Chegamos no MÉXICO e já fomos direto ao PARAÍSO!

Chegamos no MÉXICO e já fomos direto ao PARAÍSO!

Hey everyone, I’m Victor, I’m Rocheli. Welcome to the One Destination at a Time channel! And welcome to Mexico, too. Mexico, you bastards. We’ve arrived in Mexico, this country so beloved and cherished. Especially by you, right? Especially by me. It was my first country, my first solo international trip in my life, in Mexico in 2016. So, it’s been a long time… It’s really great to be back, really special. It’s only fair that you bring me along. Definitely! But we’re in a place I’ve never been to. After all, we arrived by land. In previous videos, we showed you a bit about Belize. We took a transfer directly from Belize City and have now arrived in Bacalar. This is the city we’ll be spending the next few days there. The city is well-known, mainly because it sits on the edge of a lagoon that looks like the Caribbean, but isn’t. It’s a freshwater lagoon with seven colors, that is, various blues, greens—we haven’t seen any of that yet. We’re just stopping by the main square, okay? This is the Municipal Palace. Anyway, we’re here, but we’ll pass through more calmly later. We’re heading towards our Airbnb. So, what’s up, Rocheli? Rochelinha, how was that border crossing? We made a big deal out of it, right, when we arrived in Belize. It was really difficult because we had to print a lot of stuff and all that, but leaving was easy? We’re not going to lie, the Belizeans were more concerned about us crossing into Mexico than the Mexicans were about documentation. There, we had to pay the exit fee from Belize. It was $20 per person, which is already quite steep, but we already knew that. We were prepared with our pockets full. But no, we paid with our Wise card, as always. Good thing they accept cards, so it was pretty easy. We arrived at the Mexican border, unloaded our things, and went through a check to see if we had any fruit, because you can’t take it from one country to another. Then we went to immigration and discovered that some people would have to pay a small, symbolic fee, right? Almost nothing, because we wouldn’t have to pay if we were staying less than seven days in Mexico, but we will. Spoiler alert: there are several destinations ahead. We had to pay $45 per person, or in Mexican pesos, $861. This is a fee you have to pay when you enter by land. Normally, when you buy your inbound flight into the country, it already includes this fee. That’s why you’ll probably find the flight to get here a bit steep. That wasn’t the case for us; we had to pay this fee. Aside from that, the documentation part. It’s really nice to have your exit ticket when you enter the country . They didn’t ask us to see it, but they did ask for the date. We had bought it normally. So much so that we don’t know yet. We’ll probably either cancel or change it because it’s refundable, but you need to have it. So, that’s information they’ll ask you about. Passports don’t accept ID cards or driver’s licenses here, under any circumstances. And you need a visa, my friends. You need a Mexican visa. That was a real ordeal back in Brazil, where we went after this visa. It worked out in the end. Victor got a long visa, I think because they—he was already a familiar face here in Mexico—gave him a 10-year visa, me a six-month visa, but it’s okay. So, Mrs. Rocheli will have to get to know Mexico very well. I think we have to hurry to get to know it now, right? Oh, almost there. Exactly. We had this ordeal of getting the visa. We don’t have an American visa, we don’t have a Canadian visa, because if we do, we don’t need a Mexican visa. But in our case, we went and got the Mexican visa, and it was easy to get. By the way, if you want a video of us talking about how it was to get this visa, what the bureaucracy was, what we had to do and what we didn’t have to do, leave it here in the comments. The interview, right, on the day. What did you ask? Guys, you’re dreading this part. Comment here so we can prepare it for you. But that was it. We had to fill out the little things that every border checker asks for, but overall, everything went well, right? When it came to actually entering, he didn’t ask much of anything. It was pretty easy, not great, pretty easy. He just asked us about accommodations. You need to fill out a card there and then you can enter all the information about where you’ll be without much worry. So don’t worry too much about the border issue if you have everything we’ve already indicated for you. And now we’re walking here for 10 minutes with all our pesos and we’re going to our accommodation to drop off our pesos and backpack, because here the currency is Mexican pesos, which we don’t have yet, so we have to go get pesos for food, food at the market, but one thing at a time. Now we’re calmly heading towards our accommodation. The spoiler of this saga here in Mexico is that I want to eat a lot of local food, because Victor has been promoting it to me a lot, so the time has come. Let’s check out some food around here. We’re