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INTRO
0:00Listen to this.
0:01Do you hear that?
0:03Claxons all over the place.
0:05That's the noise of India, look at an ape. a monkey climbing on the wires.
0:10[Music]
¿Dónde está Delhi -India?
0:25Friends today we are going to take a tour of one of the most chaotic cities in the world.
0:32That's right, we are on an adventure in India, great videos are coming and of course
0:37we have to start in its iconic, chaotic capital, the city of Delhi.
0:43This is not my first time in this city so I know more or less what I'm talking about.
0:49and believe me this city is as fascinating as it is busy and chaotic.
0:55Noise everywhere, people are all over each other, in the same street you find
1:02with a motorcycle, a person walking, a tuk-tuk, a cow and behind a Ferrari or a Lamborghini,
1:08contrasts are like in few places in the world, and above all the most important,
1:14the culture that is breathed in the streets, is like in very few places.
1:19Before we start here are some very interesting facts about India. Did you know
1:24that today India could be the most populated country in the world with a estimated
Datos sobre la India
1:30population of 1.4 billion people, it is about to overtake China or maybe it has already done so because
1:37official record as you say so to the letter as it does not exist, the official currency
1:42is the rupee which at the date I recorded this video is about 82 rupees to the US dollar,
1:48see Gandhi the world icon, we don't have to explain who this man is, he is in every
1:53banknotes in all denominations of Indian rupees, very nice banknotes
1:58and they are tiny, some of them look like little Monopoly notes
2:02And also as of the date that I'm recording this video there are 17 recognized languages
2:08in the subcontinent of India, this is very interesting.
2:12And the thing is that because there are so many people in this country they have too many languages that are officially spoken
2:18the most common being Hindi, Punjabi, Kashmiri and Bengali and interestingly enough one of the most
2:24most spoken language is Rajasthani but it is not recognized by the government, in fact
2:30it's a whole social issue with a very big impact, because in the region of Rajasthan there are more than
2:3580 million people and to have their language recognized is like wtf, omg, let's hope that
2:42someday soon there will be 18 official languages recognized.
2:46Well, enough context about the fascinating country in which we are about to embark,
2:52let's begin our journey through Delhi, a city of more than 26 million habitants,
2:58omg the chaos, the noise, the traditions and culture everywhere await us.
3:03Let's go for it!
3:04(Music)
Transportes típicos
3:15Well there's so much to see in this city that we're just going to walk around
3:18and commenting things.
3:20See this type of transport is called "Rickshaw". Which are like tricycles and it's very cheap to move around in this.
3:27The most typical ones, the most traditional ones are like this, someone is mechanically pedaling,
3:32although there are others that work with scooters or motorcycles,
3:36I've had a ride that takes about 15 minutes and they charge you 100 rupees, a little bit more than
3:43a dollar, really cheap.
Vendedores ambulantes
3:45See this is also very good these stalls here sell water, you can ask for it
3:49with lemon or just the water alone and check out, this is the small glass of purified water so drinkable
3:56they sell it to you for two rupees less than 2 cents and if you want a disposable cup you can buy it for
4:01one rupee more, one rupee extra, if not you drink it in a glass cup and right here you drink it.
4:06Here's another one that is like condensed milk, it's sweet, it's very tasty,
4:11they sell it for a little less than a dollar a cup. And look, they put your pistachio, your petals, its very tasty
4:18The amount of street food here in India really is enough, look at these stalls
4:23really very tasty, very tasty.
4:25This is the famous Chai Masala tea, I like how they prepare it like this in the street,
4:30that is boiling and the truth is very tasty eh it is very very tasty in this trip
4:34I promise that I am not going to stay with the desire to make the video of Luisillo el Gordillo,
4:39street food video for India yes or yes, last time I missed it this time
4:43it's going to happen, look I like how all of a sudden you see clothes lying around, so somebody said "Well
4:49here I leave my pants drying" what a level of trust level of trust so that they don't steal it in a
4:53city so affluent, and yes that's a curious thing about a city curious of a city like Delhi that in spite of its
4:58of being very big, the truth is that it does not enter in a scale of dangerous city.
5:03Let's see obviously you have to be careful your phone that they are not going to take it out of you for
5:06there, but as such being robbed at gunpoint is not a very armed robbery is not a very common case.
