After breakfast, we got ready to head out to hop on the bus and go to the flea market: Mercado 28. You can buy any sort of "authentic" and "traditional" trinket you can think of. Even Cuban cigars. What??? Here are a few of the sights along the way from the hotel to the market:
Cheeseface on the bus!
I found the McDonald's!
And the Burger King!
These farmacias were on every corner. From what we heard, you can easily buy all sorts of drugs that would be highly controlled in the US.
While walking thru the market, we were approached by two different vendors trying to sell their children to us. The first girl for sale was about a year old and the first offer was 50 pesos, which is about $4 American dollars... The next was about three years old and asking 300 pesos, which is about $24 American dollars. It was so sad...
In the middle of the market, there was a cluster of restaurants with waiters waving their menus in your face to entice you in for some food. We picked one and started out with some of the best chips, salsa, and pico de gallo that we've ever had. Don't tell Grampa Aldama about the salsa!! We orderded carnitas tacos for lunch, Josh got his with cheese. And since we were in Mexico, we had to have some Pacifico to go along with it. While we were eating, Josh thought it would be funny to get the mariachi singers to come play a song for us. Yeah, it might have been nice, had they not been SCREAMING right behind me. There was also a guy walking around, offering to shine your shoes. I told Josh that I wanted him to come and shine mine. I was wearing flip-flops...
Before mariachis...
During mariachis...
This banner was hanging in our restaurant. Notice what's wrong with it?
I sure hope we didn't get the chiken....
Josh braved the above-ground potties.
This was a chess set that Josh was coveting for the entire trip. We just couldn't justify the cost though, knowing that it would just sit and never get used. :(
We got most of our souvenir shopping done on this day. Even stopping by the Hard Rock to get a glass for my collection. Because we were laden down with the spoils of the day, we decided to take a taxi back to the hotel. We didn't know it would be so entertaining, and life-threatening! I'd take crazy American drivers over NORMAL Cancun drivers ANY day! The driver had advertisements on the back of his seats and when he heard us talking about Josh wanting a massage, he HIGHLY recommended the place of his advertisements. Needless to say, Josh finally got his massage on our trip.
"You can pick whatever girl you want! They have brown ones, American ones, Asian ones, ones that will work doubles, they all bery good at what they do."
After returning to the hotel, we found this little guy waiting for us. We never did determine what it was...
We rested a bit after being gone all day and then went down to The Steak again for dinner. Ahhh...relaxation!
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