Saturday, January 12, 2008

El Mercado

The Palm Beach group invited me to join them on their excursion to the Mercado. There were two shopping areas on opposite sides of the road. We were warned not to cross the street without the OLR guard. He's pictured standing in front of the artisan market.

I saw many beautiful Honduran crafts: pottery, wood carvings, weavings, etc. Most of the vendors spoke English, or they had their calculators at the ready to convert lempiras to dollars. Several would lower their prices if you were the least bit hesitant to buy. I'm not really a shopper, but I found and bought some great things!

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