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Concern about Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano changes with the wind
"Mexico's volcano known as el popo has been belching for days, but not everyone is worried about it. Zero Diana Alba sells flowers in the town of ameka mega. She says the only time she's worried about ill popo is when it's quiet, the nearly 17,800 foot mountain 45 miles southeast of Mexico City has been dusting towns and crops and are super fine ash, Mexico's national center for prevention of disasters says small domes of lava forming inside the volcano's crater are being destroyed by explosions and those explosions are expected to continue over the coming weeks, no evacuations have been ordered, but authorities have been driving evacuation routes, preparing some shelters and doing simulation drills. I'm Donna water
The Eric Metaxas Show
John Zmirak on the Grim Reality of Drug Cartels in Latin America
"Drug cartels of Latin America are they make the mafia in movies like The Godfather look like the little sisters of the poor. Yeah. These cartels will massacre birthday parties and kill all the children in order to get the guy who's the waiter. They will wipe out whole villages. Large parts of Mexico are controlled by these cartels to the point where the government really is not sovereign. It's tragic in 2000. I went down to Mexico for the one time in my life and I went to the city of monterrey. At the time, it was wealthy and coming. It was like Dallas with refried beans and salsa. But I mean, it had beautiful old 17th century churches. And even the slums had a certain dignity to them where people hung out decorations and had religious pictures. And I thought, this is beautiful. If only all of Mexico were like this. I've since talked to people Uber drivers and people immigrants who lived in Monterey scents and it was taken over by the cartels and it is now a hellhole just like Juarez and Mexico City. And it is heartbreaking. There are millions of people good, honest, well meaning family people who would like to live in an orderly society and there's no hope of that in Mexico. A lot of them are coming to America looking for it and the Democrats are using those same people to smash it up.
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Nuggets take Suns, NFL draft
"Or AP sports I'm get cool and emphatic start to the Western Conference semifinals in Denver correspondent Bruce Morton reports. The nuggets thumped Phoenix one 25 one O 7. Denver gained separation in the second quarter led 68 51 at the break and kept its distance. The nuggets Jamal Murray was game high with 34 points. We're gonna keep doing what we're doing, keep proving everybody wrong and just taking one game at a time. Other NBA news, 76ers center, Joel embiid is doubtful with a right knee sprain from Monday's series opener in Boston. Stanley Cup playoffs, John Tavares scored four 35 into overtime to give the Maple Leafs their first playoff series win in 19 years with a two one game 6 win over the lightning. But in saying that, I think we just did a good job of staying within finding ways to win. Also in the east, the rangers forced a game 7 with a 5 two win over the Devils in the west, the oilers eliminated the kings with a 5 four game 6 win. Day three of the NFL Draft, the LA rams drafted two time national title winning Georgia quarterback stetson Bennett in the fourth round. I love competing against the best and, you know, it helps when you got the best on your team. And I think we do. The rams also made Toledo defensive linemen, Dez Juan Johnson, mister irrelevant, with the 259th and final pick. Major League Baseball, the Padres slugged 6 home runs during a Mexico City series game that featured 11 total homers in a 1611 route of the Giants. San Diego manager bob Melvin across the board are bats were really good today. You know, you get the ball in the air and we have some guys that can do that. Other animal results, the pirates swept a double header and the brewers, D backs, Phillies, Dodgers, Marlins, and reds were winners. In the AL, the Orioles and tigers split a double header, while the rays Blue Jays rangers Red Sox and royals were also victorious. And finally, Yankees captain Aaron judges being evaluated for a mild hip strain and the rangers placed ace Jacob de Grom on the 15 day IL with Wright elbow inflammation. I'm geffen kuba for AP sports.
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14-year-old boy arrested in Mexico for murder of 8
"A 14 year old boy accused of being a hit man in a drug related shooting is under arrest in Mexico. The boy is nicknamed capito or little Chapo after the imprisoned drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, authorities near Mexico City alleged that in January the boy rode up on a motorcycle and opened fire on a family holding a birthday party in a Mexico City suburb, killing 8 people and leaving 5 adults and two children wounded, a man was also arrested in the killings and 7 other members of the gang were arrested on drug charges, the motive for the killings has not been made public, I'm down a water
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Dick Fosbury, who won an Olympic gold medal with the ‘Fosbury Flop,’ dies at 76
"Fosbury flop high jumper dick Fosbury has died. I'm Lisa dwyer. Dick Fosbury who completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with its Fosbury flop, has died. Before Fosbury, high jumpers cleared their heights by running parallel to the bar, then leaping over it with a scissors kick. At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Fosbury used his new technique to set an Olympic record and win gold. Fosbury took off at an angle leaped backward and bend himself into a J shape to catapult his 6 foot four inch frame over the bar. By the next Olympics, 28 of the 40 jumpers were using the Fosbury flop. Today it is by far the most used technique for elite high jumpers, Fosbury's publicist
Mike Gallagher Podcast
A Difference Between Biden & Trump’s Classified Documents Snafus
"So unfortunately I have to give you a little bit of bad news before the break. And that is, and that is that Biden isn't going to pay the price for this. I'm sorry. He's not going to pay the price to this. Again, Margot Cleveland of the federalist rights, I'm going to share some more things that she's written in her column. But this is a very important distinction and she goes on to show or she illustrates in her writing exactly how the Biden administration is already beginning to play this. And this is why I tell you that courageous conservatism is going to become more and more instrumental if we're going to win in 2024 if we're going to take back this country. And we need The White House. We need the Senate. Mitch McConnell gave the Senate away. Oh my God, I guarantee you Donald Trump, as a matter of fact, he has some words to say about Mitch McConnell. I guarantee you Donald Trump regrets endorsing Mitch McConnell the last time he was running. It will never make that mistake again. I'm sure of that. But going back to this column with Marco Cleveland, she says this, and I quote, while Biden has yet to personally address the discovery of the classified documents, now she wrote this yesterday, having ignored questions on the issue from reporters covering his Mexico City summit, his administration is already spinning the story. One Biden source told CNN that the president's quote lawyers immediately contacted the national archives and records administration which started looking into the matter. Biden Biden's team cooperated with naira or in ARA, which later came to view the situation as a mistake due to due to lack of safeguards for documents.
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Biden, Trudeau talk Haiti, trade at Mexico City summit
"President Biden and his Canadian counterpart are pledging to boost the futures of people throughout North America. The president damn prime minister Justin Trudeau say they've worked together on several issues from migration to climate change and there's more to come. Demonstrating the unlimited economic potential. That we have when we work together and in the hemisphere and to help the entire hemisphere. There's a lot of reasons to be optimistic, especially for those of us in our countries. The two men showed an easy warmth before reporters. A stark contrast to yesterday's meeting between President Biden and Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has not been on particularly good terms with the president and complained of abandonment and disdain for Latin America, Sagar Meghani, Washington.
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Biden, López Obrador and Trudeau meet in Mexico City for summit
"President Biden meets today with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts at a summit aimed at mending tensions that divide the continent. It's often called the three amigos summit between leaders of nations when deep diplomatic and economic ties. But there is tension which was mod displayed during the president's meeting yesterday with Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who challenged the U.S. to improve life across the region. President Biden pointed to the billions the U.S. spends in foreign aid globally. Unfortunately, our responsibility just doesn't end in the western hemisphere. The summit's key takeaways revolve around better connections between the countries on
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Biden flies in to López Obrador's new airport for summit
"President Biden has already scored a diplomatic win of sorts before this week's summit with North American leaders. After visiting the U.S. Mexico border in Texas, the president headed for Mexico City, and land that the nation's newest hub. It's more than an hour's drive from the capital center, but the airport is a prized project for Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the two leaders don't have the same warm relationship President Biden shares with others, but the airport arrival was a nod to Lopez Obrador's desires. They'll join Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau the next two days in discussing migration, climate change, and the economic benefits of the three nations working together. Sagar Meghani, Washington.
