The Ricky Gervais Show / An Idiot Abroad - Sky1 S1E4 - Mexico (October 15, 2010)

Episode Date: September 24, 2024

Karl is sent to Mexico for what he expects to be a peaceful visit to Chichén Itzá but he soon finds himself in a number of dangerous situations on his way to the ancient city.

The seven wonders of the world. Christ the Redeemer. The Taj Mahal. The Great Pyramids. Truly man's greatest achievement. But there's one man who sees them differently. If I built a bat, I'd be going, what's been going on? Go Bill Kington.

I don't know the correct term. Close your mouth. Moron. I think he is a round, empty-headed, chimp-like moron. And he's a friend. You're not meant to laugh, you're meant to go, ooh. He's a typical little Englishman and he doesn't like going out of his comfort zone. Oh, ah.

I just think it would be amazing to send him round the world. My eyes have never been so busy. There's always something there going, look at me. So you like that? By the end of today, my neck will be well and truly worn out. What we'd like to see is him experience other cultures... CHEERING..and see if in any way we can change his outlook on the world. What we'd like to see is him experience other cultures And see if in any way we can change his outlook on the world It's like something made me an in order would have sort of next to the telly. I've been to many exotic places I've genuinely think travel broadens the mind. I want him to hate it. I

Want him to hate every minute of it for my own amusement Nothing is funnier than Carl in a corner being poked by a stick. I am that stick. And now I have the might of Skye behind me. Shit! Shit! This is one of the funniest, most expensive practical jokes I've ever done. And it's gonna be great.

Just let me go home! Jesus Christ! And it's going to be great. Just let me go home! Jesus Christ! Next up, Carl. Chichen Itza in Mexico. Have you heard of it? No, I know you'll think it looks a little like a pyramid. Yeah. Not just about the building, though, is it? Mexico, very different to Egypt.

Completely different country, on a different continent, thousands of miles away. Used, of course, for human sacrifice back in the day. Yeah, the death thing's good. Right. So as opposed to celebrating life and culture, you want to go round... Well, that's more relevant to me than this, isn't it? A pyramid isn't for me, is it? I'm not going to use a pyramid,

but I am going to die. Well, it's not about death. And the great thing is, Carl, that in a relevant to me than this, isn't it? A pyramid isn't for me, is it? I'm not going to use a pyramid, but I am going to die. It's not about death. And the great thing is, Carl, that in a lot of these countries, it's a very high murder rate. Yeah. So there's a strong chance that you or one of the crew could get killed. Maybe if you've got a building for it. It's equivalent of, like, Death Hill, isn't it?

If you've got something called that in an area, it encourages it. Knock it down and say, don't do that anymore, it's bad. I think a lot of us... Oh, there you it. Knock it down and say, don't do that anymore, it's bad. I think it... Oh, there you go. Knock it down. Well, anyway, you're going. Get your bags, your passport, we've got to get you to the airport. Packing again. This time for Mexico. I mean, it's the same clothes, really.

It doesn't matter where I'm going. I've got the same pants, I've got the same T-shirts. Maybe a different flavour of crisps. What crisps have you got? Monster Munch Pickled Onion. It's good to have things like this. What do you like about Monster Munch? It's just a bit... There's something about them that cheers you up. Not only are they sort of tasty,

they're just having a little monster to look at when you're fed up. You have one new message. Hello, mate. It's Steve. I've never been to Mexico, but I've heard that it's a pretty loudly place. You know, it it's pretty wild. But obviously you've arrived during Easter. In a very religious country, there's going to be a lot of celebrations going on.

And we've arranged for you to get in the thick of it, and hopefully see Jesus as well. It's pretty good. So track down a local tax driver. We should be waiting for that sign. It's called EGDA. Cheers, mate. Hey, Carl. How are you doing? Carlos. How you It's called EGTA. Cheers, mate. Hey, Carl.

How are you doing? Carlos. How you doing, man? I'm all right, yeah. Good, Carlos. Yeah? Let's go, man. What's happened to you? Eh? This, all this. Yeah, some **** crashed me, man.

