Pictures from an early morning in on a tropical beach in Acapulco, Mexico.

This picture may not be the best picture I have ever taken but, for a couple of reasons, I couldn't help put post it. The view is from the balcony of our hotel room in Acapulco, $60 a night split between 5 people for a room and an ocean front hotel. I would venture to say that we got a pretty good deal. While we really enjoyed the beach, we also enjoyed our surroundings, and this pictures gives you a good idea of where we were.

The tranquility of the morning in Acapulco was all around me as I took a walk on the beach, and I tried to capture that in my pictures. One of the most peaceful sights is that of boats floating in our cove and the suns early light giving everything a warm glow. This picture is one of my favorites due to its peaceful nature.

This picture is one of my favorites because of its depth, and how it almost leads you down a path from the beach past the island on the right, and to the hills sitting in the middle of the bay. The warm glow of the morning light also adds a nice touch taking you from shadows to light as you go down the path.

As morning came to an end, I decided to try and take a couple from the patio area of our hotel. You really get for the laid back feel of our area in this picture, as the boats are just floating in the water and the flag is just flapping in the breeze, with no one in sight.

In case you were wondering how the boats got out in the water, here is a group of men rolling one of them along wooden cylinders. It was a great sight to see them use such an effective and low-tech approaching to putting their boats in the water, even though it was tiring just to watch them do it.

A view of the island in the middle of the cove. An oasis type island that was home to a restaurant which we did not end up going to, but still a nice sight to look at while sitting on the beach all day long.

Be sure to come back and check out Sunset in Acapulco, which consists of pictures taken during our amazing dinner on a cliff overlooking the sun set over the Pacific ocean.

This is my first video made in Movie Maker, so its not too fancy. The video and pictures come from San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico.

Walking around San Cristóbal de las Casas on our last evening in Chiapas, killing time before we left for our 12 hour bus ride to Oaxaca, we went to the big market. On our way we stumbled upon this group singing in this plaza type area. The photos come from the same night, and in them you can see just how high up we were. In case you were wondering, yes, it was extremely cold.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from food markets during my time in Mexico.

Veggies

This picture comes from the market in Cholula, the place where I lived and went to school. This market, like most other markets, was extremely crowded on the Sunday afternoon (just like every Sunday) when we went. This woman actually had her back turned to me when I started to frame the picture, but right when I snapped it she turned around, and I'm glad she did, as her face makes the picture all the better.

A View from the Ground

From the same market and same day, another view of some of the beautiful vegetables on display at this typical central Mexican market.

Quesillo

This is Queso Oaxaca (Oaxacan Cheese), some of the best cheese I have ever had. It has a consistency that is very similar to mozzarella, but a distinct flavor that is hard to describe. It is available at some local grocery stores, we buy ours from Food Lion.

Mango Flowers

One of the greatest things about Mexico is the amazingly cheap, delicious, and abundant fruit. As one of the world's leading producers of mango's, Mexicans have come up with creative ways to sell and market mangoes on the streets. They even put chili powder on them (mango con chile).

Mole

Oaxaca is famous for it's chocolate, and Puebla is famous for their mole (a sauce that contains chocolate among many other things such as peppers). This is a picture of freshly made mole from a chocolate shop in Oaxaca.

Grillos

Who doesn't love eating grasshoppers? I, for one. Even though I never tried these things, I can tell you that their smell make them unbearable to stand near for a long period of time. I usually don't go for things that I can't stand to smell. However, as you see in this picture below, people do actually eat these things.

Who Eats Bugs?

This is a group of people eating the fried grasshoppers from the previous picture. Need I say more??

Thanks for checking out some of the many pictures I took while in Mexico. Be sure to check out more photo posts as I get them up, as I plan on posting my pictures from Mexico City, Acapulco (these are great) as well as Chiapas. If you like this post, feel free to share it using the links below!