Mexican Flea Market

We took in a Mexican flea market just down the road from us and it was quite an experience.  It was huge...stall after stall, row after row.  Felt like we were at the State Fair, sort of.

Lots of produce stalls with such a variety of fruits and vegetables.  Cantalope, watermelon, apples, oranges, grapefruit, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, avocado, cabbage, all kinds of chilies, things that we didn't know what they were.

Stalls of used things...clothes, tools, tires, electrical equipment, TV's, stereos and speakers, toys, you name it and they had it.

Stalls of new things...clothes, shoes, sunglasses, jewelry, hair bows and ties, toys, pinatas, all sorts of things even all kinds of birds.  Lots of leather...belts, holsters, saddles and what would a Mexican flea market be without Cowboy hats.

The sights and sounds were amazing.  The mix of Mexican music coming from both boom boxes and a live band, with the mingling of the rapid Spanish language floating through and the occassional English snippet heard. Our senses were bombarded with the cacophony of sound.

Across the street was a different type of market. This one had all types of animals for sale. Horses, ponies, chickens, roosters, chicks, ducks, geese, pigeons, doves, puppies, goats and sheep. They were either tied out or in cages.  Also along this market they had hay and straw for sale and from the looks of it some of the hay had just been cut.

At the flea market, as with any carnival or fair, they had tons of food stalls. Packaged snacks as well as freshly prepared food.  Huge big plastic kegs of many different kinds of fruit punch, bottled water or sodas. So many things were offered to eat...but, not being sure whether it had been prepared on this side of the border or the Mexican side of the border, we didn't partake of anything edible.

Oh, and as a side note, we stayed away from the $5 colored contacts!

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