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Biden inspects busy port of entry along US-Mexico border
"After a visit to El Paso, Texas, President Biden is heading to Mexico City to meet with other leaders to discuss immigration and drugs at the U.S. southern border. At a busy port of entry in El Paso, President Biden viewed a demonstration of officers checking cars for drugs, money, and other contraband. He was met at the airport by governor Greg Abbott, who handed him a letter of criticism. Tens of thousands of Texas have been had their lives destroyed. By his open border pass. The argument also playing out in Washington, congressman Jim Jordan on Fox News Sunday. Says President Biden created this mess. And he did it from day one, is they undid the good policies president Trump had in place. But Homeland Security secretary Alejandro mayorkas says the number of migrants fleeing Central and South America has skyrocketed. This is something that is not unique to the United States. It's gripping the hemisphere and a regional challenge requires a regional solution. He spoke on ABC's this week with George Stephanopoulos. I'm Jackie Quinn
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On eve of Biden's border visit, migrants fear new rules
"President Biden is visiting the border city of El Paso, Texas today for a firsthand look at the migrant situation. Some 300 migrants camped out on sidewalks outside a church, chanting the good outnumber the bad. Many say they're afraid to seek formal shelter with the president's new restrictions announced last week that some from Cuba, Nicaragua Haiti and Venezuela would be expelled to Mexico. If they entered the U.S. illegally, advocates describe a new level of fear and confusion. Rosemary Rojas says they're hoping for humanity. That people will be seen for the humans that they are, not by the color of their skin and the degradation of these racist policies. President Biden after visiting El Paso. Meets with North American leaders in Mexico City. Immigration and drug trafficking are on the agenda. I'm Jackie Quinn
Travel with Rick Steves
"mexico city" Discussed on Travel with Rick Steves
"If you go to most cantinas in Mexico City, as long as you keep ordering drinks, they give you food for free. And some of them have really incredible homestyle Mexican cooking. You know, as good as some of the restaurants and if you know which ones to go to, you can get not only have a few drinks and enjoy the company of whoever you're with. But eat a wonderful meal without paying any extra. Is that what's called botanist? Absolutely. So that would be like in Italy. You have the aperitivo and you buy a spritz or a drink and you get the little buffet of finger food. Right. But this is actually more substantial than what they give you in Italy or Spain. This is a full meal, and they'll keep it coming until you cry uncle. I'm sure that the role model for what they do in cantinas was Spain because there's so much Spanish. Influence in Mexico. David leaders are guide to the pleasures of North America's oldest capital. Mexico City right now on travel with Rick Steves. You can find out about David's neighborhood tours and the books he's written about Mexican culture and how it sometimes clashes with the United States. It's on his website, David lita dot com. Hey David, we just got a minute or so left. Talk about the sounds and the smells that you most enjoy when you're out just following your spirit around Mexico City where what are some of the, what are some of the moments that will gather? Great, great question, Rick. So the smell of tortillas frying in deep fat, the sound of hand cranked organs which were brought over from Italy and Germany in the mid 19th century. There's still all over the city and they're way out of tune. Also, the 19th century buildings, a lot of people don't realize, but in the 19th century, Mexico's great cultural influence, this was after the independence from Spain, was France. So there's these buildings that look like they were done by French architects, the ornamental architecture. If you look up, it's just beautiful because there's still a lot of 19th century buildings left over in the center historico. You know, that's part of the mark of a good traveler is taking a moment to listen and to smell and to observe the humanity on the streets, but also to look above that commotion and see the architectural heritage that contains it all. Yes, David lita is just so fun to talk to you because I think Mexico City is one of the underrated destinations for travelers, especially when you think of how easy it is to get there from the United States. And that's what you talk about in your book, first stop in the new world. David, if we could just kind of wrap it up, share, share one experience where the visitor could really appreciate and feel the soul and the humanity of the biggest city in North America. Just looking at the overwhelming number of people, surviving by selling things in the street. They give the city a vibrant street energy that to me makes Mexico City unique. I love it. David Lee to thanks so much for joining us and I'm going to hope to connect with you next time I'm south of the border. Thanks for inviting me, Rick. David liebeck explores what kind of socialist Diego Rivera really was in an extra to today's interview. You can hear it from our website at Rick Steves dot com slash radio. A young and on the rise orchestra conductor shares his favorite places to experience classical music in Europe in a few minutes. But first, author Patricia Schultz explores the reasons we travel and some insights on getting more out of your next trip. It's travel with Rick Steves. Patricia Schultz's book 1000 places to see before you die inspired us to consider the many options we have for places and sites to experience in our lives. In her latest book, Patricia tackles the why of travel, as she compiles her top travel lessons, personal stories, and practical tips. It's called why we travel. A hundred reasons to see the world. Patricia Schultz joins us today from her home base in New York City to talk about what makes travel so good for us. Patricia, thanks for being here. Oh, thank you very much for having me, Rick. So Patricia, before we get into why we travel, I'm just fascinated by how you ended up traveling so much. What got you started as a traveler and then a travel writer. One pivotal moment I was four years old and we were at the Jersey Shore was my earliest memory. I wandered away from the family beach blanket and set my mother into a tizzy calling all of the lifeguards into action and I never really felt lost. I just thought I was, you know, off on a big adventure. And this idea of discovery and excitement and the thrill of being outside what was familiar was very real to me, even in an early age. The world's your playground, really? And then fast forward to 15, I was, I was at a high school in upstate New York and befriended a lovely girl from the Dominican Republic. We became fast friends and she was going home to her family in Santo Domingo for the summer and why didn't I come along and we said, yeah, yeah, sure. And never thought it could actually happen in low. My parents who were just remarkable parents really never traveled much themselves at all other than Atlantic City. Kind of worked overtime. Triple shifts and put together a ticket and off I went at 15 on my first passport, my first solo travel, and that kicked open the door because that to me was just a whole entirely new world about which I knew nothing coming from a small town in New York State. And that made quite a deep indelible mark on my soul. And then as soon as I went to university, the minute I heard there was a junior year of broad program made available to us, was I interested. I started saving my shekels, and being immersed for a year. And a foreign culture with different ways and different everything. Madrid is a fantastic city. That's where my program was and I just fell in love with everything that was offered both within the classroom, certainly without, and it's been pretty much nonstop ever since. And you've spent literally decades thinking about travel and now I would imagine, in part because of some time during the pandemic, when we all have a chance to think about, wow, I can't travel and I want to travel. You've written a book called why we travel. Yeah. It was a very opportune moment for me to step back, reflect and find myself with all this time being stationary to put this book together. I thought, oh, I can knock this off in a few weeks because the 1000 places tomes are a very, very time consuming they take me years with each update. You know how that goes. But a book of this kind I thought, well, it's such a simplistic notion. I know why. But it's very profound and to do a deep dive into the why of anything can be very revealing and very interesting. But what I did come up with, I hope is what will be seen as a inspiration or a reminder to all of those of us who have become kind of lackadaisical or the more we haven't traveled the more maybe people aren't kind of happy not having traveled and cleaning out their closets. But I'm hoping this makes us realize all over again just how special it is and how
