We just came back from Huatalco and we had two dinners at Rocoto. It is excellent.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, we will check it out next time we are in town.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It has helped me decide that I will not go to spend $ 50 dollars for a meal in Huatulco. I personally prefer smaller meals to keep cholesterol at a normal level and to avoid over loading my body with too much food that half of it will stick to my body or will be wasted out.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

I totally get that. We do intermittent fasting so we only eat once or twice per day. We have lowered our weight, cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure eating this way. I do understand it isn't for everyone since lots of people enjoy snacking throughout the day.

Good video! I’ve lived here six years and most of the places you mention are good, definitely in the pricey side though.. I highly recommend Las Brasas! Everyone knows of it and it’s almost impossible to spend more than 20$

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

We will have to check it out next time we are in Huatulco.

Hola Georgia and David. Your last three videos about Huatulco have been well made, although today's Huatulco isn't the Mexico that interested me when I was traveling in the area in 1974. There was the rough road from the City of Oaxaca to Puerto Angel, but no coastal road. Maybe 4-wheel drive trails. If you have seen the 2001 movie "Y Tu Mama Tambien" you have seen what the area was like when I visited the coast in 1974. Nothing but a few thatched roof houses and a few masonry buildings in Puerto Angel. I find it to be an amazing development that so many modern towns have sprung up on both of Mexico's coasts in the last few decades. They wouldn't exist if there wasn't a demand for them. Unfortunately I don't find anything there to hold my interest the way the great colonial era cities and rural villages always do. Re your pronunciation of Spanish keep trying. If you can communicate successfully that is a great start. Mexicans always appreciate an honest effort. Many tourists from the US think that adding an "o" to the end of every English word will somehow work. That works for a few words but it is mostly gibberish. Since you spend about four weeks in a given location you may be able to locate some quid pro quo language classes with Mexicans who want to practice their English. Speak English half the time and Spanish half the time. Your pronouncing of Spanish would be improved wherever needed in short order. I've discovered that another of my comments has gone missing. It happened once before when sending information about places to visit in Oaxaca. This time it was about Hidalgo. Your videos aren't the only ones it happens to. I sent two comments to "Puebleando Con Alberto" that disappeared into the ether. Most get through. By the way, since you didn't get to see the Wood Museum in Tlaxco, Alberto released a video about Tlaxco approximately a week ago. Minutes 15-35 are on the museum. In my first comment many weeks ago I mentioned Epazoyucan, Metztitlan, maybe Molango, Actopan and Ixmiquilpan as great conventos worth visiting. My missing comment added several other places, but you have been in Pachuca for about four weeks and must be ready to visit another town if you haven't already. I'm sure you found Tula on your own, and the little towns around Mineral del Monte. The houses built by the Cornish miners in Huasca show a definite Welsh influence. Tulancingo had a very interesting Thursday market, and across the border Huauchinango had a fascinating Saturday market. It was spread out over a number of streets and seemed to be larger than the market in Toluca. Tons of flowers on sale, as befits a rainy area. Both towns had men and women who still wore traje indigena, but who knows what the situation is now? You have been to Zimapan, which has a small Sunday market, but I was able to buy double-cloth bags from Otomi women when I was there. The Monday market in Ixmiquilpan is much larger, and 50 years ago the women were still spinning ixtle with a drop spindle (malacate) but my sources say that today the young Otomi women are not much interested in such labor intensive work which doesn't pay well. The murals in the church nave are a fascinating blend of pre-Colombian and colonial influences. Actopan seems to have certain areas closed off that were open decades ago. The arcade above the stables seems to be closed off, as are certain hallways or rooms in the convento. Still a lot to see. On one visit it rained and I watched the rain pour off the tallest roofs onto lower roofs via downspouts, eventually pouring into the cloister's patio and draining toward the well in the center and disappearing through holes near the well into a cistern. The atrium at Epazoyucan has been dressed up. When i was there five decades ago the convento was surrounded by unmowed grass and a few graves scattered about. The mood was right for such an old convento. Molango is sort of in ruins but its location above the town and lake in the bottom of the lush, green valley make the trip worthwhile. The "string of pearls" decoration at the base of the cloister columns shows a definite relation to the cloisters in Atotonilco el Grande and Acolman. The espadana on the atrium wall, rather than above the entrance facade, is found, as far as I know, only in Molango and the nearby Tlanchinol. Further north along the same road lies Huejutla, with its big Sunday market which used to attract Indians from the surrounding mountains. It is still a possibility to find women wearing traje indigena, especially Nahua Indians living in the area. Atotonilco el Grande, north of Pachuca, is related to Acolman, a "must see" convento located south of Pachuca near Teotihuacan. Atotonilco probably needs some restoration, but it lies near the main road north. When I spent the night in the town 50 years ago my room in the Hotel del Jardin (30 pesos/night) had a wash stand, water pitcher, wash bowl, chamber pot and a candle holder with a candle. Reminded me of visiting my great aunt in rural Missouri in the 1950s. Toilet and shower were across the patio, with hot water in the morning (heated by burning corncobs). There are many more conventos in the area (in the 1930s the government published an approximately 1300 pages plus 200 pages of plates report on the churches of Hidalgo, and listed 800 churches in the state). Some areas, such as those around Molango, had numerous churches with thatched roofs. Probably replaced with tin by now. Near Pachuca but beyond the state line are three places worth visiting. The first is Tepotzotlan, to see the former Jesuit church and convento, now the site of the Museo del Virreynato. A truly great museum, which should take 2-4 hours to see, depending on your level of interest. If I remember correctly there is a little eight-sided chapel at the back of the garden where people can talk to the wall and be heard perfectly by the person facing the opposite wall. Sort of a miniature Chichen Itza ball court (before climbing on the ruins and standing on the platforms at either end of the ball court was prohibited, it was possible to face the walls at either end and talk in a normal voice with a person facing the opposite wall). The associated church of San Francisco Javier has been described as an example of barbaric splendor. Gold everywhere. The tiendas out front were not in evidence five decades ago. The other sites are south of Pachuca, Acolman being closer to CDMX. This is a very important convento, originally founded by the Franciscans (the small, comparatively crude cloister was built by the Franciscans), and when the convento was later assigned to the Augustinians, they built the larger, elegant cloister as well as the present church. The Franciscans did not immediately abandon the convento, hence the two cloisters, a rarity in Mexico. At Tepotzotlan there is also more than one cloister, due to the fact that there were three separate colleges or schools for different purposes or ethnic groups. The other site south of Pachuca that is "must see " is Teotihuacan. You may have visited the ruins already. Most KZreadrs film the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon plus the Avenue of the dead, and then they head for the restaurant. Many miss the Temple of Quetzalcoatl (arguably the best thing to see). Many also miss the Palace of the Jaguar, the Palace of the Quetzal Butterfly, and a number of other small temples, some underground, such as the temple of the Plumed Conch Shell. New areas have been excavated and restored since I visited five decades ago. I think there is a new area between the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. Try to visit either the Tepantitla Palace or the Tetitla Palace and other adjacent palaces to get a sense of how the elite lived. You may find the ruins crowded on the weekend. Weekdays will be better. Bring plenty of water and a hat, especially if it is sunny and hot. Extra water for Meep. I have a few photos of my visit to Teotihuacan in 1967. A rainy afternoon. I was standing atop the Pyramid of the Moon, and there were absolutely no other tourists in view. The rain was that lazy summer rain that occurs every afternoon in the summer. Not that bad. Anyway, I hope this arrives and is of some use, in spite of arriving so late in your stay in Pachuca. Where are you at/heading next?

