Entry #4

Tuesday October 25, 2005

Tianguis--The Tuesday Market--is something to see in San Miguel. It stretches the length and width of a huge empty field several acres large. The place was packed with people and goods. You can find almost everything there. There are fresh vegetables, fresh and frozen fish and seafood, candy, baked goods, kitchen ware, hardware, bicycle and car parts, new and used clothes, shoes, toys, cds and dvds and vhs tapes and several kinds of caged birds, including turkeys.



You could have a set menu-- comida corrida-- or a snack. There were spepcialty vendors of herbs, different types of honey, and mole sauces red and green.
It was interesting that there was no alcohol present, and the Policia presence was on the perimeter and inconspicuous. What I couldn't buy at The Tuesday Market I was able to get at the neighbooring Gigante supermarket. Pack heavy with food for the week, I took a taxi the mile or so back to my apartment.