here. This is it. Xtakay right next to a laundromat. Welcome to our Airbnb. Look how beautiful this elephant is! You’re enchanted by the elephant, aren’t you? This is the little room we’ll be staying in today, tomorrow, and then tomorrow we’ll leave. So, our stay here is short, but we wanted a comfortable place with a private bathroom and a kitchen. So, we didn’t find many options. But what we did find, which was this one, we really liked. The guy was super friendly and gave us lots of tips. It has a minibar, a bed, a bathroom, armchairs, a fan, air conditioning, a TV with Netflix, everything. Not that we’ll use it, but we don’t have time, it’s a very complete place. The kitchen outside is also available for us to use, for cooking. There’s drinking water, really nice. I think it’s everything we needed. Kitchen. So, here’s the stove, there are chairs, our dining room here, practically, and there are also bicycles included. That’s the coolest part: it’s included. In fact, back in Belize, in Caye Caulker, we also had them to use, and we did. So, we’ll probably go for a little ride here tomorrow, maybe . He even has padlocks available, and good internet. So, everything’s been going well during our stay here in Mexico so far. And it will continue to be that way. We’ll go to the supermarket to get some basics to eat. After all, we’ll also withdraw cash. Withdraw cash. We need it; we’re broke. Even though cards are accepted by many places, right? We know that smaller places, smaller stalls , usually charge an additional fee or don’t even accept cards. So, we just arrived in the country, it’s always good to have cash on hand. But now, let’s get to it. Good morning, my friends. Good morning. Let’s start our tours of Bacalar here, see what there is to see here. We’ve picked out our bikes, obviously. I picked the pink one with the basket; I thought it looked good, and I’m going with the black one. The other options were too small for me. It’s cool that, like Caye Caluker, these bikes don’t have the brakes we’re used to. We have to pedal backward. You can’t play with kids like that, you know? Walking forward, pedaling backward. But let’s go now. Our goal is to withdraw money. We’ll show you which bank we can find, what rate they’ll charge. So, without further ado, we’re off. And the sun is blazing, huh? Wow, it’s hot. Oh, a little scooter like this is great. We saw a lot of tourists here, they rent scooters. We didn’t even mention last night much. We went to a nearby market, buying just enough for dinner, because, as you said, we still didn’t have much cash. I didn’t really know the price—which is expensive—or what’s cheap. And since we’re moving cities tomorrow, it was just a basic purchase. Today we want to eat out at least for dinner. That’s it, let’s go. This is the bank we’re going to check out: Banco Azteca. First attempt failed. We tried the ATM outside and here inside. There’s no money available. They said there should be one right next to the square. This is the Municipal Palace. The lady at the bank said there’s an ATM around here. Let’s look. There are several ATMs. We’ll try it here to withdraw cash. Red ATM, Temporarily out of service. Okay, now Banorte will be the next test. 58 Mexican pesos, VAT included. Great. And there, look, withdrawing our Mexican pesos. Finished, with Wise once again saving our lives. Really saving! Link in the description, QR code on the screen to order yours fee-free and make the first transaction of up to R$3,500 in the range, just the way we like it. Here’s the money. This is the Mexican note. Money withdrawn. You can work at the circus, huh? You’re showing off your skills, talking, telling about this carnabanco. What’s up? Anyway, the conversion came to R$54, a good amount. We withdrew a larger amount because we’ll be spending some time here in Mexico, so we’d need another method. And the good thing about withdrawing a lot at once is that you only pay the fee once. Remembering that reduced rates were due to that Wise thing we mentioned, right? Now that the police reports have all been resolved, let’s enjoy ourselves and stroll around Bacalar. We’re here in the main square, in the main park. There’s the sign right there. Right behind it is Lake Bacalar, which already shows that it really does have several shades of blue, huh? We’re finally here. This is our first view of the lake, right here with you. We hadn’t seen it before. There’s a fort here, the very sign R mentioned. Pretty cute, huh? Pretty cute. Hey, it’s safe now, huh? We’ll sell our bikes from the playground. I don’t think there’s a safer place than this. There’s always a parent watching. But it’s very peaceful here. There are very few people in the square. Maybe because it’s hot, with a different sun for everyone, but the breeze helps. The breeze that comes from the lake. The city of Bacalar was founded by the Spanish in 154, which doesn’t mean the region wasn’t already inhabited. The Mayans had already lived here for a good few years, but it was officially founded around that time. Later, it became a frequent target