Travel with Rick Steves
"mexico city" Discussed on Travel with Rick Steves
"Anywhere else. Welcome back, David. Hey Rick, how are you doing? I'm doing great and having you on reminds me of the fun we had when we got together a few years ago and you introduced me to the wonders of Mexico City and I came away from that wondering why does everybody go to Mexico but they only go to the coast and so few people recognize how exciting Mexico City is. I actually have some thoughts about that you know in the 80s there was a huge earthquake and a lot of bad news came out of Mexico in the 90s there was a crime problem which is very much rectified now and you know as someone who grew up in New York in the 1970s, I've felt like what does it take to change a reputation? Because New York had a terrible reputation in those days. Well, to make a long story short, Rick and 2015, The New York Times travel section put Mexico City as number one on the 52 places to visit that year. And after that, everybody started to publish positive articles about Mexico City. And it really is, I think, finally overcoming that bad reputation. And being recognized for what it deserves. And what you do as a New Yorker who is really adopted Mexico, now live there for a couple decades, you actually lead people around on tours and you do tours on murals on markets on street food on cantinas and offbeat experiences and so on, let's talk about your secrets tour to the historical center. This is the ground zero for tourists and everybody sees the highlights. What are the two or three highlights they're going to see before they get into the secrets with you. Well, just to let you know, like if people have never been to Mexico City before. I always urge them to go to the central historic, which is the oldest part of the city, and you've got all 7 centuries of the history of that city, right in one neighborhood, starting with the Aztec temple, the templo mayor, up until Mexico City today. I like to show people some of the most famous highlights, like that main Plaza, the metropolitan cathedral, the Diego Rivera murals. But I also like to take them off the beaten path and there's a market called the Mercado, Rodriguez, and it has a murals that were painted by Rivera's students in the 1930s. It's a very much working class market, but it's the kind of place that most tourists wouldn't find by themselves. Right around the corner from that market. There is a synagogue. You know, Mexico is 90 something percent Catholic, but there is a small Jewish population, and one of the oldest synagogues in the city has been restored. Now it's more of a cultural center. It's not a working synagogue, but it's in really good condition and I tell them a little bit about the history of the Jews in Mexico. You know, when you say 7 centuries of history, there is an amazing amount of history and we're sort of a little bit ethnocentric about that here in the United States. We think so and so was the first settlement or the first discoverer or something like that. But things were happened in Mexico, a long time before things were happening here in the United States. And even of course, before Europeans came, one of the most sophisticated cities in the entire world, you could say was the Mexico City that Europeans discovered. Well, the Spaniards, if you read the memoirs of hernan Cortes or Bernal Diaz de Castillo, they were just thunderstruck by Mexico. It was a bigger city when it was an Aztec city. It was a bigger city than any city in Europe. There was a population of 200 to 250,000 people there, and it really worked very well. They brought it was like Venice with all its canals in this sort of thing. It just, it's fascinating. David, when I was reading your website, you were talking about these secrets and that you're going to see the big famous bucket list things. But then you've got odd just quirky sites, a museum of cakes, you've got the biggest bag of cheese doodles, all these kind of fun quirky little insights. What are a couple of the surprises you'd show us on your secrets tour? Well, for example, like I'm going to tell you about the cheese doodle place. There's a place where people who sell bags of cheese doodles and popcorn, they buy them from a place that has them in bulk, and then they put them in little bags and sell them for 5 pesos on the street. But they're the biggest bags of popcorn and cheese doodles that I have ever seen in my life. I jokingly say if I ever want to commit suicide by eating cheese doodles, that's straight where I would go to. Right. It happens to be on a street where I take people to eat the best tacos and street food because, you know, they can go to the fanciest restaurants and a lot of them do, but they also want that experience. And not all street food is created equal. And in a city as big and confusing as Mexico City, it's good to have someone who can lead you to the right places. I love those old mechanical tortilla machines that you see on the street that cook them up. Are they still there? Exactly, there's still, if you know where to go, places where the hand they use this hand cranked machinery to make and sell the tortillas. And yeah, there's still plenty of them. And there's where you'd like a guy. Hey, this is travel with Rick Steves. We're talking with David lita. He's lived in Mexico now, since 1990 and uses it as an inspiration for his writing, David's book is called first stop in the new world. You can learn more about David's work at his website that's David lita dot com spelled DA. So David, when you take groups around a lot of people are interested in the murals, one of the most memorable experiences I had was just seeing the Diego Rivera murals in the palacio de Bellas artis. What do you like to show and what do you hope that people have as a takeaway when you give one of the mural tours? Well, one of my favorite places is the ministry of public education. That is basically where Diego Rivera learned to be a muralist. He had been living in Paris for 15 years that minister of public education convinced him to come back to Mexico and work on this mural project. His canvas was all the walls in a public building that takes up an entire square block. And you see his progress learning to be a muralist in the first murals there's very few figures in the panels and a lot of background because he was inspired by European murals Italian murals, but by the time he gets around the corner to the next patio, he becomes Diego Rivera, the Diego Rivera we know and love, where there's a lot of figures packed into each panel and very little background, and it's kind of amazing to see his progression from being a kind of imitation European painter to becoming the preeminent Mexican
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Son of "El Chapo" arrested in Mexico ahead of Biden's visit
"Violence erupted in a Mexican cartel stronghold Thursday as the military captured the son of the imprisoned former crime boss known as El Chapo. Mexico's defense secretary Louis Sandoval confirmed that a video el raton Guzman, a son of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was arrested in a pre dawn operation yesterday outside the western city of culiacan, alleged Sinaloa Cartel members responded by carjacking residents, setting vehicles on fire, and attacking a military base were authorities flew Guzman out and route to Mexico City, witnessed David teles, so he skirted several abandoned vehicles on the way to the city's airport with his family. He
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Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border
"President Biden says he'll be making an announcement about border security Thursday ahead of a meeting next week with leaders in Mexico City. The swell of migrants who gather at the U.S. Mexico border has been a flashpoint for the Biden administration and GOP critics who have blasted President Biden over his border security policies. He says he'll speak about that and also announced on his way back from a Kentucky stop that he's planning to visit the U.S. Mexico border soon. What's going on? That would be his first visit to the border since taking office. President Biden meets Monday and Tuesday with the president of Mexico and their Canadian counterpart in Mexico City to discuss drug smuggling and immigration. Jackie Quinn, Washington.