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

Hope you are doing well. Huatulco was definitely more of a modern beach vacation. I hate that your comment disappeared before I could read it. We stayed busy though. We did visit Tula and Teotihuacan as well as two other archeological sites. We got to Teotihuacan when it opened at 8am so we had it almost to ourselves for about an hour before all the tours started to arrive. We also visited twelve pueblos mágicos in Hidalgo, Puebla, and Mexico state. Unfortunately there was a labor protest at the entrance to the museum in Tepotzotlán so we didn't get to visit. Wednesday we head back to SMA for ten days to renew our residency and our temporary import permit for the Jeep. Then we are off to Tequila for four weeks.

Man, you knocked it out of the park on the foodie experience this week! I'm drooling! We are going to have to refer back to this video when we arrive in Huatulco. ~Gina

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Huatulco was definitely one of the better food cities we have stayed in.

Good info!!!

@GeorgiaandDavid

9 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

I live here and some of those on your list have been on mine for awhile. But you also mention others that are new to me. Of course, I haven't eaten at them all. That's one of the things I've noticed about Huatulco. During the tourist season, new restaurants pop up and some quietly die out during the off season. And then there are some like La Chicatana that has been here "forever," with a strong loyal customer base. While I appreciate your list and the introduction to restaurants I haven't tried yet, I would only suggest that you lead your videos as an introduction to "Your" Top Ten rather than promoting your choices as if the ranking came from Michelin or some other Forbes type source. Huatulco is a small town and many restaurants have their loyal customers who live here or come yearly, and take umbrage to their favorites not receiving mention. And then, there is also that taste is relative, differing for each of us. I myself come from San Francisco, California and have traveled the world. So my taste buds are on the level of "Foodie." So some restaurant don't fit the bill for me but understanding the impact of a negative review for a restaurant in a small tourist town, I would never publicly mention it.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

We used Google and tripadvisor reviews to come up with our list. Absolutely everything in all of our videos is based on our opinions and preferences. We love watching videos like this before we travel to a location to help narrow down our list. Since we only stay places for a month or so we can't try everything and would rather focus on places that most people agree are great.

@viddachan8940

Жыл бұрын

@@GeorgiaandDavid Might be a good idea to refrence your source then. You'll be less likely to receive flank from the loyal fans of restaurants and businesses. Still, I appreciate your list and will be trying out the ones I haven't yet.

Mexico is amazing!!

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

It is and we love exploring it all. From ancient ruins to modern shopping centers, mountains to beaches, and street tacos to steakhouses!

You guys look like a couple I met while I was living in Cabo San Lucas.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

We haven't been to Cabo yet but it is definitely on the list!

@yescocina

Жыл бұрын

@Georgia and David Travel awesome place 😎 make sure you go on a date to el farallon and sunset monalisa Also love asi y azado but my favorite is a really inexpensive and delicious restaurant call la Garita found it on the way to la Paz.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

@@yescocina awesome, thank you for the suggestions! We will be sure to star them in Google maps.

Good start but the "problem" with Huatulco is that there are so many excellent restaurants! Just my opinion but out of respect for the country you are touring around, you should really learn proper pronunciation of Spanish words.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

There were definitely too many to try in 28 days. We are both in the process of learning Spanish and are about a year and a half in. We can say everything we need to, but with many pronunciation and grammatical errors. Hopefully one day we will be fluent like you.

Those prices are high. I’ll stick to Loreto.

@GeorgiaandDavid

Жыл бұрын

Definitely the highest priced place we have visited so far in Mexico.