girl comes up, heard us [Laughing] Whatever that is, they're really belting! Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?! So this young girl walks up because she heard us speaking English. And she tapped me on the shoulder and she's like, Habla Inglés? Habla Inglés? it sort of caught me off guard. But one of our special guests was
like "Oh yeah, they don't really see Gringo's around here that often, so she
wants to hear you talk in English." What do I say? I don't know. So I was sort of like "Hi. How are you? Are you having a nice night?" and whatever else I could think of at the
time. And her face was just like [Laughing] Like she had never heard someone
talk in English in front of her before. But that is kind of interesting this is so much like a small town and off the tourism path maybe? That there aren't so many people speaking English or gringos around. Oh! [Laughing] So, you guys are wondering who our
special guests are that we have with us in this video. We have Jim and May. Their channel is Spanish and Go. If you want to travel to Mexico and learn the basics for ordering in Spanish, or how to make reservations, asking for directions. We're the place! We're super excited to be exploring around Comala Coming up, more adventures with these
cool cats. [Laughing] We got a little vasito of tejuino. tejuino. This was full, but. Try it again, tejuino. There's just some words I'm never going to be able to pronounce. [Laughing] Maddie: Okay, we'll work on it. Jordan: This is one of them. But this was 10 pesos. It was full but
it's really good and we couldn't help but drink some of it. It's a really deep flavor. We had
this once before in Guadalajara and this is way way better! Maddie: Mmm-hmm. I like it a lot better as well. Would you guys mind explaining why this one is a little better than others
you could find? Well, May is the expert of tejuino. [Laughing] So yeah, the tejuino is a drink
made out of corn. Sometimes they make it with white sugar. But this one is made
with piloncillo. That's why it's darker And the flavor is a lot more rich. So this is my favorite drink here in Comala. And piloncillo is more of a - it's a less
processed sugar than others. And it's made usually in like a cone shape
that you can get pretty much anywhere. Oh yeah, I've seen those before! So you could think brown
sugar, but specifically, the Mexican kind is in a cone. Yeah, gotcha. I think I may have gone to a
market, and not knowing this, bought one of those and just try to eat it, like a
candy. [Laughing] I haven't. But I probably would have. [Laughing] So there's this magic zone here In Comala. And if you go to this one
part of the road and put your car in neutral, your car will just roll uphill. We're gonna try it out! I think here is fine. Yeah. I'll just stop and see what happens! We're going backwards. Wait. It's in neutral, that's drive. No, but it looks downhill and I think you're supposed to go backwards. I bet? The effect is that you go the opposite direction of what it looks like. Okay. Uh-huh! See, I definitely thought this was downhill and we're going backwards. Oh my gosh! Weird! Magic! [Laughter] The magic zone. She's holding her hat because it's about to blow away. But we drove. Maddie: Storm's a brewin'! We drove up the mountain here towards the
volcano which is the most active volcano in all of Mexico! Apparently, there's smoke coming out of
it pretty often. And there's a bus coming by right now THAT'S GOING TO RUIN THE VIDEO! It's most active volcano in all of Mexico. There's smoke coming out of it pretty often. And we drove up the mountain here. Mmm-hmm. We were at this really cool restaurant. We got costillas, which are like ribs and marinated in this delicious sauce with
fresh handmade tortillas. I really like dipping it in there and like soaking it in. Yeah, yeah, it was really good! We also got tacos de Papa. (Potato tacos) which are like tacos of air. Like some people have told us. Café de olla, and a coke, and it was all 130 pesos and delicious! Up the mountain here, we stepped out of the car and it was noticeably cooler than in Comala. And it's noticeably cooler right now because We're probably about to get the stormed on. [Laughter] Yeah, so we better hop in the car Before it starts raining on us. And we went approximately 30 seconds
down the road to go to this coffee shop here. There is a ton of coffee grown in
this region using the very fertile soil around the volcano! We tried one... Motorcycles! [Laughter] I had espresso this morning, and it was, It has got to be some of the most smooth
coffee with no bitterness at all, so I'm really excited to try some more! This
little coffee shop - they grow the coffee right here, roast the beans right here,
they grind it up, and they make it. All right here! Even though this is probably
a super good coffee, if it's the best coffee in the world, I'm probably not
going to like it unless it's drowned in milk and sugar, because I'm just not a
coffee drinker. Are you excited for this though? Oh, I'm excited! I love coffee! I
love espresso, have to have it every day. So if it's anything like the espresso
from this morning, This coffee...Ahh! So we just finished our coffee. Mine was basically sugar. So what did you think of it? Vanilla flavored sugar. It was very good vanilla-flavored sugar. I don't really think I detected coffee in there, but I got an espresso. It was ten pesos, yours was 20, by the way. And I thought that
was... Wait, what? your espresso was 20 pesos, mine was 30. My espresso was 20 Pesos. Yours was 30. I thought that was
super smooth as well, like this morning. Where it had like no acidity to it, it's
just a nice smooth... You hated it because it tasted like concentrated coffee flavor.
