An Idiot Abroad | Series 1: The 7 Wonders (2010) | Episode 4: Mexico

Pilkington visits Mexico to see Chichen Itza. He arrives in Mexico City on Good Friday, and attends a recreation of the crucifixion of Jesus. He begins a quest for Mexican jumping beans but cannot find any locals who have heard of them. He undergoes professional wrestling training. He visits a colorful cemetery. On Easter Sunday, he gets caught up in a Burning of Judas festival where he runs in terror.[note 1] At a ranch, he meets up with charros where he rides a horse, drinks tequila and eats the worm. They want him to ride a bull, but he refuses. He meets up with some descendants of the Mayans who built the temples; he helps them knock down a wasp nest to harvest its larvae, which they then share with him in tortillas. He sees Chichen Itza at sunrise, but it fails to impress him. He feeds Hobnob biscuits to a lizard, and fields a cell phone call from his girlfriend, who asks him how to operate the DVD player. He observes medical personnel as they attend to a woman who has fainted. After leaving Chichen Itza, he reports that he enjoyed his visit because of the free spirit of the Mexican people, but is disappointed that he could not find Mexican jumping beans.