Some **** crashed you? Yeah. Is this yours? This dog? Yes. That's yours? Yes, it's Jack, isn't it? Normal. Is this a little Chihuahua? Yes. That's yours? Yes, it's Jack. Isn't it? Normal.

Is this a little chihuahua? Yes. Who's Jack? When you first get them, they're tiny, aren't they? Uh-huh. And a friend of mine, my mum, had one. Sat on a sea front Seagull came down took it away. No seagull bird this came down Grabbed it took it out to sea never saw it again. No shit. No shit

Fucking hell man. I know Today is the day of the Jesus Christ died Let us show you the celebration. It's a day of the Jesus Christ's life. I'm gonna show you the celebration. It's a good celebration, man. A lot of romance, Mexican romance and... Well, quite funny, man. I've got a girlfriend. Nice bod.

What? Nice bod. Smart. Nice bod. Nice body? Yeah. She used to have. Yeah? But that's not... I'm not having a go. I used to look better than this. So I just think, you know, we've both sort of lost out a little bit. Good tits.

Erm... Yeah, they're fine. I mean... It's OK. Right, girl. I mean, you know, I've never... It's good to have a good body, you know? OK, Carlitos. You're going to take this street, you know? Prolongación Juarez. This one here? Yeah, the big celebration is over there.

See you later. OK. Ciao. It seems to be a big deal here, Easter, whereas at home it's just... You know, I said to him, I said I said, do you have a chocolate egg? And he was like, what? He had no idea. They don't have chocolate eggs here. I mean, for me, that's what Easter is. Take the eggs away think it's part of the story.

Somebody helps him. Do you know the Bible story? No, I don't know. But surely you wouldn't want someone helping him, would you? That's like saying, come on, I'll see you get crucified. You say, put it down, don't be helping me. It's the one time in your life when you don't want help. HE BLOWS A BELL

HE WHISTLES He's coming through again. He's got a rush on. HE BLOWS A BELL HE WHISTLES HE BLOWS A BELL HE WHISTLES HE BLOWS A BELL Just what you want, innit? Imagine that.

Being Jesus. Being taken, you know, your life's going to end. You've got someone with a recorder. It's the worst sound going, innit? It's the worst instrument, that. I'd say do it, yeah. Oh dear. Bloody hell. God almighty. I thought it was a proper accident before when he was walking up and he fell over.

I thought it was a proper trip and it was. He's obviously his leg looked. But it does sort of ruin the whole sort of Jesus-type image when, you know, someone from St John's ambulance is sticking a bit of savlon on his knee. You think they're going to nail him? Not after, because they were so concerned about his knee putting savlon stuff on it. I don't think they'd do that and say, right, give us your hands. It'd be a bit extreme. They used to do it.

Until 1984, they used to do it with nails. Here? Yeah. What sort of a nail do you use for that? I always struggle. In DIY you never get it right. I do not know what sort would go through. Jesus. Well, obviously, you know, all this means a lot to these people, doesn't it? Whereas I've never seen anything like this at home. You know, at home, really, it's a sort of a... It's got religion linked to it, but really, it's just a time of the year for greedy people to feel like they're doing a bit of good.

Oh, I love Jesus, me. Have you got any eggs? I mean, why is an egg even involved in it? I don't know the connection between Jesus and an egg. Cos he can't be happy with that, can he? If he was on his cross on his last breath and someone said, we're gonna remember you, Jesus, and he was like, great, what are you gonna do? We're gonna have egg. You what? Do you know what I mean? You wouldn't be chuffed with that.

It's not like this at home, is it, Easter? You know, my Easter weekend, I'm normally sat watching James Bond or just nipping out to be in cubes, stuff like that. But somehow, I can't see that happening here. Since I've been here, I've sort of been thinking about things that I know about Mexico, which isn't that much, but then I just remember seeing a Mexican jumping bean on Sesame Street when I was a kid. Mexican jumping beans.