That was the first time I've ever had an espresso. And I thought I was going to
hate it. In actuality, I didn't hate it as much as I thought it was going to. [Laughter] Señora! Ven! Ven! He's crazy! Run!! So we are in this local store in Comala
trying out something called ponche. So these are made with milk and these? With water. They're made with water? I'd like to try pomegranate. Oh this is good. It's really like fresh pomegranate. This is very unique Comala. You can't get
this anywhere else! Or any holiday. Anywhere else in the world. This is pomegranate flavor, and it has pomegranate seeds in it. We just tried, it it's really good! We tried a bunch of them. Some of them are milk
based. Some of them, like this one, are water based. Some of them have mezcal in them. Some of them have vino tinto. Red wine in them. This particular
one has mezcal and it's 13% alcohol, And was 65 pesitos! What is with this pesitos Lately? [Laughter] When does a peso become a
pesito? When you want it to sound like it's less. [Laughter] Oh my God! One of the first things that we noticed about this place, Comala, Was that everything's white here. The
benches are white, the kiosko (gazebo) at El Centro is white. The walls are white.
Everything is white! And it looks really cool that way! But there was an
unintended negative side effect that May was telling us about, and that is, after a
while, people's visions started to break down a little bit, and people were having
slight issues because the sun is deflecting off these walls and really
soaking into your eyes! Which we noticed as well! We have to have sunglasses on all the time! So now, they're sort of letting the white go away a little bit. Ironically, there's three white cars driving by. [Laughter] And painting some of the the
streets and the walls outside of El Centro. [Laughter] [Laughter] Buenos días! It is our next day in Comala. But more specifically, in Suchitlán. No, no. Sushi land? Suchitlán. Suchitlán. But we're at this really good restaurant
that Jim and May recommended for us for breakfast. It's Los Portales de Suchitlán. Suchitlán. I'm going to go with sushi land. But it's about 20 minutes away from Comala. And the ambiance back here is super cool! They just have this canopy of really tall trees! And speaking
of cool, it's part way up the mountains. It's much cooler! The food was really good! The handmade
tortillas. Ahhh! And you got two of these gigantic quesadillas that were stuffed
with mushrooms, and tomatoes, and cheese, And they were 25 pesos each. I got chilaquiles with chicken, and those were 80 pesos. And your café de olla? 25. Not my favorite ever but the quesadillas, and the chilaquiles, and the salsa, and a handmade tortillas, we're on point! All of it! Yeah, yeah. So we were just doing a little bit of
shopping, and looking around. A bit of shopping? A little bit of shopping in this
store that's right by the corner of the plaza, and they have so many cool little
trinkets in here, and things that are very typical of not only Mexico, but here
in particular like - Lots of coffee's made here, they sell coffee here. they sell
ponche, they sell like these dancing dogs that are very common around here. Perritos bailandos, I believe. Or a (struggling to pronounce xoloitzcuintle) Yep, that's definitely not it. We're gonna just, yeah. [Laughter] And we got This very typical Mexican game, lóteria, And we're gonna be playing it later.