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Garoppolo throws for 4 TDs, 49ers top Cards in Mexico City
"Jimmy Garoppolo threw a season high four touchdown passes to lead the forty-niners to a 38 ten win over the Cardinals Branded a youth caught two of those passes George kittle grabbed two others as the niners picked up their third straight win to improve to 6 and four Says it was a good all around team effort I thought guys were making plays all night though Just everyone was stepping up when the number was called guys stepped up and made plays the online gave me a ton of time which always makes things easier and it was a good night The Cardinals fall to four and 7 back up quarterback McCoy at the helm again for the second consecutive week in place of the injured Kyler Murray I'm George Tanner
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AP Sports SummaryBrief at 3:00 a.m. EST
"AP sports I'm Josh rowntree the U.S. began its World Cup group action Monday playing to a one one draw with Wales Tim wea opened the scoring for the Americans which next play England on Friday On Monday Night Football in Mexico City the forty-niners rolled over Arizona 38 to ten Jimmy Garoppolo had 228 passing yards and four touchdowns San Francisco is now 6 and four Colt McCoy and trace mcsorley played quarterback for injured Kyler Murray They combined for 247 yards and two picks for four and 7 Arizona In the NBA the bucks beat the heat one 19 and one 11 behind Yanis and 37 points on the ice the bruins got by the lightning 5 three It was a historic night for Ford Patrice bergeron who picked up his 1000th career point with an assist And in college football Virginia has canceled Saturday's game a second straight This time against Virginia tech in the wake of the shooting deaths of three of the team's players I'm Josh Valtteri AP sports
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From Minnesota to Peru, Day of the Dead celebrations take many forms across the Americas
"On this week's religion roundup from Minnesota to Peru day of the dead celebrations take many forms across the Americas While many American children gobbled candy on the days after Halloween families across North and South America and the Caribbean Celebrated the day of the dead It's a day when the living remember and honor the departed But with celebration not sorrow What was once an intimate family tradition observed with home altars and visits to local cemeteries has evolved to include festivals and parades The Minnesota state capitol hosted its first ever community altar for the day of the dead Henry Jimenez sees the altar as a meaningful connection between his state and Latin America Connect me to seeing them in Mexico and El Salvador and now they're here in Minnesota Meanwhile in Haiti celebrants flocked to a cemetery in the capital Kicking off the voodoo annual two day festival of the dead And in Peru it was the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began that festival goers could take part in the tradition without restrictions Families gathered at a cemetery in Mexico City for the annual day of the dead festivities A group of traditional Aztec dancers chanted and paid their respects to the deceased It's one of Mexico's most colorful holidays It combines Roman Catholic observances of all souls day with pre Hispanic customs of offering flowers and food or even cigars and tequila to returning souls At another cemetery in southeastern Mexico a family cleans the bones of their parents in a tradition passed down through the generations in their Mayan community As she cleans the bones of her relatives Maria two says she feels the dead are with her and her family during the celebrations I'm Walter ratliff
Box of Neutrals
"mexico city" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"It's on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the others. And listen to the podcast on Spotify, iTunes and wherever you find good podcasts. The hairdresser, maybe. They don't always play music. That was the Mexico City Grand Prix review. Two back to back breakfast races. Did you have breakfast with his rice? No. No, that wasn't a very good one anyway. That wasn't it? Okay. Did it even declare what I did? I'll let you decide at home, everybody. Very good. So why it should be? I like it. I like it a lot. We're gonna wake off this weekend, so no one will not be watching the race this weekend because it's not happening. We didn't talk about it this week. The incredible NASCAR, what's his name? Jimmy junior. The bill, whatever. The overtake. If you overtake the overtake, everyone's seen it by now. We don't have to talk about it. Put a link in the show description. The iRacing overtake. It ruled. It was the best year at the onboard in particular is a thing of art. I think of beauty, go and check that out. You can also go to boxing with dot com while you're on the Internet as you are at all times, presumably for listening to this podcast. And you can subscribe to the show by supporting us financially directly, be very kind of you. You can also just subscribe to the plain old podcast, wherever you get your favorite podcasts, give it a rating and review if you're listening on Spotify and or Apple podcasts. We'll be back next week to preview what's after that. God, it's always helped. Grand Prix till then I've been Michael. And this has been a Sky Sports production sky. They're going to carbon neutral and the ride a cup that's still going. Once you know the sky glass, sky Q, Europe sees up next. Premier League. At this rate box of new tools.
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6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 1 dead
"Another earthquake has struck Mexico the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck early Thursday just three days after a 7.6 magnitude quake shook western and central Mexico the U.S. geological survey says today's quake like Mondays was centered near the Pacific Coast and could be felt throughout the state of michoacan Mexico City's mayor says one woman died when she fell down stairs in her home residents huddled in streets I'm Donna water
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7.6-magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico on anniversary of 2 deadly quakes; at least 1 person dead
"A strong earthquake has shaken Mexico's Pacific Coast our Norman hall a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific Coast setting off a seismic alarm in the rattle capital on the anniversary of devastating quakes in 1985 and 2017 The U.S. geologic survey initially put the magnitude at 7.5 It hit at one O 5 p.m. local time and was centered 23 miles southeast of Aquila near the boundary of colima and Mitchell akan states officials in Mitchell Khan reported no significant damage the mayor of Mexico City tweeted that there were no reports of damage in the capital I Norman hall
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"mexico city" Discussed on Box of Neutrals
"Called up and said, I fuck it. I'm so sad that you're signing off, but what can I say? I'd love to say and say that it was an absolute pleasure. Of course I can't. By the way. All the best. Geez, James Ellen, working a bit blue on the fines doing the same. He's always a little bit rough, but look, he's in all this man. What can you say? He says what he thinks. Can I just say, that's probably like the first Formula One sand effect. I've played all year. How do you feel right? Do we have any Bert from the supercars here? I'll have to build it. Only the great bears. Well now there's only one. The mantle has been the torch has been passed guess quite a moon face as well the BP birth. And we'll have to get him in. You get his army. It will get his own role in the sandwich. He ever wanted to sponsor a box of neutrals. You know all you would have to do is set us up with birth. You wouldn't need anything else. That would be very straightforward every week, but can have ten minutes on his own. Delivering a Letterman style rambling monologue. Whatever he likes, you can talk about everyone's politics. We'd be open to it. Conspiracy theories, absolutely. I would love to hear it's conspiracy theories. I look forward to being spotted by patients. I didn't realize it was such a anti vax. People are expect to see. Do you think that bird surname has to start with P is that what is that? And do you think one of the ads will be revealing he's surname? You literally that's the same. That reaction. Oh, of course. She's called must, right? Because like it's 9 that's more than a whole, what's the build? It would have to be. Yeah. That's interesting. It's very, very, very predictable. But. Yeah. I'd love to say the blue sky session with a hammer choice Burt was the best name of a big super car fan. Yeah, I think there's something in there. Wait, wait. Please get in touch. Absolutely get in touch with you ten minutes is here inviting. So that could be the Australian Grand Prix. Also on track news, Abu Dhabi is being another track that might not be finished yet, actually. A lot of the tracks are not done. I don't know how I'm going to get to the end of the year. But they've, of course, change the circle. We talked about this a while ago when they announced it. Maybe close to the start of the year. In the hope that if we did, in fact, the championship does go to the final round of the season. It will be a good race instead of a bad one. This is we've normally been used to getting from Yas Marina. They rep profile that you can go on. I don't know, check out their website if you want to know what's happened. They've very powerful, a whole bunch of corners. And they estimate that as a result, the circuit could be up to 15 seconds quicker because of those changes. Which is ten to 15 seconds quicker. Wow, that's that's huge. And the fastest cause of all time, which is going to even quicker or some circuit changes. That's huge. It is huge, and it's more. It's more flowing now. There are a few of those irritating chicanes that just slow everything down and spread the cars out. More importantly, so theoretically, we'll get better racing, which is what we want. Absolutely, of course, that's what we want. Hopefully if we do get a title showdown this year, fingers crossed touch wood, we might get a decent race there. And on an unrelated note, there's been some, you know, words coming in about the cars for next year, obviously all the teams are doing simulations and stuff. They reckon, after all of the prescriptive rules, and they were going to slow them down the cars are heavier, of course. They reckon that actually, they're almost exactly as fast as this year's cars. By the end of next year, they should be perhaps even a little bit faster. They're always going to be the case. Always going to be the case in this happens. We talk about theoretical values and the new car has not literally turned a wheel. It's yeah, they've been Bailey built. So yeah, we'll reserve our judgments until then. So it's I don't really subscribe to theoretical lap times and whatever on that front. Because it's always, yeah, they'll chase gains and development. And someone out there, I tell you why. I am looking at you, you're all Callie house F one team. They may have cracked the card. They've done some great shiny work to put the car. As the FrontRunner that will fear, they were born jpeg esque. Hey. That'll surprise everyone. Come 2022. Mark my words. That's my smokey for the year. That's very good. Speaking of random speculation, in that Discord channel, I just want to bring this up before we wrap this one up. There has been a photo of a dummied up from rich energy dummy up 2022 car with the rich energy logos on it. So, you know, get around it. Dummy dot plays. I have also purchased the same $26 trade a model and never made my own made up of race this year. So I don't know how he did it because I was 3D programs that are very expensive. So I'm surprised that he was whenever license of sitting before day. You have to be happy to help. If you pay for more subscription plates. On all the usuals, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Paula, wiki feet. Everywhere that you can find good podcasts social media pages. And listen wherever you find good podcasts. Spotify. A car radio. Apple music, I think it is now. Maybe it's Apple podcasts. It's a separate app that broken out.