5:11See here my brother changes the sole of your shoes. your shoes, here he offers you a rickshaw ride,
5:17see we arrive to the main street here of the old part of Delhi that is called Chandni
5:22Chowk, and yes, check the truth is that if you have to go around that you have to go dodging because look if it is not a
5:26person it's a car and if it's not one of these tricycles and if you don't get the scooter, by
5:32here the motorcycle in which the whole family travels, see that five on a motorcycle, you're looking at
5:37that omg five people on a moped, yeah you have to go carefully to cross the
5:43streets that you don't know what's going to run you over.
5:46[Music]
Famoso mercado
5:55See this is very commonly seen in these streets, bridal stores for brides, for brides.
6:00and the truth is the prices are very good and look how nice they are. how beautiful they are, a suit like that with everything and
6:04turban they sell it to you in 5500 rupees that are about 70 dollars something like that, the truth
6:10it's a good offer.
6:11And in this market you can really find everything, this is a market of the 17th century, it's
6:17quite old and if you find, for example that if you find the street of the dresses, the street,
6:22the street of food, the street of jewelry, the street of what you can imagine, here's for Rachel
6:27and all that one, this other street dish it's called bread and patassi that you see basically
6:32they take the masita they dip it in hot sauce and let's go and people love it.
6:38Informal trade of whatever you can imagine carteritas, scissors, more bags, flowers.
6:45is this?
6:46Ah they are cucumbers, a very peculiar cucumber like elongated, long and skinny, they eat it with a little salt, this is
6:53another one is also spicy, here we have signs for door, check this that they sell here,
Caca de vaca para festividades
6:58this is cow poop, this is cow excrement, this is cow excrement this because they burn it for certain festivities,
7:04in fact right now on the date that I am visiting there is visiting there is a celebration called Holly
7:09I'm sure it's very nice the truth is it's divine, we are going we are going to be making a special video of that
7:13festivity, and yes there are colors all over the place the flowers and the cow poop that burns,
7:18if these streets are Ugh if you don't like big cities I'll say big cities I will say that they are overwhelming
7:23but if you're a city boy it's paradise and yes now the traffic has really broken down here.
Cruzar las calles es extremo
7:28on the street, we're going to have to walk like the the locals, see so between the cheeks,
7:34we go dodging because yes something happened here, something happened up ahead that has stopped all
7:39the situation and really see if you leave but little space for one to pass, you have to
7:44to be on your toes.
7:46Who knows what happened here that collapsed the whole system like they can't agree,
7:51because the ones coming from there is the same sense that the ones that come from here then
7:56Nobody is really moving forward, they have been standing like this for some and they have been stopped like this for a few minutes and no one is moving forward.
8:01A large part of the street is being blocked by the sacks of spices that are arriving
8:06here, of materials, etcetera.
8:08How is this going to unfold eh and the people there see, there are people that walking see
8:17how many sacks they are transporting, it is something impressive that brother, see how much merchandise he is carrying
8:22and if everything here is slowed down, well here my friend also carries a lot, very good, look
8:29I'm really amazed and it's just a matter of it's just a matter of walking around here
8:35and we see the wagons, we see the trucks, we see the motorcycles, we see the tricycles, we see the
8:41the bicycles, yes the traffic collapsed here.
8:44And well time to cross to the other side of the street. the street, let the game begin once again,
8:48oh no what a drama, this crossing is going to be tough, it's going to be tough, come on, come on, this way we cross over
8:54Here you have to look for little holes of little holes to go through, here there is a
8:58hole, here's a hole so here we get between the wagons we get between the wagons, ready mission
9:04successfully completed, some people there singing, making, music, dancing, yes.
9:09it's very joyful as well as it's very chaotic actually the truth, is that it is very happy and the people
9:14it's like very nice and they like tourists, they are like very very open, very receptive,
Fruta sin moscas
9:20see what a clever method of the fruit sellers fruit sellers put incense, this is for two,,,.
9:25things one for the scent and two to scare away flies which is a problem in the streets,
9:30a good fly swatter so they don't get to your fruit. very smart fruit eh, if there is any
9:34fruit seller is watching this, apply it, the smoke scares away the insects [Music].
9:51We took one of these tricycles, the strength in the legs of this gentleman is impressive
9:56because the two of us are coming, so let's see we are not so heavy but not so light
10:01we are and more the structure, they have legs metal legs these carnal, chaos ensued
10:07Here the one with the motorcycle wanted to get in, we have we have to dodge the one on the motorcycle, look what a scum!
10:11my brother.
10:12And it is that they pass walking like this, the brother and the burger is already leaving, they walk like this between
10:20the carts then the traffic is armed here of tricycles.