What did you like about the place? So it's very rare that Jordan ever wants to go
in and look at all the artesanias, and crafts, and clothes with me. And I
don't go into places like this to buy anything really. I just like seeing it. I
like seeing people's love that goes into stitching, and the clothing, and creating
these leather shoes, pottery items. I mean they had these little turtles that
had what I think is called tiger's eye. The sparkly stone around it. It's just so
fascinating to see all of this culture and all of these unique things in one
place. And especially good prices at this particular store! Yeah, so we got this, did
you see how much? 35 pesos. 35 pesos for lóteria. Just about everything in there ranged up to 3 or 400 pesos? Including clothing and shoes. I think it's actually kind of incredible how many hours of work are sitting in
one store, and everything that was hand-painted to say Colima or Manzanillo. Or Comala. Yeah, Comala as well, obviously. That's where we are. I guess I mentioned this in
so many videos and so many towns because that's what people are choosing to spend
their valuable time doing. Could be pottery, or clothing, or whatever it might
be. So each city's a little bit different
and it's kind of cool to see how history or the culture has shaped that. Throughout the town, it's pretty interesting that instead of the actual
logo colors of places like OXXO or Kiosko They try to keep it much more muted
and uniform. So behind us is a silver Kiosko, so that it's not so much of an
eyesore among the theme that they're trying to create in this town, which is
very very white. What do you think of that? Do you think it like harder to
find, it's harder to see? Or do you like That it doesn't stand out so much? I
like that it doesn't stand out so much. Yeah, me too. So another thing that's very typical of Comala is the sweet bread. The pan dulce. So we're here
right now in the best-smelling bakery I think I have ever smelled. And Jordan's about to get some glutens! Ooh, a cookie! I think that's everything. Everything? I got a cookie and something else? Sweet bread. 6 pesos. For both of these. Crazy! Give me sweets! All the sweets! It looks like you already had some. No, I didn't. No? Okay. 6 pesos for the two of these? Are you freaking kidding me! Jordan's going to be gordito pretty soon! How's that one? Colorful, giant pan dulce. Oh that looks flaky and delicious! Pretty darn good! Jim and May said people come from all over to go to this particular panaderia. And I can see why! What you get? Tequila! [Laughter] And how much was your food? Free! With tequila. Or any other drink. So how do you think this compares
to the two cantinas we've been to in Guadalajara. Well, it's very similar
in that you just buy your drinks and then you get all the food for free. So
that's pretty cool! Like in Guadalajara, the drinks here are more
expensive than at other restaurants, so that's kind of to make up for the food
being free. But in terms of the quality of the food, I think this is pretty
good! What do you think? I thought it was super flavorful. I liked everything! Just like this guy... [Laughter] Oh no! Look at the rain! Oh my gosh. I don't know you. [Laughter] So apparently this is very atypical weather for Comala or Colima. This is the rainy season, but raining for more than a short while is pretty unheard of, And it has been raining for 4 hours? Yeah. We were really hoping to see the volcano while we were here. But it can't be cloudy and it usually isn't. We're told you can almost always see it. But, during the time we've been here - we haven't been able to. Sad. Womp, womp, womp. [Laughter] We have topochico! You just shook my Topochico. Mazapan! Something. Algo. Bananas with chili! Peanuts! Peanuts! Words! And? And snacks! And? Tequila! And? Money! And money! And glasses! And glasses. But most importantly. The most important thing. Is a game. A game. Thank you. That is called loteria. Exactly. It's our very first Mexican game ever! So thank you to Jim and May. For introducing us... For breaking our... Should I? Breaking our Spanish game-ginity (play on words) [Laughter] She went there. [Laughter] Or is it Mexican game-ginity? (Play on words) Oh I meant that. I meant that. [Laughter] We don't know who's gonna break the
Spanish game-ginity, Yeah! I don't know either. But Mexican game-ginity. [Laughter] For now, we're busting this out! So Loteria is A very traditional game we play here in
Mexico! This is something that families play together. Or just friends get
together and play it. It has a bunch of words that we're gonna try to teach you
guys today. A lot of vocabulary and this is very representative of Mexican
culture. And you guys said it's very similar to bingo in the US? Yes. I need a card with the bell! (Maddie struggling to pronounce "bell" in Spanish) Campana! [Laughter] Because ... GONG THAT CAMPANA! [Laughter] It's Toca La Campana. Toca? Toca la campana. Toca la campana! How do you play loteria? So you first have to choose a card. Someone's gonna have all the cards here. And then we're gonna start calling them. I usually play with just one thing here Like a bean, rice. Pesito Jordan says! Yep, pesitos! Pesitos, yep. So I'm gonna start. The Heart. And if you have the heart, put it on. So for children, this is the way that you play. For adults, how it would one
play? Then, we get the tequila! [Laughter] So every time you get one of the images here. You have your tequila
and you need to take like a shot of tequila. Okay, I have a question. Which is the difference? Or what is the difference? Cual. De. Entre. Entre. Okay, what is the difference between "cotorro" See cotorro. Or "loro"? Loros I think are bigger. And sometimes cotorros are quite small. Both are pets? Or only Loros? Well, cotorros, when they are small, People have them as pets. Loros are more exotic. I don't think it's legal to have loros in your home. Really? Really? Do you know people who have it? [Laughter] Well, in our lessons they always say people have loros as pets. Oh really? Yes. That's what they
taught us that they, in Mexico people have the pet loros. Like small green birds. We're going to start with the watermelon! The watermelon. I have the watermelon. Cheers! Everyone drinks! Cheers! The soldier! Good morning once again! It's our fourth day
here? Yeah, it's our fourth day here. Our very last day. The last three nights we stayed at Hotel Posada Comala. 450 per night. 450 pesos, obviously. Yeah. So considering that price, what did you think of it? I think it's a really good budget friendly option. We've lately, Jordan and I have
been doing a grateful or thankful exercise every day, where we each say
three things that we're thankful for, and those three things go to this hotel for
a very comfy bed, A/C, and it's super quiet and nice back here! You can
probably hear behind us the sounds of the creek which was super super cool to
have! Would you come back? Yeah, I'd stay here again. Me too. Alright, one more day of
adventures. Let's do it! We are in the town and Via de Alverez.