What are you laughing at? I told my mum about them and she was like, what are you on about? She ended up buying me some marbles instead. I've always wanted to see one in real life. Mexican jumping beans. Mexican jumping beans. Have you heard of them? No.

It's like a bean and it jumps about. Bump, bump, bump, bump, bump. I don't know if you're meant to eat them, I don't know if you get them in a food shop or a pet shop. Like a little bean, pop it in your hand. I thought they'd be like Heinz beans. You can get them anywhere. Uh-oh. No Heinz beans? You got no brakes? How do you brake?

Brake. How? No brake. You're mad, you Mexicans. You need brakes. It's not safe. Brake. Brake. Did you take any, like, shorts or anything? Did you pack any shorts? Or a leotard or something? No, I didn't pack anything like that, no. No, it was a long shot, wasn't it?

But listen, you'll be all right. I've arranged for you to do a bit of wrestling. Wrestling? Yeah. What's that got to do with the Seven Wonders? I'm here to see a wonder. For the general public, that would count as a wonder. It's an honour. It's huge in Mexico, Mexican wrestling. That would count as a wonder. It's an honour.

It's huge in Mexico, Mexican wrestling. Just go and enjoy it. It'd be funny for me to watch it. I've had enough practice. I mean, you've sort of had me in headlock. You know! And they probably won't be as heavy as me. No, that's a silly... HE LAUGHS I'm glad you're enjoying it. All right.

I'll see you later. Enjoy yourself. All right. HE KNOCKS HE WHIMPERS Hiya. It's Sandy. Hello. Hello. Bloody hell. I'm not doing it in front of a crowd, am I? I'm just getting some training. Yes, some training, yeah. It's good, isn't it?

I'm just about to go and wrestle with the shocker. I told Suzanne about it, right? I said, don't be asking me, I'm about to go wrestling. She sent me a text, be careful. How do you use a DVD player? So that's good, isn't it? She's not that worried. Hey.

Nice to meet you, caritas. How are you doing? You're Shocker. Very good. Shocker. I'm Shocker. Very pleased to meet you. Let me show you around. You know, it's a lot bigger than I thought. I thought they would have given me a little fella to sort of try out with. Oh, you want a little fella? How big? This big?

Smell one. Smell that big. Come here, boy. Watch. I know it's Ricky that set it up, and it's funny, you know, to win, but this is like how accidents happen and it's like the start of casualty. You watch that programme, everyone's having fun, it's a party or something, people are going on holiday in a bus and you know it's all going to go wrong and that's how this feels. It feels like the start of casualty. That's just someone being chucked around. That's going to be me out there. I mean, does he know the full story that I'm here to see the Seven Wonders?

I haven't come here to be trained as a... No, he doesn't, no. No, well, it's... You should tell him, really. MUSIC PLAYS Look better on you. Wow. You look just like a wrestler.

More like a right nob head. MUSIC PLAYS Hey, come on. You look just like a wrestler. More like a right nobber. Hey, come on. Squat and then jump. Can't you go like that? Yeah, go ahead. Oh, that's all right. Whoa!

Good job. Nearly. You almost got it. OK, we're gonna start with a basic training of wrestling. Are you ready? OK, now what have we done there? You'll be OK in a couple of days. Come on.

Ready? You gotta follow the for them, man. You'll be OK in a couple of days. Come on. Ready? You gotta follow the lead, OK? Come on. There you go. See how easy that was? Obviously, you... OK? Can I be you?

OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK.

OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. OK. Ah! I'll be over here... OK? Can I be you in that one? Shit house! Come on, you shit! I missed a thing.

Ha ha ha! HE THUDS I missed a thing. LAUGHS Go! Round the ropes. Good job! What line was it? Oh, I'm gonna be sick. Muevelo, muevelo. You're sick. Good job! Bullseye and ledges. Oh, I'm gonna be sick. Muevelo, muevelo. I'm gonna throw up.