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"I was born and raise in the coury streets of mexico city. This is for hey kindness and activist. He's standing at an intersection in mexico. City wearing a black mask and a cape. I was an ordinary citizen. Until one day i went to a new delhi rematch. You know the mexican wrestling. And i decided to get a mass cookie to be the pedestrian vigilante of mexico city. He looks out onto a busy street filled with traffic. Lots of honking and swerving people walk cautiously trying to get out of the way of cars. The cars are very fast. There's people with disabilities other people. Even mothers and fathers with strollers. There are also cars parked on the sidewalk so pedestrians have to venture out into the dangerous streets. And that's when it emerges out of the shadows. My mother tells me not to do this. Because i can getting traveled but once i put my mask and i keep and they watch myself in the mirror. You know like tending to yourself. Like i'm here to justice and that's my goal and they'd go out to the streets and i'm watching this video. That for friend took him or he takes a breath and then he jumps onto the front one of the illegally parked cars and then he walks over it we've been walking for thousands and thousands of founders of years and just one hundred years ago we started to drive these keillor machines. You know so. Something wrong happened with with history so now we have to take back our streets and send these message that the pedestrian is on the top of the cars or hey has actually become kind of a local superhero for his activities. He goes by the name. Peyton neto which means little pedestrian. He wears a black and neon green costume and patrols the streets helping people on foot and on bikes and then i have the cape but my grandmother maeve these cave that has white and black stripes just like a pedestrian crosswalks. He paints bike lanes on busy streets and he circles potholes and broken sidewalks. People don't trip on them when he's done. He has a little p like a signature. Then he leaves to his next mission. It's like having two different personalities force because yeah you feel differently. Feel like an authority. You feel like somebody that has a mission in life and it's going to spread a message to the people in the streets. You know and then i go back home and they go off the mask on the cave and what might normally work. You know. i'm alanna strauss. And this is overheard at national geographic. A show where we eavesdrop on the wild conversations we have here in that show and follow them to the edges of our big weird beautiful world. This week we try and answer. A question is a bike friendly world and impossible fantasy or reality just around the corner. we'll meet an urban planner. Who tells us how to accomplish that. And it's not just painting more bike lanes and we'll cure why activists in mexico and the netherlands are so passionate about cycling that they'll go to great lengths to capture the attention of people in power. We kidnapped the chief government. What more after this geico and national geographic are working together to make your life a lot easier getting quote with geico mentioned your net ju- affiliation and you could get a special discount on geico's already low rates visit geico dot com slash nat. Go to see how much you could save. That's geico dot com slash nat. Go great rates. Great service and a whole lot more geico dot com slash nat. Go all right. Let's get something straight here when we talk about biking in this episode. We're not talking about recreation. We're talking about bikes as an alternative to cars away for people to get from point a to point b. There's good reason to make that switch. Transportation is the leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions in the us and cars. Make up the biggest chunk of that bikes on the other hand. There's virtually no pollution almost no energy use the energy that you actually good for you by energy. That's good for you. John poker means exercise. John is an urban planning professor maradas at rutgers university. He specializes in bikes. And it's not always so easy to get along without a car but for for all the time. It was a rutgers. I ahead before. Actually don't have a car myself. So oh i love you i love you i love you. We're going to get along very well alone. All right so if bikes are so great. Why don't more people in north america by it comes down to safety when surveyed more than half of americans actually say they're interested in biking but they think it's too dangerous because of you know cars from nineteen eighty one to twenty ten motor vehicle. Traffic was the leading cause of death for people under forty four in the us. John says there's an easy fix for this and it's not just creating bike lanes everywhere. It's creating with cold bike network. That's a web of connected pass that can take a traveler from any one point in the city to another. It's maybe things like green ways which are off-road paths so cyclists. Never have to worry about cars. They combined those with protected bike lanes with these physically separated lanes of the concrete barriers bollards or shrubbery of some sort dividing the cyclist from the motor. So it sounds like what you're saying is for city to be bike friendly. You don't need every streets have bike lanes you kind of just need enough of a network that you can get pretty much from anywhere to anywhere on a bike safely. That's exactly correct. The keywords connection so you don't wanna have a really state-of-the-art protected bike lane here and a wonderful greenway over there but nothing in between bike. Networks are actually part of this larger transportation network buses trains sidewalks. The let people get around without cars. You back to the train station. Take a train to another city. Then take the bus to your house. That kind of thing activists like hor. Hey often push for all these things at.
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"And listeners. Play -cation. I'm maria in amandas in hawaii hawaii. That's right. she's out on a real play -cation which is really a vacation and we'll be listening. She's she's she's left a little message. That i'll be playing at the end of this but we wish her. We wish her the best time and hope that hope. That all is well over in over in hawaii so guys. Let's get to twitter poll. We have a winner from our mexico. City -plication hold on. I gotta get. They're not prepared. That's okay who is still getting their everyone. Just hold their horses. okay here. We are so wish. -plication would you rather take to mexico city. The results are in amanda. London's placations wins with sixty point four percent of the votes compared to mind which is thirty. Nine point six percent of the boats and amanda will say this in her message but it was a very. We had a lot of people having a hard time picking this week. And i think it's because we really did lean into our travel personalities. Which i had foodie amanda had thrill thrill seeker and i think if you put the two together and you're muslim up and you throw them in the air that they become a star that they become a bright shining star of vacation and that's maybe what you know. We all should be doing more planning vacations as we should. We should be thinking. Okay what if i what. If i was a thrill. Seeker what would i do. And then you pick like five things and then you go. If i was a foodie. What would i do if i was a party. What would i do. And then you're able to pick from those things because then you've already because then you're not it's like we're too scared to even look those things up in the beginning because we go. We're not thrill seekers. I'd never take a hot air balloon ride but then if you are a thrill seeker then you can just have it on your list. And it's easy to cross it off as it is to put a check mark by it but at least it's on the list so let's open our minds. I think that's what we're learning here. Just look at some of the comments here maggie berg at magar doodle says. I enjoyed maria story. And how well. She managed with her budget and found great foods. I also like that. Amanda didn't get too wrapped up in her story. This time the adventure of hers was too good to pass up. I've always wanted to see the pyramids out there too. So yeah yeah. I think people really responded to to To our placations. Let's see here are florez at becca breeze. This was a tough one. Both tripp sound great..