It's a little outside of Colima, a little outside of Comala, and we are in El Centro del Centro! The center of the center of town. I have to get real with you. This is extremely dangerous what I'm about to do. I'm not
only in a level-4 "do not travel" zone. Here in Colima. But I am walking to the
most active volcano in Mexico. And I will be right by the tip of it. Let's go! Don't do it, Jordan! [Laughter] Jim and May said
this was gonna take all day to hike here, so let's see how long it takes. Okay, I have to be very careful I'm right here by the top! [Laughter] It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would. Is this actually gonna make it in the video? [Laughter] Probably. [Laughter] I'll be honest, it's much
smaller than I was expecting. Doesn't look quite as dangerous, but you
never know what these things. Okay, all joking aside, we really did want to go to
volcano because it is one of the biggest attractions of Colima. I mean it's the most active volcano in Mexico! It erupts every few years. It's due for an eruption! To give you an idea of how massive this thing is. You drive up the highway for like an hour. And then you get to this small town
that's pretty close to the volcano, but From there, you drive up this sketchy road
for like another hour. And then from there, you hike for 12 hours! Today, we are talking with Jim and May about a very very highly debated, highly controversial
topic. And that is - is Mexico safe? How safe is Mexico? Specifically ,how safe is
Colima? Considering it is considered by the US State Department a level four "do
not travel here!" Similar to is it Syria? Syria where there's a war going on. War zone. So we've spent four days here and honestly, With that short amount of time, we are
not qualified to say whether it's safe or not. But someone who is, is May who's
lived here her whole life. What do you think about the fact that the u.s.
considers this a level four do not travel war zone? I feel like this
situation here in Colima is just like some other places in Mexico, is
related to drugs. And the cartel. There are things like bad things happening here. But never
targeted to tourists. There's people dying in the state, yes. Yes. So is it targeted to Mexicans? If they're in bad stuff, yes. Involved in the stuff that you don't
want to get involved in? Yes. So I'm not gonna say that "Yes, everything is peace and
nothing bad happens." Because it does happen. And you do hear on the news here, And you do meet people whose family members have died. But it's usually
because they are involved in something. You, as a foreigner, and you've lived here
with me. We've lived here on and off for like the last 8 years. And as a gringo, As a foreigner. Do you feel like you're
ever caught in the crossfire of this thing? Or seen differently? Targeted? Not at all. I think I'm seen differently Because Colima doesn't see a lot of
tourism. So there's not a lot of people from the states here anyway. I think I stand out because of that. I remember the first time coming here, I was getting
lots of looks, and noticed a lot of people noticing me. Especially in Comala! Where my mom lives. In Comala, sometimes you're the only gringo there. Running without a
shirt. [Laughter] Everybody's like "What is this guy doing?" [Laughter] The crazy naked gringo. It doesn't feel like a war zone, that's for sure. And I've never seen any crime
go down here. I've never been afraid for myself or my belongings. I'm fairly
confident that the problems here are having to do with the drug trade. And if you're involved in cartels. There's a clash over whose territory this is for
the cartels right now in Colima, and that's where most of the violence comes
from. We like to remind people there could be a shooting, there could be a
fight, there could be something. But that's not a Mexico thing, that's just a
thing. Anywhere with people and guns. Drunk people, people in different states. Yeah. The way that I see this situation is this. We noticed something when we were
coming into Colima. And that is, we were sitting in a long line of cars. So
eventually someone was like turn around there's no passing here. We're like "Okay,
well we can't wait here forever." So we turned around, opened up Google Maps, and tried to find a different route. Well, it turns out that the next available one, or
the fastest one, would be a two to three hour detour, completely in a different
direction! So with that in mind, it does seem like, if for instance, there were two
"avocado" sellers, and one "avocado" seller wanted to be the only "avocado" seller in
this area. Everyone's still having to be funneled through this one road, or else
drive hours and hours out of the way. So that can - that can be a little bit of a
competition. And you want to be the only one on this road. You want to be the only
