VAN LIFE | A Day in The Life | MEXICO

Morning guys and welcome to our first

ever vlog. Today we're going to give you

a bit of an insight as to what it's like

living our daily lives as we travel from

Canada down to Panama. We're currently

in Tulum, Mexico. So, let's get into it.

First things first, I got to wake up

late.

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Morning.

Morning vlog. I'm awake.

I'm excited for the day. Yeah.

The moment I wake up

before I make I

think

the moment I wake up

before I make I

This is nearly our every morning

breakfast because we make it at night

after dinner. It's overnight oats and

then we don't have to do anything in the

morning. We're just going to wake up and

eat. If we've mentioned it, we love to

eat. So,

but how's the quality of this one?

Well, this one we're missing maple

syrup. When you run out of real Cany

maple syrup, it's a sad day.

All right, I'm slowly waking up.

So, today we are going to be going to a

beach that's a little bit off the beaten

path. Um, we were told about it by some

friends. It's a long drive and a bumpy

road to get there. So, we're going to

bring you along for that. But first, we

need to stock up on some groceries,

stock up on some gas. So, let's get

going. So, guys, since we're keeping it

really real with you, we're going to

show you our epic morning view.

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And if you look, we aren't the only

campers taking advantage of this uh

lovely car park. He's a nice French

family.

So, the nice thing about waking up in a

car park of a supermarket is definitely

the ability to go shopping first thing

in the morning and also use their

bathrooms. You

more

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boy more.

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Ay has assumed his regular position in

the van. Ready for today's drive.

Ready for adventure.

All right, let's go.

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Who are these guys hiding? They're

smart. They've actually chosen the spots

that get morning shade.

Okay, so we finished our supermarket

shop. We almost got everything we

needed. We just have to get a few more

fruits and vegetables. So hopefully in

our hour and a half drive, we see a

little tien down the side of the road.

We actually prefer getting our

vegetables and fruit from the side of

the road.

Sucks.

Yeah, supermarkets don't have the most

fresh fruits and vegetables anyway, and

we'd rather support local instead of

these big department stores. But it's

also just convenient when you wake up

there to get most of the dry food

packages as well. So, we're getting gas

at the moment. Hopefully find some more

fruit, vegetable on the road, and then

we're heading off to the beach.

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So,

diesel over here in Mexico is more

expensive than Canada and the US. If

you've seen our six-month budget video,

you'll know that diesel is one of our

largest costs with food.

What do you think about that, Rocky?

Yeah. It was pretty good.

Hockey doesn't care. Hockey doesn't pay

for gas. Hockey doesn't pay for

anything.

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Probably six.

Yeah, that sounds good.

So, it looks like we're not the only

ones chasing a beautiful beach today.

There is a camper from Argentina driving

in front of us.

Here go a

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go.

So, we had our first hiccup of the day.

Uh, where we were going today was called

Puna Allen and it was a peninsula that

broke off just south of Tulum. It is an

ecological reserve and we did read

online a lot of mixed reviews whether

you could bring a dog there or not. So,

we thought we'd figure it out for

ourselves. We just got there. And

unfortunately, we're not allowed to

bring AI in. So, that's a bit of a

bummer, but that's okay. We're just

going to redirect and head to another

spot that we were going to go to

afterwards, which just means we're going

there sooner than later. And

Bakalar.

Yeah. So, it's called Laguna Bakalar. If

you've heard of it or been there or seen

pictures, it looks exceptional. And

we're still very excited to see this

place. And I guess the other spot which

is not meant to be.

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So, we took a little pit stop at the

side of the road at the moment. Max

really wanted some pineapple. And this

is video evidence that Max has never cut

a pineapple before because look how much

he cut off as the outer skin layer. This

is all valuable goods right here.

What do you have to say for yourself?

I'll rescue it. I'll rescue it.

We just asked Aie if he wants to hop

outside for a pee on a little break and

he's so comfortable on his pillow on top

of the 6- in memory foam that he doesn't

want to go anywhere.

No go, buddy. Nope, not moving.

All aboard.

So, this is co-piloting duties here.

Hands-free driver.

loves the wind in his fur.

I just can't

scar me.

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Let me give you a

freaking weekend.

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I do love my not the way that I do love

you.

Hold me on my apple.

Girl, I never love like you

know

where I

live.

So, we just arrived where we're going to

have lunch and let's check it out

together.

Not bad at all.

What's for lunch today, chef? Uh today

we are going to have a quinoa salad with

a bit of aqua I think.

