We know all too well what some Americans think about Mexico, but how do Mexicans view their own country and what's it like living next to the USA?

We have this kind of love-hate relationship to the United States. It's the powerful big brother up north.

Coming up, one of Mexico's leading authors and social critics Juan Vioro returns to travel with

Rick Steve's for a candid perspective on today's Mexico.

Ecologist Chris Morgan tells us where you can get close enough to a

grizzly bear in Alaska to actually smell what they had for lunch.

So you can find yourself sometimes within feet of these big brown bears

when they're focused very much on fishing for salmon.

And Marty Essen tells us how easy it is to spot wildlife in the Everglades.

And something tells me to look down and I look down between my legs and right directly below me is this

alligator, probably about six and a half feet looking straight up at me.

Get a close up look at what's right next door.

It's Travel with Rick Steve's.

Mexico can brag about its beauty, impressive history, great food and friendly people.

But when it comes to soccer, their passion for the sport is an ongoing national heartache.

Mexican author Juan Vioro explains what we tend to get wrong about our

amigos Mexicans and lets us in on what they're thinking about their own country.

That's coming up a little later in the hour ahead.

Today on Travel With Rick Steeves were also joined by a pair of wildlife

enthusiasts whose dedication to the natural world started at an early age. Wilderness photographer

Marty Essen is a popular speaker on college campuses.

He'll tell us in a bit about the wildlife he's seen up close from Alaska to Florida to Costa Rica.

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