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"Supposed to be amazing. Yeah there's lots of art to see. There's this amazing restaurant that everyone recommends. I think it's called nico and now nicos is just this little family run restaurant it's really unassuming looking. But apparently they have just the most amazing food they. It's one of those things where you get like a table side. Guacamole table side salad. There's a mess. Cal cart that wheels around the restaurant and it just looks like this to me is like the perfect because i'm not really a big like even though i had a luxury budget like i don't want to go to like the eight cores prefixed menu like. It's just not how i curse is now. I like to eat. I want to go to to nico's you know which is still pricy. But it's more warm and familiar. Which i like. I think there is something fun to doing that. And then having one day which is what we didn't sweden where you go and you go like a michelin starred place. Where your where. There's a mexican chef who's doing things with mexican cuisine that no one else is doing and is doing it in a way. No one else is doing it. And you couldn't get it anywhere in the world and that is so expensive. There is something really enjoyable culturally in that way. Yeah but that's a one night thing that's not. That's no way to eat every day. When you're in a city like mexico city not for me and i think you you actually had a great focus trip doing all the wonderful street tacos and stuff which is one of the highlights of traveling there so yeah. I think i'm giving us a big. I'm giving us a handshake all right. Well you guys usually right now. We would do the wheel of adventure but a man is going to be out of town next week. I'm going on. I'm going on application. Come to life to maui. I can't believe it. So i'm going to now turn over to two gals. You might know if you're aereos listeners..
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"Only one place to go dance the salsa and that's at mama rumba and that's in the roma districts how fun and so the dancehalls are a big thing. I was just researching that this morning in mexico city. It sounds so they seem so fine. they do. And there's this other one called like saloon day los angeles guy. I saw that too. That was awesome. And let me just tell you this. Because we are on a roughing. It budget ladies get in free. Wednesday and thursday nights would ladies nights. So this is mama rumba and it is a neon-lit sign on a on a roma street and inside. They have live salsa salsa music dancing. It's this cute bar with tiled floor and it just looks like a rip roaring good time and so are you to dancing with each other or you sort of meetings Strange men and letting them twirl around. Or i think is happening as i'm sitting down on my phone. I'm kinda texting my husband going like. Hey he's like where are you guys everything okay. Because he knows that we're kind of we don't get along that well and i'm like you know we're actually having pretty okay. And he's like where are you guys. And i'm like were salsa dancing. And then he goes salsa dancing and then you see sylvia on the dance floor with this. The is fox just spinning her around and twirling. She's laughing like i've never seen okay until she throws up right. Yeah and this guy. I'm just going to say this guy. Looks like i'm casting him as diego luna and we know how he. He danced in dirty dancing havana nights. We remember that. Yeah and so. She's kind of in that. and yes she does. She spins round spins around until she. She runs to the bathroom and which he comes out of the bathroom. I go are you okay. Do you wanna go home and she goes to. I wanna go home. Let's go get some tacos. I'll pass store. Yes girl so tacos alpa stories..
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"Delicious thing. I've ever tried. And it's literally in the middle of this market. Now i look at this. And i go. That's a hangover cure right right and i think it looked so. Oh my god. It looked and it seems to be. Is it a breakfast. Do because i'm seeing here the picture you're showing me. It's as big hardy bowl of just gelatinous stew served next to a cup of black mexican coffee which is out of me. I eat this for breakfast after a night of mess. Cal tasting. Hell yeah hell. Yeah so have that. And now. I'm like wow sylvia. You've really kind of hit these out of the park and i'm in you know what i'd like to do is i is okay if i picked the next place because what we've kinda decided now on we haven't spoken about it is that we're kind of doing a food tour through mexico city and so i'm like well let me do something and what i think we should do is let loose a little and there's nothing more that says mexico like going to a bar to try some scout. Oh love it. As keller ria so we go to lot clan destino now mess. Cal is interesting so so. Tequila can only be called tequila if it's made within a certain region of mexico mez cal more artisan kind of tequila where it doesn't have to come from that and it's more people create created. I think so Mez cal is tequila. Or what is it mez. Callous tequila but tequila isn't mess. Cal will mess. Cal isn't tequila. Tequila has to be made into kill mexico right. But it's i think it's like but mess is smokey so it's aged. What is the difference between tequila and mess cal. Food and wine we ask to keila is a type of mess cal much of like how scotch and bourbon types of whiskey right but as is any gava based liquor. This includes tequila which is made in specific regions of mexico and must be made from only blue gavee so so mess. How is made with different. A different kind of ave moscow can be made from more than thirty varieties of gubbay. Now i'm curious is mess cal always smokey or no. It sounds like moscow doesn't even have to be smoky but that's how i know it right. I'm not sure i do. You drink maria. I have like. I've ordered like a mess. Cal cocktail at like little dogs and stuff and in la. They've always got..
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"And they say they say look. This is going to you know the storm is going to pass for another forty eight hours. So you know you're going to have to just do what you will in that in that time and And we say okay. What what you know the weddings in three days. So we've got time. This isn't life or death here but you know what we're going to have to do is stay in mexico city and so i'm like okay. I'll get this really nice hotel. And and so he goes no no no no. She says i'm not doing this. I'm i. I want to do what i used to do with donald. And that is. I want to go somewhere. I wanna see places. I want to do things like that are actually like that people there do. And i'm like well but don't you want to stay. She's like no she goes. I'm going to find a place and say okay. Well let's kind of meet in the middle. Can we stay. I've heard this. This town roma's really good. This community roma. Can you find a place that she's like. Yes the way. You probably had no problem finding a fifty dollar less accommodation. all okay. So this is a beautiful loft in the trendy. Roma congested areas in the sir roma area. Which is the southern part of the roma district. It's this beautiful hardwood floor. Modern bright lights big windows. Lots of greenery. It's like a really gorgeous law for the balcony. Is one bedroom one bath but there is a foldout couch okay. So who's taking the foldout. All take the foldout. Because because i know that she's been through a lot within the last couple of weeks and i don't mind like i'm you know that's not a big deal to me. I can kind of sleep anywhere and this is going to set me back. Forty one dollars a night. It's it's truly incredible. You could really travel on a dive in mexico city and this place looks looks so nice. I mean this would be probably like almost two hundred dollars a night if it were in la more. I was more. I would think And this is a super host. This is like a really nice place. They got high speed internet. They've got they've got a washing and drying machine. They've got a whole kitchen and as roma area is really really beautiful. And i decided to kinda keep my trip within this area. And i'll just read a little bit about at roma has enjoyed a recent renaissance locals. Love roma's combination of art deco mansions colorful street art and of course the neighborhood's hipster vibe. Most of mexico city is safe in. Romans considered one of the safest neighborhoods in town and this kind of includes the neighboring condenser area and this is kind of become like a hipster area now. Roma has become a bit gentrified in the southern area. Where we're going to be staying. It's a little more. Latin american immigrants here but they've got tons of and they've got tons of restaurants and shops catering to them and this is actually in the southern area. Portion of is where the roma the alfonzo koran movie took place because that's where The house was what zonta he street. So basically. we're at this place. And and sylvia says look..