for pirates, both English and French. Therefore, a fort was founded and created to protect it. This is Fort San Felipe, built in 1729 to serve as protection from these pirates. And that’s what this region served for a long time: a way to protect this Spanish territory, this part that once belonged to the Spanish crown, from pirates. You can enter the fort. Today, it houses a museum. It’s a small museum, but the outside structure is quite nice. It’s very intact. It’s a tiny fort, not very large, but it tells a lot about the history of Bacalar. Tickets cost us 110 per adult, foreign adults, which is our home. Let’s go and visit the museum. So, in the middle of the fort’s construction, there’s this museum that was built to tell how people got here, who lived here before. We went in here to see how this room we’re in isn’t that big. This one in the middle, which is this one, how it was founded. Who arrived here first? There were three Spaniards who traveled this route extensively, mainly to Cuba and Cozumel, who came here a lot. And in this little corner to talk about piracy. After all, we’ve seen it several times, at least I have. I imagine you’ve also seen Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow, which is a story, but very much inspired by real life. It was a European war, but outside of Europe, it took place here in the Caribbean. And then they brought some figures, some of whom we’d already seen. This one here is the very famous Henry Morgan, who they said had his treasure hidden there in San Andres, the famous pirate Morgan’s treasure, which no one has ever found in a cave there. We went there to look, and if you haven’t seen this video, we’ll leave it here in the cards. By the way, these two women pirates were also present, they’re part of this story. Continuing, there are models of the ships here. You can see that the museum isn’t that big, but it tells a lot of the story. Here are the cannons that were used. Up front are the cannonballs. And this is basically the little museum inside. Let’s see Lake Bacar from the Fort. Ah. The fort tour is over. It’s really quick. The fort is small, there’s not much to see. I even thought the price was a bit steep for what there was to see. But while I was showing you everything there was to see, Vi here, look, was taking advantage of Rumá’s internet connection to talk to his niece back in Brazil. Rumá’s internet signal was perfect, as always, our internet partner throughout our trip through Central America and now North America—we’re in Mexico, after all. It works perfectly, limited internet, 24/7 support in Portuguese, which makes things much easier when we’re abroad. 100% working. And we arrived in Mexico connected, right? Always connected. We were talking to our family there; it was great, it helped us catch up a bit. Now we’re going to see what really catches our attention here in Bacala, after all, it’s strong. There are a few others. Now, a lagoon that looks like the Caribbean Sea isn’t everywhere, not at all. And this is what we were really looking forward to seeing. We cycled to the end of the shore, so to speak. We arrived at K36, which is a free passage, one of the free entrances, and it’s also very busy there. It’s a way to access this lagoon, which is a mere 2 km wide, a mouthful, and 42 km long, meaning it’s quite long. Let’s turn around, because here it is, if it’s better, this one here. The wind is strong, so we’re trying to escape the wind, but it’s really much more beautiful this way. And it’s also known as the seven-colored lagoon. Why? Because it has various depths, and as the depths change, we can see different hues. And this water here, although it looks like we’re in the Caribbean Sea, it’s not yet. It’s composed of springs and river waters, meaning no salt water here. Sweet water, clean water, good water for a swim. I’m so hot I think I need to get in this water. We’re going to go in here, at least to see what’s ahead, but we don’t know if we ‘re going to dive here or go to one of the paid bathhouses, which I imagine aren’t that expensive, but we want to check out the options, right, before getting wet. Wait for people to come by so we can go up. Things you can’t bring, look. You can’t bring food, you can’t bring drinks, you can’t wear sunscreen . This is because there are animals that need to be preserved, vegetation, and sunscreen ends up damaging them. So, apply sunscreen well beforehand, wait for it to dry before you can swim. Even in a part further out in the lagoon, there’s a part called “Corredeira” (Corredeira), which is really cool here. What do you call that “Estalaquiti” (Stall)? It’s a very difficult name for you guys, which are nothing more than fossils, very old fossils preserved in the water. They’re not dinosaurs, folks. They’re not dinosaurs, no. They’re fossils of plants that were fossilized and remained there in that channel that runs through there. It’s basically a channel that divides the lake in half. It’s a very narrow part of the lake, called a rapids because the car takes you there, enjoying it, seeing