So what we have is from the other day we

have the salad all cut up. We have

cucumber, carrot, um pumpkin seed,

onion,

cranberries,

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uh tomato,

tomato, and we're just going to add some

quinoa, avocado, and make a dressing for

it. Sounds good to me.

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I'm not sure.

I just added a whole bunch of random

ingredients that I like.

Oh, fingers crossed.

So, for those of you that didn't already

suspect it, Lee is actually the main

cook in the kitchen. It's uh not trying

to gender roll or anything. I'm just

really hopeless in the kitchen. I am

trying to learn

and he's learning.

I'm trying to learn and doing my best.

I'm really poor at coming up with my own

ideas and I like to stick to things I

know. Old habits die hard, but giving it

a go.

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We are going to set off on foot to see

if there's somewhere we can get in for a

swim, get this pooch wet, and cool down

for the afternoon.

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Is that good?

Is that good?

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Oh, good boy.

Good boy.

Left

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my favorite.

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I'm intrigued with the strawberry.

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You excited?

Okay, we're going.

Yeah.

Not your first time. I think

it's on 30° sub zero.

We make rolls.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's so cool.

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What a unique idea.

Yeah.

Thank you.

We are from Mexico City.

Okay. And we traveled to

like 3 years ago

when we started the business there.

Good idea.

Cool.

You can follow us on Instagram if you

want to to learn

about you can follow on Instagram.

Yeah.

If you want to know our story,

it's MX.

There we go.

We just started a YouTube channel.

So, we're This is our first uh down here

in the theme park.

Oh, yeah.

I froze.

I suppose

you like it.

Really good. Yes.

Thank you.

It's so fresh.

It's good.

It's amazing.

And it's amazing cuz it's dairyfree.

Okay, I guess we better pay for it.

Come here, bud.

Come here. Well, that was a successful

day. Beautiful afternoon. We went for a

swim and got some ice cream. Come here.

What's the plan now?

We are going to find our camp, which we

think we know where we're going to go.

So, we have to go check it out. Make

sure that it works for us. And if not,

we'll get back on I Overlander and look

for more. We just turned on the engine

and someone is already tuckered down,

ready to go to sleep. Okay, back to our

trusty I Overlander.

We spent the afternoon right in the

middle of the back balar and we are

going to drive down and check out all

the way. It's really not that far. It

just looks far to this little camp spot

here

to see if we can stay there for the

night.

What? What?

Let's go.

So, we just got to our campsite for the

night. It's the free one that we found

on I Overlander. And we ran into our

friend Charlie, who we met way earlier

north in San Panchcho in Mexico. So,

I'll show you the lake.

Hola.

Tell us about what you're doing.

Lifeing.

Yeah.

Heading to Bavo. So, another reason we

like to find these free camps that are

far away from all the touristy areas is

then we can let Ay really be himself. We

don't have to time up. He can wander in

the bushes and roll in the grass, eat

the grass, play with his ball, just

then all three of us really enjoy the

camping, not just so it's a team thing

we have going on.

O,

do you like our campsite, buddy?

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So, as I mentioned earlier, I may not be

the best cook, but here is where my

expertise really comes in.

Dishwashing duty. And after I do these

dishes from lunch, we're going to get

into dinner.

All right, so we're finally making

dinner. It's 8:30, which is a lot later

than we normally have dinner, but uh we

enjoy the afternoon till the sun went

down and Max did the dishes and then we

actually just met uh a local and I had a

conversation and uh we're making

porttoella mushroom burgers tonight. So,

I'll show you about what we're doing.

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Wake up.

Do you have a good shot of our sangas?

Those look great.

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It's really

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Okay,

as you saw this morning, we had

overnight oats. So, let me get into

showing you how to make them.

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So that's pretty much it for the oats.

The only other thing I would add, we

didn't have any nuts left like almonds,

pecans. Normally we add one of those.

Also, once you set it in the fridge,

leave it overnight, as the name

suggests. In the morning, make sure you

add some good old proper maple syrup.

And those bad boys are good to go.

Ready? You ready for this?

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Well, guys, good night. It's been a fun

day and we hope that you have a new

insight into what a normal day in our

life is like.

Oh, he's joining us.

Come here, buddy.

Now, so we're in bed. Why are we still

enclosed? I don't know why we're still

enclosed.

We normally at this point both Lee and I

would probably read a book, maybe go on

YouTube, answer some comments, do

something like that. But to be honest,

guys, doing a normal day in van life and

filming it as well is much more tiring

than just living a normal day of van

life. I don't know about you, I'm bloody

exhausted and I'm going straight to

sleep.

All right, guys. If you like the video,

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know what you thought. And we hope it

gave everybody who wanted to know what a

day in the life is like some more

insight. Good night.

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