Is it normal to feel this sick? Oh, yeah. Do you give up? Yeah. Oh. Come on, Carl. I can't. You may do a bit can't. You're seeing me shaking. It hasn't done me confidence any good, really, because... ..I thought I was fitter than that. What do you think Suzanne would say if she saw you now?

I'm not letting her watch this one. Whatever night this goes on, I'm gonna check her out for something to eat. I want her staying. Watch. no, we're going out. It's Easter Sunday today, isn't it? So I don't know what I'm meant to be doing. Rick and Steve, probably at home doing nothing, and they haven't called up yet and given any instructions. So I'm just gonna have a wander about, see what's going on. Oh, look at the newspapers.

Normally, we've got Cheryl Cole in front of our newspapers. Yeah, here, look. A fella sort of done in. Look at that. They're not scared of death here in Mexico, are we? They're not worried about it. I mean, our graveyards don't look like this, do they? This looks like a bit of a holiday camp, in a way, with all the different colours and everything. Those sort of beach huts you get in Kent.

Oh, this is the thing we're seeing, isn't it? The Chichen Itza. I've heard about this Day of the Dead, like they do. Everyone basically has a party to celebrate the dead people. We don't do that, we find it all a bit morbid, don't we, death? We don't like to talk about it. Certainly don't have a day dedicated to it. But then we waste days, you know, dedicated to, like, Pancake Tuesday. Why have we got a day for pancakes?

It's the sort of thing my dad would do that. He built a barbecue a bit like this. Little grill bit in there. That was a funnel. I built a barbecue a bit like this. A little grill bit in there. That was a funnel. PHONE RINGS All right, mate. How's it going?

You're not too bad, are you? It's all right, you know. I'm not having a bad time here. Good. Which is an odd thing to say, cos we was wrestling yesterday. How'd you get home? Um... It depends. I mean, if it's edited badly, I could come across like I'm weak.

But I think I've got a few good moves in there. No. Obviously, it's Easter Sunday. And there's a big, very authentic Mexican Easter Sunday celebration that's happening today. It's very traditional, but unfortunately, the government's still trying to ban it. What do you mean? But there's a local fellow who wants you to get involved. What do you mean? But there's a local failure, it won't be you being involved.

What do you mean they've got... what do you mean about the banning bit? Maybe there's something about the event itself that makes them worried, I'm not sure. I've been here now a couple of days and I've already seen that they're not really bothered about health and safety. So the fact that there's something that they are worried about the health and safety of means that it must be pretty mental. That's for you to investigate. I'm just waiting here for Carlos, then, isn't it?

Chicken with a gun. Carlos, how are you doing? You all right? I'm fine, mate. What are they doing? That's a... it's kind of a whistle. We always do. No, but I wasn't that shocked with the whistle. It was sort of the 30 foot frog. Oh yeah. It's called the judas. We use things we don't like and we burn them. They try to stop it because it's a bit dangerous. What sort of danger?

Er... Get an injury, but not, like, death. But it's... There's a lot of injuries. Look, here's a master craftsman. Yeah? He made fireworks. What, just on the street like this? Yeah. Are these safe?

Look at him. Has he lost an eye from doing this? Yeah. One of these fireworks, you know, they turn on and then go, like a rocket, and then hit you. And he got hit in the eye. Who's taking the security measures? I haven't seen anyone who looks official. I've seen a fellow with one eye who's in charge of in the eye. Who's taking the security measures? I haven't seen anyone who looks official.

I've seen a fellow with one eye who's in charge of making the fireworks. That's why the government tried to ban it. But it would help the situation if you've just got a fellow with two eyes. Do you know what I mean? Maybe the government would say, well, at least they're trying to make it safer.

But I don't, I mean, respect to the man for making a living out of it. But I don't think he's the best man for the job. This is a classical Torito. Yeah? This one is going to burn. It's fucking mental. It's not fucking mental, you'll see it. You'll enjoy it, mate. So all this is gunpowder, yeah?