one selling "avocados," there's gonna be a little bit of strife. So that's sort of
how I see this. And maybe why Colima, specifically, in this situation of a
level-4 because everyone has to be funneled through the same way. Not a lot
of roads going through the mountains. Yeah. So first impressions of Comala, Colima? Super safe. Really quaint. Pretty quiet. It does have a lot of white. It is kind of hard to see without sunglasses. [Laughter] The people are very nice! I
noticed right away that the vendors are a little bit different than in a lot of
places where they'll ask you if you want to buy something that they're selling
and you say no politely, and they might stay at your table for an awkward 5 to
10 seconds, hoping that you'll feel pressured into getting something. They do
not do that here. Something we noticed being around Jim and May these last four
days, is every time they don't want to buy something from a vendor, they say
pretty much the same thing, "ahorita no" like "ahora" but "ita" "Ahorita no, gracias." And that's it. So we're going to try that
back in other places. See how it works. Because a while back you guys told us to say "gracias"
instead of "no, gracias" because for some reason that in invites more of a
conversation. So we're gonna try this new phrase out. Again, they're great at
teaching Spanish, even just by osmosis. Just being around them, we're learning a
lot! So at the beginning of this video we asked what really makes Comala special?
Why is it a Pueblo Mágico? Well, now that we've been here for a few days, there are
a few reasons why we think it is. It has a lot of
history and there are some things that are very unique to here. Like ponche,
which is an alcoholic type punch? Punch. Yeah, I mean it's this bottled stuff. It can be flavored like almonds, caramel, fruit flavors. One of the really popular
ones is Café. Why's that? Because it's YUM? And because coffee! And because here in Comala and Colima. Coffee. Fhey are famous for coffee. They grow much of it by the
volcanoes because the soil is so rich and fertile, that it makes it taste
amazing! And seriously, I don't think I can have another coffee again in Mexico,
unless somebody can tell me that there's some better stuff out there. I don't know. One thing that we thought was pretty
cool here that we had never seen before in Mexico, these dancing dogs. Lots of sculptures and renderings of these pre-hispanic dogs have been found
here. These artifacts have been found here. So around town, there is lots of
these statues. And in the shops. The story that Jim and May told us was that these
artifacts were discovered, and many people thought that it was an older dog
whispering into a younger dog's ear secrets, or lessons, or stories, or
something like that. So it looks like they're dancing, but
there could be some imparted wisdom there. I thought that was kind of
fascinating and so that's become somewhat of a symbol of this town, and
definitely a pretty interesting nugget of culture here! Alright, so it's been approximately four days now, and we first met Jim and May on Sunday. Qe clicked
right away, and if we had met them on the street, I think we would have been
friends, YouTube channels aside. It is still awkward to do a collaboration,
because each of our channels are colliding. We have a certain style, they
have a certain style. Please keep that in mind that it can be tough to fuse two
different, two totally different styles, into one that works. We're kind of weird. We're weird. But at the end of the day Jim and May, are super great people, and
we're very happy that we have the opportunity to get to know them, and be
friends with them. And although this may not be your typical Tangerine Travels
video, we hope you like it anyway. I am on a teeter totter and Jordan will not let me down. Ahhh! So what Jordan has here is the remnants
of us trying tuba for the first time. And that is going to be part of Jim and
May's video on their channel Spanish and Go. So you get to see us trying a bunch of
traditional Mexican drinks, and our reactions, whether we liked, or didn't
like, or made funny faces. So definitely check out that video! It's going to be up
today and we'll link to that down in the description! Guys if you want to travel
and learn Spanish, we're your resource for doing so. We go over cultural things in
Mexico and other spanish-speaking countries. Things to do and practical advice. We
call it "Real world travel Spanish," so go check it out! Yeah, we love their videos! You mentioned ordering food and like going shopping. There's so many words you need to know. They get straight to the point to tell you exactly what you need
to know. Thank you for watching this video! If you liked it, give it a thumbs
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