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Just wait for their daily shows outside the Museo Nacional to finish, and ask them 'Tienes vanilla?' For a fraction of the price you'd pay at the tourist shops, you'll get real vanilla, not the essence, straight from the Gulf Coast source.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5370 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5353 Arrived, there’s a big celebraion and you can watch people in Aztec clothing doing Aztec dances. It’s a great place to go, I really recommend it. If you go - enjoy!
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In the neigbouring block is a giant exotic animal market, again interesting but very sad considering the conditions some animals are kept in. Remember this is not the best part of town and the witchcraft market is not geared towards tourists but to people with deeply held beliefs so be careful not to offend.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5215 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5216
You can have a retrato painted (a picture of a life event that you want a to dedicate to a particular saint). Frida Kahlo collected them. You can see shrines to the Santa Muerte, a pre-Columbian god disguised as a catholic saint dressed as the grim reaper. Sundays are best.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/5216 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2238 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/2238 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/172 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/172 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/166 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/166