I'm not getting under that. You're not getting under that, mate. If you want to go up there, do it. Well, Jamie's in charge of health and safety, and yet he's fucked off back, you see. So I don't know what I'm meant to be doing here. I'm meant to be over there. Is that a safe place? Is that a safe place, mates? Let's go.

CHEERING CHEERING MUSIC PLAYS Let's go. Oh, yeah! What are we doing? Pick up the car. Pick up the car. Quick, pick up the car! Woo-hoo! Get down, get down, get down, man! Woo-hoo! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Down, down! Woo-hoo! Woo!

Look, babe! I just got burned. Here we go. Where's your house? House is over there. Let's go. Let's go, because it's not going to work anymore. Let's go. Yeah, I know, I know. Go, go, go! Woo-hoo!

Come on, mate. Run, follow him. HE GUNSHOTS Where's Carlos? Come on. Come on, mate. HE GASPS Woo-hoo! Woo! Where's Carlos? Come on. Come on, mate. That's it. Woo-hoo! Woo! HE WHISTLES

HE GUNSHOT But what's this got to do with Jesus? Cos it's Easter Sunday. There's no hymns going on, there's no chocolate eggs. HE GUNSHOT I mean, I haven't read the Bible, but I don't remember anyone mentioning setting fire to a cow with a load of fireworks on it. Ha-ha! The thing is, we burn things,

and we think that it's Judas Iscariot, you know? It's like a vengeance, you know? You betrayed Jesus Christ, so you can't burn. I wasn't getting that from that. I just...I just saw lunatics. SIRENS Steve sent me a text, sort of saying, right, you know, stop all your messing about, which is a bit out of order. He's the one who sorted all this out.

But he said, you know, you're not there for messing about, you're meant to be seeing the wonder. So I'm going to make my way over that way today. So he's not going to stop off on the way. He meets some charros. He didn't know what they were. He said they're sort of Mexican cowboys. Ricky sort of said to Steve to tell me to try some Brero on. That was the main thing he wanted. Not sort of broadening my mind or meeting local people, trying local food. He just wants me to wear a hat.

Close your mouth. Hey! It's not my sort of thing, really, you know, cowboys and that. I've never been in town as a kid or anything, but I'll have a look. Whoa! Cheek! I've never been in town as a kid or anything, but I'll have a look. Whoa! Sheet! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Phew! It's like... They're meant to be like proper men, though, aren't they? But they're, you know, hardly. If I went home and met up with my mates and they said, Oh, what are you doing these days? I said, Oh, I've got into horses. They'd go, What's up? I can see you, you knob. Do you know what I mean?

It's not a very manly thing to do at home. Turn! Turn! Oh! Turn! But for some reason, when you think of cowboys, you do think manliness. Oh! Oh! Yeah. But I think maybe it's losing it a little bit now. Maybe cowboys aren't like that. You do think manliness. Oh! Oh! But I think maybe it's losing it a little bit now. Maybe cowboys aren't like that since, you know,

since Brokeback Mountain and the village people. There's been little things eating away at cowboys that are sort of ruining the reputation a little bit. John Wayne, you know, the knee turned out to be gay. They will bring something to toughen you up a little bit John Wayne. You know, the knee turned out to be gay. They will bring something to toughen you up a little bit and then you will ride the bull. I can't get on a bull. You shouldn't be getting on a bull. They've got loads of horses here. Why are we messing about on an animal

that you shouldn't ride? They haven't got brains, have they? They'll just run riot. I don't want to do it. We'll have just a little drink of tequila to smoothen your muscles and give you a little bit of strength. One kind of tequila, they put worms in it,

and it's a very nice thing to offer the worm to the guest. What is wrong with you people? May we split? Just piss-arsing about on bulls, drinking worms. I've been wrestling. I've only been here about three days. It's like everyone's daring each other to do something stupid.

Get on a cow, get on a bull. Let's have a wrestle. Eat a worm. Do you know what I mean? It's just, it's never ending. It's just... Actually for us, this is normal, man. I know, but that's what's frightening.