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"mexico city" Discussed on The Big Ones
"A night for lodging. I am on a foodie. I'm my my my my travel. Personality is foodie. And i am on vacation with my mother-in-law. I'm so excited. I think foo- food is really a gift when you're going to mexico city it really is. It really is. But as i said during your artists amount of good food really does just send you into like this. I need i need. I need all this. I need it. I need it now. Well and also you know as to southern california girls We grew up. eating mexican. food is probably one of my favorite cuisines. Yeah perhaps the cuisine. I eat the most in so the idea that i could go and get like the most amazing mexican food source. Yeah i like it okay. So in my story. I am playing a woman named gloria and. She's thirty five years old. I am. I am a food critic for bone appetit magazine. That's right and i'm in toronto. Doing a review on one of their top restaurants. In the what. I've worked out with my husband. Hank is that so. His sister is getting married in puerto vallarta. And so he's like. Hey why don't you. Because my mom his mom lives in toronto. Why don't you guys fly down together to port. I've smell a plane crash. So i say great now. I get along with my mother-in-law. And let's say i'm in a cast. My mother-in-law and her name is sylvia. I'm casting her as helen mirren. Okay i mean lucky. I know but i'm but she's not playing proper helm your and she's a little earthier okay. She's a little salt of the earth. Year okay. this is a role for her. That would maybe kind of put her in a golden globe category. 'cause she's playing against type but she's got she's got that present she's got that like self stature. Now before we leave on our flight to puerto vallarta sylvia get some shocking shocking news Her husband's been arrested for a ponzi scheme. No now this. Let me rephrase this now. A couple weeks before we leave she got some sylvia. Got some crazy news. Sylvia used to live on prince edward island.
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"M. a new and it's the winner of the best new mexico city experienced twenty nine thousand nine airbnb and essentially. It's just like they've got a boat they take you along. They cook for you and tequila and mess cal. And they're locals. They live out there and they just kind of take you on this boat tour and it looks really funds. I'm just going to show you some pictures. Here of how much funders mariachi that floats by. And i mean these mitchell lot is just look huge during these big red cups. People are dancing on the boats and drinking tequila out of what looks to be an empty like a hollowed out melon. It looks wonderful. Yeah it sure does so. This is something that i would definitely do if i go to mexico city. Yeah now again. Betty and i think the letter smoke on the boat. So she's she's been knocking. Thank god my god. I live how her character is just finding trying to find a place to smoke and not get in trouble. Okay so this is my lost pick and this is a bar that i definitely want to try because i think if you're in mexico city you're gonna wanna try the pull gay. Oh i've heard this. Okay yes so. This is by were the boats are. It's a local po korea. It's called l. Temple day deanna. Cu dad they mexico and this is just this sort of divey polka correa and now quickly. I'm going to tell you what pull as pull. Gay is a pre hispanic beverage with a consistency reminiscent of cambodia. If cambodia were made from okra so just wrap your head around that. I i'm trying. It's about as alcoholic as beer. But it's made with the lightly fermented sap of the gavee the flavor once you acquire a taste for it is addictive zingy natural or plane. Pull gate isn't opaque milky color but fizzy and bright on the tongue. Sweep and not clawing lightly viscous not slimy and just ever so yeasty like the whiff of freshly risen bread dough hitting the oven most places kind of do plane or fruit versions and it lives up to its reputation as the drink of the gods. There's only three photos. Wow so this is a local. This is a locals only joint. It's a locals only join and some. There's yeah apparently peanut shells on the ground or size us on the ground and some of the flavors that you can get our Mango lemon pina cocoa. I bet the pr coco's really good. Oh yeah this place is just like a total like it's just awesome. It's super local spot. It's very like seem sort of iconic mexico city hole in the wall. They say go up to the counter and asked for the menu. Surprise the only thing on the menu as pulci. I personally recommend the salary up. Po polka they're so large in for a treat. Sit and drink two or take your case to go. In one picture. There seems to be an effigy of a man sort of hanging from the ceiling. A blow up silverman. Yes silver overlay and. Yeah and i don't know if this is some sort of threat or perhaps it's a pin yada. I'm not sure. But he seems to be having a gourd but he's strung up sort of hanging above the restaurant like the polka guardian. Maybe he's the god looking. Maybe the saxophone player. Maybe that you..
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"mexico city" Discussed on The Big Ones
"Which i believe has cinnamon in or maybe that's just plain mexican chocolate. There's french vanilla. There's the special which has a touch of sentiments. Maybe that's what. I'm thinking. Swiss chocolate and whipped cream and mocha. And i'm getting the special. No i'm getting yet almost cinnamon. Wow i would get the french with a little vanilla in it. I think that might be really nice. That sounds really good but on this trip. But i'm just saying no no but if you do go on your trip which i'm assuming you do because you gotta each euros when you're a mexico city okay so my next activity and this is my last one. I'm so excited about this. Jannine betty anne are going to the floating darden's of watch. Okay how do i say this. Let me google how to say this word. Maybe it's like zo ch- xochimilco. I looked at up earlier and then it escaped me. Here we go. Let's see so chee milk. Oh but it's spelled with x. o. C. h. i. m. i. l. c. o. So to milk. Oh the floating gardens of so sochi milk. Oh okay so. Why did these cross your path. They did yes they did. They did okay. They were talked about on somebody. Feed fill that netflix documentary. He goes to mexico city and he goes on one of these. Looked absolutely lovely so fun. So dr forty minutes south of the city and you'll witness the closest approximation to the valley of mexico before the arrival of the spanish. This world heritage site of Socie- meal the extensive lichen analysis in that once connected most of the settlements in the value in the valley is an incredible vestige of the areas. Pre-hispanic path start at the embarcadero belem docked to board a color for colorful guns in the like boat called detroit. He nara and explore the waterways and artificial islands. Or she not buzz so basically chimp non-pas so basically you go out to this little town where there's this whole canal system you rent one of these boats that comes with the driver and then these boats float down this beautiful river and people pass you like food vendors on their boats were they're grilling illo tae and selling tacos and people selling you gotta get a mitch ladas. That's the first thing the ladies do is get a mitchell. Lada which is a mexican drink. It's beer and like tomato. Do sort of like bloody. Mary mixture mixed with beer And you just do this beautiful river cruise and along the way you stop and people are selling souvenirs and people are having parties. Apparently locals will go and rent one of these try. He narrows for birthdays and and special celebrations. And there's it just like oh to water carnival essentially it's wonderful. It's so bright like just looking at the pictures. It's just so bright and colorful. And i found for anyone who's interested in really doing one of these airbnb experience. That sound super fun so this is An experience hosted by isa and mao.