these fossilized formations there. Since our passage is quick, what we did was see the center, see the lagoon, see the fort, and get some aerial views with the drone. It was very windy, so we didn’t get to do much. We even wanted to take a boat ride because we saw it was a two-hour ride, which would be doable, but we found it. We didn’t see anyone selling them, folks. It’s low season, so maybe that’s why they’re already offering tours, right? Most of the boats. I don’t know, but everything we looked at was closed. It was fine, but we didn’t even see them passing by. Different. Yeah, so I don’t know, we didn’t see any options. It’s curious that there are no boats, but look at this view, huh. The Maldives is you. Samballas is you. No. Bacalar, Mexico, my friends. Now let’s visit Ecopark, which is right next to that other mole we showed you. There’s a fee to enter, but it’s practically symbolic. It’s 20 Mexican pesos per person. The only downside is that we need to leave the sunscreen. This is from here. It will do. Yes. Thanks. And here are different bills. The 100 Mexican peso, the 50, and our first coin. I didn’t show it very well, did I? But here it is. For you to see. We have two options: Because there are 400 meters of mangroves per square meter. There are 400 meters of mangroves and 400 meters of seawater. Not seawater, but lakewater. We chose to start with the mangroves, but it’s more refreshing to at least walk among the trees, right? And remember, this isn’t a resort specifically; there are some larger resorts with pools, waterslides, and other amenities. So the price is a little higher. It’s okay to swim normally, but the entertainment is a little less, with fewer amenities. Private hot air balloon rides are supposed to cost around 100 Mexican pesos. Friends, look at this amazing place, huh? It seems unreal. Wow, beautiful, beautiful. Your eyes won’t believe what you see, because it’s beautiful. It looks so much like the Caribbean Sea. It looks a lot like the sea, right? Sea in general, but it’s freshwater, it’s good. Let’s go in. Glory. I’m looking forward to this moment. I want to know if it’s salty at all, if it’s a bit salty, or what kind of water is it like to dive in? You can’t jump in, okay? There are some stairs right here. It’s dangerous to jump in. You can go down. There are some further down there too, where people are concentrated, but there are fewer people here. This is where we’ll go. Are you ready? Absolutely ready. Absolutely ready. What a place, guys? Very good. The water is really sweet, not salty, just freshwater. And at the bottom there’s sand, some of it harder. Hard sand, but that’s okay, right? Just an observation . It’s hard to look here and say it’s not the sea. Very nice. The water is very good. It was shallower where we were. Where it’s darker is the deepest part. We didn’t risk much there. It was the part where we were farther away. Here it’s actually closer. Yeah. There are more people enjoying themselves here. Here it must be shallower. People are swimming there. Sometimes it’s a little deeper. The water temperature is perfect too. Warm. It’s lukewarm. Delicious. It’s the perfect temperature, right? Because given the heat here, if it were too hot it would even be a little boring, but it wasn’t. It was really nice. So, did Bacalar surprise you or not? Oh, it did. It lived up to expectations, I’d say. I wasn’t expecting much. Oh, no, I wasn’t expecting much. I didn’t know it was a beautiful lagoon, but this big, I wasn’t expecting. And I wasn’t expecting such nice water. Aelinha couldn’t resist, saw that it was deep here in the corner, and went back into the water. Peixinha loves swimming and had no choice. It’s there, look. And the sunset is crazy too, right? So beautiful. Let’s go home now. Let’s go back. Let’s go back. What’s up? He ran off. Yay! Let’s fix it. It’s part of it. I wanted to act like a village kid here. I couldn’t sing all three times. Bikes parked. Okay, today’s outing is over. Now take a shower, get some rest. No, how could we? We had nothing to do with anything. What? There’s nothing there. Where? Eat tacos. Eat tacos. But it says dinner. You eat late, but now it’s 6 o’clock. What do you think? Tacos now or not? Comment below. Tacos now. Just so we know if you’ve been following the video up to this point. Comment below. Let’s go. Here we are in the main square, looking for a restaurant, a taqueria for dinner. Not specifically in the square, right? Because there are more crafts and little shops here. Pretty busy, right? Wow, nightlife around here for the middle of the week. Look at all the people there. During the day, everything was dismantled, so it really changes the face of the city and turns it into a very touristy environment, right? Everything is lit up, not just here where there are these little markets, but in general, walking through the streets. There are several restaurants with colorful lights. Very cool. Check out the cool live stream. We’ve already checked out some restaurants. We saw a few options. We’re trying to find the