Do you chew or do you just swallow? Of course you chew and you try to figure out the flavor and everything. All right, here we go. Whoa. Swallow it! It's still in there! Oh, God. Fucking hell, man.

I don't bend over because I'm going to be sick. Right, well, okay. Let's jump inside. Mmm, mmm, mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm. Ah. Gracias. Can I see the camera?

Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go and get the camera. I'm going to go and get the camera. I'm going to go and get the camera. HE CLEARS THROAT HE CLEARS THROAT HE SIGHS Gracias. Can I see him? Ah, ¿qué quieres ver? HE LAUGHS I've caught you out, haven't I? Get him pissed up, stick him on a bull.

If anything happens, you just... BANG See, this isn't helping, Eugene. You know, seeing I've got to suddenly jump out of the way. Shit. Look, look, look. Shit! I'm not going out there.

No, see, Jamie, I can't. There's no way... Look. Pack it in. Keep it shut. What's that he's got? It's for handling the... Right, exactly.

No, no, no! Fucking hell, the weight. Hey! No, no, no, no! What the matter? Just let me go home. Jesus Christ. Fucking hell. What was that? Start winding me up now. Seriously, right? Enough's enough. Come on. Give me help.

No chance. Carl, come back, man. Carl. It's your turn. No. Carl. No, leave it. Seriously, I've ridden off, I've had a drink, I've eaten a worm.

Carl, come back. No. A load of bees, are you? I'm not going to let you go. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you.

I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you. Carl, come back. No. A load of bees, are you? He's anywhere safe. Do you sell Mexican jumping beans? Mexican jumping beans? No. Do you know, erm...

Mexican jumping beans? No? I don't understand why you've never heard of them. What are the best things to come out of Mexico? Little bean. You're all stood around here, nothing to come out of Mexico, little bean. You're all stood around here, nothing to do, you'd love these things. Just pop them on the floor, jump about. Have you seen that?

What is it? It's a thing, isn't it? It's the Chichen Itza that we've seen. I mean, it's meant to be aza that we've seen. I mean, it's meant to be a place that, you know, they used to sacrifice people and all that, but they've stuck it on a number plate. You have one new message.

Hello, mate. Steve here with me. Mr. Mayes. Now, listen, we've got some exciting news for you. Chichen Itza was built by an ancient civilization called the Mayans. You're probably aware of that. But anyway, you're going to be meeting some of the ancestors of the people who actually built it. Just be nice, OK? You'll get it.

Well, I've changed a plan, haven't I? I thought I was going to be seeing the wonder today, but Ricky and Steve have called up, said, forget that, you're going to be spending the afternoon in a little village with some Mayan people. So it should be all right, shouldn't it? You know, after all that hassle on the horses with the charrows and that, it should be a nice little relaxing afternoon, really.

Louise? Hola. Hey, how are you doing? Fine, thanks. And you? I'm Carl. Nice to meet you, Carl. Good to see you.

You're a big lad. Who's this? He's my uncle. Jose? Your uncle? Jose. Jose. Jose. Nice to see you. You're a big lad. Who's this? He's my uncle, Jose. Your uncle, Jose. Jose. Jose. Nice to see you, Jose.

The name of this small village is Yashuna. Yashuna has around 500 people. It's a quiet place. It's not like a big city. Because we don't have a lot of things to do here. No, there's nothing to do here, is there, really? No, nothing. It's just working in the cornfield. And then you go back to your home. And then start to switch to the bell.

Has he had a good day? Is he happy? He's like a woe bee. Aha, beautiful. Yes, he says yes. When did he last have a bad day? Much in ass, came. What's he saying? Never.

Never? He's happy every day. He looks happy, he's got a happy face. Yeah, he's happy, yeah. He's constantly smiling. Everyone's just stood around. Look, there's a fella there, just playing with a bit of rubber. You know what day it is. It can't be good for you, this, can it? That fella who was smiling, has he ever seen other life? Has he ever been to, say... Just here in this little town, living here in the little house. But what happens? He doesn't know what he's missing now, does he?

