hola buenas tardes bienvenidos a La CIUDAD DE MEXICO hoy es sabado Feliz
semana I hope you all had a lovely week and you're also having a great weekend
Condesa is arguably one of the most popular areas to stay in Mexico City
despite the fact that I just walked past a guy urinating up against a tree but
never mind that it's also full of fantastic beautiful
and colorful architecture it's full of restaurants it's full of bars and it's
full of cafes but I don't like it what okay bare with me this video is not a
negative video about Condesa I don't really like Condesa
purely because it's just not my kind of area okay when you're a traveler when
you travel a lot there will be some areas that you just don't want to and I
haven't warmed to Condesa you might think that Condesa is not my
kind of area because of the expense yes it's an expensive area to stay in Mexico
City and yes that is a factor if I'm honest but the other reason is much more
important than that which I'm going to cover in this video I absolutely
understand as a tourist that maybe you have a bit more money that is in Mexico
City for a short period you will probably stay in Condesa and yeah I
probably would as well if I was a tourist but the fact is I'm not a
tourist I've been traveling full-time for the last two years while working
online so I look for different things in terms of my travel which we're going to
go into a bit more now so where else could you stay in Mexico City you could
stay in Condesa or you could stay in Balderas!
Ninos Heroes sorry I can never pronounce that and you could even stay in doctores
so you might be thinking that some of these areas look like absolute hell
holes for example there's a building behind me graffiti smash windows things
like that you might be thinking that these areas are noisy chaotic full of
locals and potentially you might not feel safe particularly at certain times
of the day and they're all valid points who cares if not what travel is all
about at least it for me it's about having an authentic experience in a
country and some of that Condesa for me isn't authentic you know one of the
things I wanted to do when I came to Mexico for the first time my hair is
annoying me is dispel the myth about Mexico that it's a dangerous and horrendous country you
know modern media like YouTube craps all over mainstream media so when you're in
Mexico I implore you to come to areas like this
to experience the real Mexico
now of course there are some areas which I would not recommend you go to Mexico
City I did a video recently about is Mexico City safe on the whole it is but
there are some areas that I would advise not going to for example Tepito I
believe it's never one known for drug dealers
Garibaldi Guerrero I lived in Guerrero right next to the metro station for
about a month I didn't have an issue at all but just down the road and Garibaldi
is also an area that's known for that kind of thing violence etc there was a
shooting there on Independence Day weekend so obviously there are areas
just like in every city where you do have to look out I'm not saying these
areas are perfectly safe and that you're never going to have a problem here but
you know think about your home you know London I don't live in Buckingham Palace
I live in a hellhole shithole area in West London it's normal it's boring it's
everyday life and that's what I'm talking about experience everyday life
in Mexico City so I know in my final stop of the day which is Doctores
yes I live in Doctores many of you have warned me many of you have been
surprised about the fact that I'm staying here many people can't
understand why I'm living in Doctores my Airbnb it's just down that road and you
know what it's the cheapest air B&B in the whole of Mexico City, am i a cheapskate
maybe I am do I care no like I said at the beginning of a budget traveler okay
I am a travel full-time for a living I'm not gonna spend and waste money on
someone I'm Condesa when it's not necessary if I can find somewhere
cheaper that does the job it's got bad it's got Wi-Fi that's all I need then
I'm gonna do it you got a park over there very nice
so yeah this park is very nice you've got people walking their dogs over there
you might have people sleeping on benches at night you might have a guy
outside my apartment sleeping in his car for the whole time I've been here
that's life that's city life it happens in your city
the thing about Doctores is that you might have seen lots of videos where
doctores is mentioned as one of the places that people shouldn't go
solutely disasterous if you stay here there was a shooting over the road last
week outside Oxxo, how many times has that happened in my entire time in
Mexico City? once that's it do I feel unsafe because of it no I
don't because I'm used to living in this sort of place you have to be streetwise
and use your whiles as I said in the last video about safety you know doctores
there's nothing here all right I'm not going to lie and say that it's this
amazing wicked place because it's not it's just regular and normal it's pretty
much the home of car mechanics down that road down there there's loads of places
fixing cars changing tires the smell of oil there's dog poo everywhere people do
not pick up their dog poo but despite all that do I still like it of course I
do this has been my home for the last month so yeah welcome to Doctores so
if you've enjoyed seeing the contrast between somewhere like Condesa
and what I call the real Mexico see why not leave a like down the bottom and
more importantly leave a comment I will be very interested to hear your thoughts
on other areas of Mexico City if you've been to Mexico City did you stay in
condesa what were your thoughts on it or like me have you stayed somewhere
else and what were your thoughts you get the gist and also don't forget to
subscribe my place is just over the road now so I'm gonna go home thank you for
watching I'll see you in the next video I'll catch you later
thank you
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