Mexican Oaxacan Doll Vendor - Picture 1
This picture is one of the first ones I took of the street vendors in El Jardin in front of the Parrochia de San Miguel. It took me awhile to delete some of the people around her using Photoshop elements and just some cropping. Vicki and I went about every other day to San Miguel and the Garden had lots of people in and around the church and the shops nearby. These street vendors were dressed in their typical Oaxacan dress and selling these dolls. We bought a pair of the smaller ones and one of the larger ones. They really are quite cute. The larger ones are approximately 60 pesos ($1.00 x approximately 12 pesos as rate exchange) is aproximately $5.00. The smaller ones were 40 pesos each for a total of 75 pesos for the pair for a little over $6.00 for the pair. Keep tuned for the next picture!
Mexican Oaxacan Doll Vendor - Picture 2
I left this picture with all the people milling around so that you can get a better idea of what the area was like. Lots of tourists of every ethnicity. Vicki kept commenting on how some people didn't believe that others wanted to visit Mexico. San Miguel de Allende holds a european old world charm. We met people from Spain, France, Canada, China, Korea, and from the states of Maryland, Florida, Virginia and a few others. We played the games on the road where we tried to see how many states we could get. I think we got 31!
Back to the picture...See the sombrero vendor...they sold for 20 pesos...like $2.00 or less. I love this picture of the lady with her cowboy hat.
Back to the picture...See the sombrero vendor...they sold for 20 pesos...like $2.00 or less. I love this picture of the lady with her cowboy hat.
Balloon & Toy Vendor
I was pretty sly taking this picture. I'm sure the vendors get tired of posing and being asked to take pictures or I wonder if people do ask them. It seemed that I was the only one interested in their actions and snapping photos of them. This older gentleman was tired. I had seen him earlier at the mercado but then I rode the bus across several blocks to get to the Parrochia and he arrived a few minutes later walking; it's a bit of a downhill walk then levels off...look for my pictures of the streets later in the architectural pages. I found that the altitude does get some getting used to; I love the local buses.
Los Muertos Masks
During our trolley tour we went to a Mirador (a sightseeing location to look back at the city from a higher altitude). They have vendors there and one man makes the masks in the pictures and our companions on the trolley modeled them. The burro and statue are also fun photo props.
I happened to go this June/July 2013 and attend a few end of year celebrations. I took lots of pictures of the children and their dances.