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"Big chairs like those hooded chairs. You know like those just like lounging and probably probably their shorts on from traveling all day. Their their shoes are filthy. Other sandals there like you know they're strappy sand over shorts in their polo tanks. I have got to find out my mom. Send me some pictures of her and migrate. I'm from their travels because it is. It's the cutest thing on. Oh nice yeah okay. So my activity one and this is where. I'm really hitting the thrill seeker aspect of my trip. So i this is me personally. And i know that. My mom and betty anne would be interested in this two very interested in the pre hispanic history of mexico city the as tech history specifically now on our other areas. Show our sister. Show the alarmist where we talk about history's greatest disasters and find out who's to blame. It's hosted by rebecca delgado smith. We did a whole episode on the fall of the aztec empire and it is just fascinating and the aztec empire was for like is now known as mexico city and to be clear the aztecs came and took over mexico. The the original mexicans lived in mexico and then the aztecs were taken over by the span. Spanish correct that's right and so yeah and so there's a really rich history in mexico city and of course one of the greatest ways to experience this is to go see the ancient aztec pyramid tea. Ot walk-on okay. Okay so now most people. It's it's a tourist attraction a lot of people go you see people. Climbing the stairs like hundreds and hundreds of people climbing the steep stairs up to the top of the pyramid. So i'm gonna avoid all that by taking a balloon tour. Oh my god now. This is from the website. Mexico flight adventures dot com. It's a sunrise balloon tour of. I should say a hot air balloon tour duration. One minute that got to be an error. I think it says one hundred fifty dollars duration one minute approximately well. God you're up and down in no time. So here's not walk. Khan and i'm probably saying that. Wrong so apologies. You can see these massive incredible pyramid structures wow And then okay. So i'm because i'm on a luxury budget. I'm popping for some of the perks. There's add ons to this hot air balloon tour and one of the add on tab mariuchi band. Play you off into the air. Okay here is. There's a balloon on the ground and there's a couple of people in the basket and then there's four mariachi members seeing them off. Okay so i'm definitely popping for the mariachi because that's also to me is like if you're gonna go to mexico city you got mariuchi.
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"mexico city" Discussed on The Big Ones
"Looking for hotels on my luxury budget. You don't need a lot of mexico city so actually this was a little bit of a burden and the thing was. I didn't wanna get a really fancy rental with eight bedrooms. Yeah you know. Because as i remember our friend jeremy connor who directed ghost girls. He took a mexico city trip. This is years ago and he told us about it and he and some friends got this beautiful apartment rental with the private chef okay. I don't call him ever saying this. Did he was i out there. I do not listening i you. Maybe they're not listening. Although private chef would have made your ears perk up. I know anything. Yeah so. I wasn't there i couldn't have been but anyway i just know for jannine betty and they wanna stay at a hotel first of all because they wanna feel safe insecure in mexico. City seems pretty safe. But i just think like i wanted the hotel experience for them so but i didn't want to stay in front of the mega hotels because they do have a four seasons there and there's another really big mega nice hotel. But i was like i. That's not the experience i want. I was looking for more of a hacienda vibe which turns out is not the mexico city vibe. It's much more european and slick bright. But i found something that i think is a good compromise. So it's called hotel nima a local house hotel so this is tucked in to enable you. Would this looks cute as hell. It's super super cute. So let me just quickly put this the website in english. It's beautiful sort of french mexican architecture fusion. Lots of lovely ornate cast iron and stone. It's tucked into a residential neighborhood on a tree lined streets This look so cute. What neighborhood is it in. It is in the roman neighborhood. Colonia roma is that what you're saying you don't have to tell me but it's it's very kind of high end cultural neighborhood lots of cafes and bookshops and and this hotel is boutique. It only has four bedrooms. And so let me show you some of these bedrooms. 'cause they're really nice. And of course this is ranging about five hundred dollars a night. So i'm using your p. i. Loophole and booking a separate rooms and that's fair it is wild and i am it is. We're so used to like staying like going to hawaii or going to europe or going that even in like cities in the united states where a luxury hotel is like seven hundred dollars a night and go to east at least and you go to these other places where you're like. This is wild. You've got the most beautiful hotels for like three hundred four hundred five hundred dollars a night and.
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"mexico city" Discussed on The Big Ones
"I octane. Make coppola's yeah you know. It felt good to say. That's i've lonely planet teaches. He thinks they also taught us stuff in the kimberley episode. That we'd heard half of those words. I still all i know is that i don't know what those words mean and i don't know what a megalopolis is. Something tells me someone's trying to pull the wool over my eyes here okay. So megalopolis sometimes called. Megalopolis is a city cluster or super city a group of two or more roughly adjustment metropolis metropolitan areas jila. Pavel's okay okay. So it's it's big okay. That's what they're trying to say. Yeah god forbid this high octane. Big city contains plenty of escape. Valves in the way of old school cantinas intriguing museums inspired dining and boating excursions along ancient canals. With so much going on you might consider scrapping those beach plans explore parts unknown dot com rights. Much like the rest of the country. It is a city of contrast with immense gas between the house and the have nots. Mexico city will grab your heart sometimes lifting at higher than the surrounding snowcapped peaks. Other times pulling it right out of your chest still beating with the anguish felt by the sacrificial victims of the ruthless mexico rulers. Ooh be prepared to be exhilerated in disgusted delighted and saddened amused and scared. Possibly all within the span of a few blocks conde nast traveler writes the sprawling complex always changing megalopolis. Ding ding ding. Well some. there's some crossover with there's some writer in lonely planet that's all also working for conde nast. Yeah there is because they also say it's a steady of contrast which is exactly what explore parts unknown dot com wrote well while so-someone there must be just one travel blogger. That does all the blogs overworked from its epic street food to its chef driven pilgrimage worthy restaurants. Mexico city is arguably the most exciting food city in the world at sophisticated hotels grand public parks and boulevards and chic shopping streets rival those of europe. There's no way you can see taste and do all you want to do in one visit but don't worry it's a place that gets deep under your skin. You'll be back okay. So this week. I am starting with my -plication i and what did you get on that wheel of adventure. Yes so my budget is luxury that six hundred fifty to two thousand dollars a night. Which i will say mexico city you do not need to be on a luxury budget to even get like the nicest hotel room my travel personality. I got a thrill seeker So i love the thrill and my surprise is that i'm traveling with my mother-in-law should we just remind people what yours was too so they know mine is that i'm on a roughing it budget which is spending zero to fifty dollars a night on lodging mytravel personality is a foodie and my travel surprise. Is that. I too am traveling with my mother-in-law. Okay so now. It's time to play -cations..
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"mexico city" Discussed on The Big Ones
"The original k. Maria yeah amanda. Let's go on vacation. I'm still a little nervous about traveling. But what if. I told you that we could take our dream vacation without ever leaving the house like a placations. Exactly hi everybody. And welcome to play case. And i'm amanda and i'm maria and each week. We plan rival fantasy vacations to the same locations. And you vote on whose trip. you'd rather take. It's so sad it just might be fun. Well well well. I'm sure everyone is dying to know the results of last week's trip we play to prince edward island and to you i say. Listen to the unpacking episode to find that out. You better go back and listen to that. Bonus unpacking up so that you skipped over because it's all right there and there's some real good nuggets in there that's right and so this week we are planning vacations. Sorry placations excuse me to mexico city mexico. That's correct and it was men. I really dug. i really dug in did you. I didn't i will just say this. It's not. I'm not gonna say anything. All right yeah. I i enjoyed it i two i will say i wanted to shout out to paisley gray because i did text her because her and her husband ben gray who was in the band dear boy who you should check out dear boy. Their music is fantastic and they did a concert in mexico city a couple years ago and i know they had gone to some really cool places so i asked her. Hey where some places you went to a lot of them were too expensive for me. Not that they were like grand and expensive just i was on a roughing it budget and so i had to kind of just zero in on one place that i was like. Okay i could. I could do this so i want to. Thank the grays for doing the doing the heavy lifting for one of the places. Well should we get into it. Yeah let's pack our bags and get going off to mexico city here. We go.