RATING: ♦♦♦♦♦
Shopping in Mexico is fun because everything is so colorful and different, and prices are low. The village of Ajijic has many unique shops, most of them very tiny by American standards. It was easy to pop into a shop just off the sidewalk, look around for a few short minutes, then continue on your way. Plus, there were usually street vendors set up along the roads or carrying their goods as they walked through the village, especially on the weekends.
Usually one day a week, every small town along the lake has a tianguis, or open-air street market. Wednesday was the day for Ajijic’s tianguis, which seemed to be the favorite market of the lake area. One of the main side streets was closed to vehicle traffic, and the vendors would line the street with their goods, including clothes, jewelry, art, housewares, toys, produce and other food items, everything imaginable. It was always crowded and noisy, interesting and fun. Within a few weeks, we had our favorite places to stop every week.
It was nearly impossible to go out to eat or for a walk in the village without being drawn to look at things to buy. Sometimes I (almost) wished I had a larger home to come back to in the states. I could have stocked up on so many cool Mexican things!