Anyway, he said, er, let's go and knock down a wasp nest. He said, you what? He said, yeah, we knock down the wasp nest and get all the, erm... get the larva from it. What do you do with them? We just eat it. Lava? Wasp larva? Yes. You eat wasp larva? There's the wasp nest. Wasp lava. You eat wasp lava. There is your wasp nest. Oh, yeah.

Shitting yourself, it was. Shit! They're all coming out! Fucking hell! Fucking hell! This is stupid. Seriously, how good can a lava egg taste? Is it worth it? They cut one in there.

Move your hand. Move that hand. Oh! Fucking hell, it's on. There it is. Fucking hell. Don't ruin our work,? Just look at it. No laughing. These little wasp larvas are still alive, and you can eat them like this.

Went in their house, tiny place. Tiny, isn't it? Then a woman who was doing the cooking, she'd made some tortillas, and then they got the larvae out of the wasp nest. So it's all right, we've stuck them in some chillies and stuff. Fucking hell! Fuck, where the hell? I can't eat that!

You can have the taste and the chillies are more part... Well, don't put them in then. If it's the chillies, that's nice, and the sauce. Don't bother with the grubs. Ow! Jesus, that's really hot. Erm... And then I thought I'd give them some, you know, new experience. Don't bother with the grubs. Ow! Jesus, that's really hot. Erm... And I thought I'd give them some, you know, new experience.

HE GROANS HE LAUGHS What's that? A bit of Monster Munch. Pop it in your mouth. How do you like that? It's good, isn't it? Good. I mean, I think Louise has had stuff like that.

You don't get that fat from wasp larvae. I mean, he had a belly on him. And he kept saying, oh, no, it's the wasp stuff that makes you big and strong. How many are you eating? Because they're only that big. And there's not much fat in them. But the uncle, you could tell he was kind of like,

oh, this is all right, this. I think he enjoyed it. So I'm happy about that. I gave him a new experience there, I think. And I just was hoping that he'd get a taste of something new. I think, do you know what? I might leave this little village and go into town and get some crisps.

Anyway, I have to see the wonder that they built tomorrow. All right, Carlos, Steve, how's it going? I am presuming you were super impressed by the Mayans, and so now is the time for you to finally see the wonder that they built all those years ago, Kitchenitza. Sure, I just saw something. Get there before dawn, all right, mate, cos you'll miss all the tourists then. And it'll be, you know, particularly spectacular cos the sun will be coming up.

Jealous of you. I'm very jealous of you, mate. Enjoy. What's that? Is this someone pumping a tyre up? Every wonder that I've been to so far, I've been whinging a lot, haven't I? So I'm going to try and change my attitude on this one, cos that's what this trip's been about, really. I've been eating all sorts of stuff that I wouldn't normally eat. I've been doing things that I wouldn't normally do,

so I'm going to try and go there with the idea that I'm gonna love it. Is this it? ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] Hello? Yeah, I'm filming now. I'm at the actual wonder. I told you what to do, you just get the, you get the scart lead that's coming out the back

of the DVD player. Yeah, and just stick that in the back of the telly, there's like a, there's two holes, use the first one. Jesus, I'm at the... Yeah, it looks alright, yeah, it's like a there's two holes use the first one. Jesus I'm at the... yeah it looks alright yeah it's just a big pyramid. Right well all you've got to do is hit that AV button on the remote control and it will come up. Alright talk to you later. Hola, welcome to Chichinisa, home to one of the most amazing and advanced cultures in history, the Mayas. I am Gabriella and I will be your host. Buenos dias, Gabriella.

Yes, the Maya were amazing. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that point to this site as once being covered in human skulls. I mean, we're only sort of just started listening. Straight away, it's like violence. It's just what they used to do with all these dead heads. Stick the skulls on, frighten people off. So it was sort of cladded in heads. If you lived around here, you'd constantly be hearing screaming going on. And as nice as it is, it's lovely.

