Interesting sights in the mercado

We buy all of our fresh produce in the open air market and there are always interesting sights to see so I thought I would share some of them with you since it is quite different from popping in to Safeway or Walmart.

Here is young man selling baby chicks at 1 quetal for each so you could buy 25 of them for about $3.00.  Could start a small egg or chicken farm real cheep!

This young businessman is letting his business partners take a little rest in the shade before he walks them through the market again.  Look below to see what he does.

He sells fresh warm milk squirted right into a cup for any customer who is thirsty.  Can't get much fresher than that.  

 

You can buy a fresh tortilla and egg sandwich hot off the grill for 10 quetz which is just a little over a dollar.  These are made with blue corn too.  We watched her pat out the masa and slap the tortillas on the grill.

At the corner butcher shop you can buy most any type of meat.  When I asked if I could take his picture, this butcher had me wait just a minute while he put on his white apron for the photo.  Cute!  But I don't think I'll buy any meat here!

Well, I had a few more pictures to post but the blog is being stubborn tonight and I am tired from traveling all day on another adventure with the Meadows.  We went down to the tropics to see some very ancient ruins but I will save them for another day and another post when I am not so exhausted.

Thanks for checking in to see what adventures we are having.  This week we are on the morning shift at the temple and the Meadows (with a car) are on the evening shift so probably no more adventures this week.