Mexico 2008 Markets, Shopping, and Food

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Guadalajara
	Inside the Mercado Libertad (also known as Mercado San Juan de Dios). This is a huge indoor market, with several floors. The first floor is mostly meat and produce.
	The second floor of the market has lots of little places to get food, like this one. It's just like the food court at the mall.
	The inner court of the market. This picture was taken from the second floor looking down on the produce area.
	There were lots of portable food carts in this region of Mexico. Not as many as in Thailand, which—for me at least—still holds the title for most food available on the street, but Mexico was probably second.
	This was a really nice restaurant in Guadalara. The drink is agua fresca, with guava—basically guava juice, with lots of guava pulp.
	The restuarant where the previous picture was taken.
	Sunday was market day in two suburbs south of Guadalajara: Tonalá and Tlaquepaque. This is in Tonalá, which houses many shops where the products being sold are are also produced.
	More food for sale on the street. I assume this was so busy because it was Sunday, but maybe it's always like this. I'll have to go back on a Monday and do more research!
	The guide books always say to only buy food from a street vendor if you can see it being cooked. This is what they mean.
	A glass-blowing shop in Tonalá. The facility was set up with a balcony where you can stand and watch them make the glassware.
	This is a restaurant in Tlaquepaque. My guide book told me that many Mexicans eat a late lunch as their main meal of the day. I guess it was right, because I was by myself at 1:00, but by 1:30 or 2:00, the place was filling up. Just before this picture was taken, two waiters decorated the fountain with roses.
	This was a little taco place right across the street from my hotel. It seemed to be busy at all hours of the day. Being a resident of the northern U.S., I am always jealous of climates where you don't need doors! You can just walk in off the street.
Guanajuato
	This is a restaurant I ate at in Guanajuato, El Canastillo de Flores, which I think means "The basket of flowers."
	Another huge market. I had read that it was designed by Gustave Eiffel, but that is apparently not true. I do believe the claim that it was orginally designed as a train station.
	This is the main entrance to the market.
	This is just a big pile of coke products, but it intrigued me for some reason.
	Flowers for sale outside the market in Guanajuato.
	A candy store in Guanajuato. I bought some. It was delicious.
	Corn for sale on the street.
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