Do you know what I mean? All these trees nice buildings and that but that would make me go what a move to be honest having all that going on all the time someone's screaming the tripe out. This would have been a good hiding place when you think about it if you're if you're due to have your head cut off great place to sort of run around, innit? Got too many though, haven't we? It's like an Ikea for, like, columns, innit? Which one do you want?

Well, any, they're all the same. Just can't get shut of them. How many do you need? Standing at the Tsimkhantli, you can still get that eerie feeling that the Spaniards felt when they first witnessed the human sacrifice conducted by the indigenous people throughout this region. Ah!

Jesus, that is big, innit? It's coming this way. OK, now. There you are, nice color. Can I love that? Want some more? No, it's seeing it. Yeah, I'll have a bit more of that. It's weird how you can have something in common

with something so different. That's like millions of years old, innit? But it still likes a hobnob. In most religions, an afterlife is a realm of peace. I'm into here with this. It's just going to get in there. It's just going to get in there. It's funny isn't it, even though it's like a bad vibe-y area, with a bit of human league, it's happier isn't it? Oh are you? Of course it is, you're pesh mode. If they would have like televised the sacrificing, Sky TV having this, just can't get enough,

cut another one off. Oh, here we go, look. Here we go. It's already starting. Oh, tat. Hiya. Got any, erm, jumping. Got any jumping beans? Mexican jumping beans? No.

Do you know anyone who does around here? No. No one? No. Why not? I tell you, you'd make a killing. Just get rid of half the plates. Have some jumping beans.

It's getting busy now, isn't it? What's the clapping thing about? Chas. Oh, now I'm hearing it, it's like a boing, boing, boing. Is that me doing that? Just fluke though isn't it, that can't be. Whoever designed that didn't say to the builder, right, listen, I need some sort of structure, some sort of platform that we can cut heads off,

we want the head to roll down, and then just at the bottom something where I clap and it sort of bounces back. That just wouldn't be on the to-do list. Is that, I mean, who, you know, is that what they really wanted this to be like when they built it? This wonder, a wonder of the world. Is she all right here?

This woman's fainted. You see, though, look, everybody loves it. It gets a bigger crowd than the wonder now, because people go, what's going on, Elsie? Get the camera out. Because people go, what's going on, Elsie? No, no, no, get the camera out. I think they're dying. OK. She's still alive. Let's move on. They are ambulance now.

That's a horrible moment. I prefer to get out of here now. I feel like I've seen it. I've had a bit of a lesson with this. It's been all right. It's not been my favorite bit of Mexico, if I'm honest. I've got more people flogging shit. I'm half tempted just to sort of fall over like that woman

and get a lift home. I'm going home today. And it's all, you know, I'm always sort of happy about going home. But I've enjoyed it here. Quite a lot. I'd probably say it's my favourite place I've ever been to. Which is a pretty big statement, isn't it? I mean, the wonder wasn't great.

I wouldn't say come to Mexico to see the wonder. It's everything else. There don't seem to be any sort of rules. They just do what they want to do. And I felt like I'd been able to do what I want to do whilst I've been here really. That's something else as well, women are quite, you know, they look quite big, big people. Do you like that? In a way because they don't care. At home women don't eat what they want to eat, do they?

You go, what are you having? They'll go, you know, I'll say to Suzanne, oh, we have chippy. Yeah, all right, I'll just have haddock. And then I go, well, I'm having cod and chips. And then you get them. And she's like, can I have some chips? No, you can't. You had the option to have chips. But you said you don't want to. You saw that thing about Wait, where is he? She's having chips.

She's having chips day in, day out. She's not bothered. And I quite like that. It's a sort of a free spirit they've got, isn't it? They live their life, they want to live. Which we don't really do at home. I like it. I think I could live here for a bit.

The only thing that I'm a bit gutted about is not seeing a Mexican jumping beam. Yeah. La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la La la la la

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