right place, right? The cod taco. That one that’s very local too. I like to look for a very local place, a true staple where we see locals eating more than tourists. Because there are plenty of places where we see tourists eating, especially here downtown. Oh, looks good, huh? It’s packed. Oh, it’s crebrema, dessert, dessert. It’s been six years of relationship, even more than that. And years of a promise, right, Vi? I said, let’s go to Mexico one day, because it’s our first… The conversation was precisely because she had spent time in Italy, and I had spent time in Mexico. I said, “One day we’re going to Mexico and we’re going to eat tacos al pastor.” And that day came, the time has come. So, look, we walked and walked and walked, we saw several places. This one isn’t your typical taqueria, but it seemed to have very good service. It looks really good, and the prices are really good. Lots of meat. There was a promotion. I think they have it every day of the week here , right? That’s right. But today’s one specifically was the one where you order three and pay for two. So it was perfect. Amazing. Let me show you what this dish looks like. Look, the tortilla isn’t very big, but it has a lot of meat on top. It’s very well done. There were three sides : a little cucumber, which is peppered, pineapple, and onion. And then there’s a little lime too. There are these two here that are chilies. And the girl kind of warned me: “Better not, don’t touch it. This one is stronger. The strongest we have in the house.” And that little yellow one over there isn’t as strong. And a ramaica, which is like a biscuit tea with a light touch of cinnamon to accompany it. Let’s go. I love doro. I love doro. Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s go. So, I’ll add the onion, which is traditional. Then I’ll add pineapple, the other things. Let’s try it the traditional way. Let’s go. Wow, so much meat. I think someone here liked it, huh? By the way, this is what we ate. Plus three more we ordered. It was very tasty. Wow. Maybe a few extra pounds will be carried back home. We even got rid of the toppings. Very, very good. Pepper. This one, look, we used and tested. Good too. Okay, it was very tasty. Just don’t overdo it because that’s what happened to me. My mouth is tingling. Okay, okay. He called you now to pay. It’s going to be an average of 280 pesos, including drinks, right? Which was 35 each . A pretty good price. I have to admit, I thought I’d eat about five, okay? But it was very meaty, so it was filling. I’m super satisfied. But there’s always that extra space in the stomach, right? Let’s have a little something sweet. Thanks. Thanks. Look what came here, guys. We saw a lot of activity, a long line, some good music. So we said, let’s stop here and see what they have. We discovered this thing here, which is called Marquecitas. Marquecitas. It’s not typical of this region, but it is typical of the country. So it’s more common in Yucatán, right? Specifically in Mérida, where he grew up, which is the capital of the state of Yucatán. We ordered the most popular one, the most popular one. He said it was the cheese one with Nutella. So, it’s quite different. It’s a dough similar to an ice cream cone. It’s just like an ice cream cone. So, try it now. Is it hot? What’s it like? I have no idea what it’s filled with besides cheese and Nutella. I don’t know if it’s the weather. It’s not everything. I don’t know. I don’t know. Let’s try it. We had to pause for Mrs. Rochelle to create her Instagram content. But now we’re going to go to it. It cost 60, it’ll be exclusive for you, okay? That’s it. It cost 60 Mexican pesos. So let’s go, dig in. Wow, so much good cheese. Wow, it’s super different. The cheese is very similar to Parmesan, a more mature, saltier cheese, with Nutella. Wow, very different, very tasty. And so we come to the end of another video, already heading to the bus terminal to leave for our next destination here in Mexico. We’re very happy we stayed with these little words, choosing to stop by Barcalar; it surprised us very positively. Leave us in the comments what you thought of this first destination here in Mexico. Subscribe to the channel, after all, there are more destinations in this wonderful country to come. And we’ll see you at the next destination.

Nossa chegada ao México não poderia ser melhor! Vem com a gente explorar Bacalar e sua famosa lagoa das 7 cores.

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Capítulos:
00:00 – 01:25 – Introdução
01:25 – 04:32 – Imigração
04:32 – 06:54 – Nossa hospedagem
06:54 – 09:30 – Sacando pesos mexicanos
09:30 – 10:20 – Praça principal
10:20 – 13:32 – Forte de San Felipe de Bacalar
13:32 – 14:04 – Internet no México
14:04 – 17:42 – Sobre a Laguna de Bacalar
17:42 – 19:47 – Ecoparque Bacalar
19:47 – 22:05 – Hora de mergulhar
22:05 – 23:04 – Retorno para a hospedagem
23:04 – 24:16 – Conhecendo a noite
24:16 – 26:40 – Provando tacos mexicanos
26:40 – 27:56 – Marquesitas
27:56 – 28:27 – Considerações finais

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