Instalaciones de luz peligrosas
10:24Hey and omg the wires in this city are another level, let's see I've seen cable systems.
10:33chaotic, in fact in the city where I live it's not like we have the best system of
10:38cables but here they take it to another level, check this out, look at this hose line there that
10:44is tangled up there, look at an ape, an ape, a monkey climbing up the cables, what an image look at this.
10:50there is the monkey climbing over there, sometime I saw something I had the chance to see something, well the truth is
10:55ugly here in India, and that is that a little changuito was crossing just like this and got electrocuted.
11:02Well, yes, because obviously the lighting system is so chaotic so chaotic, just imagine the scenario, like this.
11:06of "Young man my light broke down young man I want to change my cable I want to change my cable server" don't make it up
11:13how are we going to find your cable, good luck with that we'll solve it in 15 minutes.
11:18days.
11:19Listen to this, you hear that?
11:22Honking all over the place.
11:24Is that the noise from India or what?
11:25Here there are horns everywhere and even more so when you're on a big you are in a big street with traffic of
11:31true it is "pi pi pi pi pi pi" traffic but all over the everywhere, they do not forgive and they live with it, the
11:37traffic is like a warning that I'm going to pass there. I'm going to pee all over the place.
11:42In India in general they love sweets, this is one of the most famous stores in India.
No les gusta formarse
11:47the center and see how chaotic it is to buy your real sweets, people don't like it
11:52to line up it's like "I'm here I want that candy give it to me" and candy give it to me" and in general not at all
11:58more in India on this side of the world in many cities they don't like to cities they don't really like to train you
12:04you are trained, even at the airport people get in from here, the queues do not
12:09are very much in people's favor.
12:11Crossing these streets is a situation, you have you have to go dodging, you graduate at the intersection of
12:19street once you approve to cross the streets of Delhi.
12:28[Music] Hey but in all of the chaos it's important to give us our little breath, it has
Templo Qutab Minar
12:39this city has very magical, very mystical places, for example right now we are in Qutab Minar
12:44it's called a great construction, in fact it's a in fact it is a UNESCO world heritage site,
12:48of more than 70 stories high, it took more than 170 years to more than 170 years to do it all and it speaks to us
12:54a little bit about the heritage of Islam that might be in be in India because yes, all of this
12:59is a Muslim structure from around the years 1000 to 1200, is that they would have even
13:05Muslim rulers and if this site is really really is very beautiful, very good to photograph,
13:10to take a breath and back to chaos.
13:14[Music]
Pan masala, sustancia adictiva
13:24Check out this guy here for 50 rupees, like half a dollar he sells you the masala bread,
13:29this one we have already tested in the channel, basically is a leaf that is called bread and they put lime on it.
13:34among other things, they put a thing that is called a pickle called pickle which is like to get the flavor.
13:39and they put tobacco in it and this basically people chew it all day long. people chew all day long.
13:43We've tried it before and it gives you a kind of blows your mind a little bit,
13:48people here love it, I really don't like neither the taste nor the effect I like, this something
13:52that it has is that it makes your teeth red then it is quite normal to see in the streets
13:57red spots, all of a sudden because people spit and spit and spit spit and spit and spit and spit, for me the flavor
14:02is very strong, I don't like it but people love it and it's very people love it and it's very cheap.
14:06Look how red everything is, I'm going to spit, it is quite normal that in the streets is all
14:11red because people actually eat and spit, so that's why the streets of India are
14:17red and that's why it's normal to see people like me who have red mouths and teeth, so it is normal to see
14:22red, yes it is a very common vice, not recommended at all. not recommended at all.
14:26See what a curious artifact this is here, it's made out of brick clay so that you can get
Piedra quita callos
14:31you can carve the soles of your feet, the corns because yeah let's see it's no mystery here in
14:36India you see a lot of people walking barefooted on the street.
14:41So they do get some calluses but tremendous, so with this one brick for
14:48the callus of the foot [Music]
14:59Well, my friends, what a ride we've had on this first day of our return to India,
Despedida
15:06how excited I am to be back in this land, in this country in this territory, in this country, which the truth is
15:10I like it very much, it has a lot to see, its culture is just fascinating is just fascinating, it's beautiful, it's
15:15I love it and it's going to be a very good adventure so stay tuned here on the channel
15:19because it's going to be good, tell me your cities, the places where you live, they are so chaotic,
15:26could you live in a place like this or at least would you like to visit one?
15:30I read them down here in the comments.
15:32Thank you very much for joining me and I'll see you as always as you know in a few
15:35days with a new video goodbye.