Produce

Fresh fruits and veggies are everywhere and so fun to shop for. Open air markets called Tiengas, I think I spelled that right, set up in every village at least once per week.  You can buy everything at these traveling markets.  On the other days you can shop for produce in small stores without doors! Loved the colors and the choices. This one made me laugh, it was the Hawaii produce market in Mexico - complete with paintings of Washington Red and Yellow Delicious apples.

This lady walked around town with mangoes cut into flowers, pineapple wedges and coconut meat for sale. The cups of cut-up fruit are splashed with lime juice and sometimes sprinkled with spicy salt. A really interesting mix of sweet, heat, and salt.

These "baby bananas" are about 4" long and aren't babies at all, just a different variety of banana than what you find in your US supermarket.