Selling aguamiel, the delicious, nutricious extract from large maguey plants.The Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Dolores in Dolores HidalgoThe front of the churchThis is a statue of Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest who on Sept. 16, 1810 at 5am rang the bells to summon the people to church earlier than usual and issued the Grito de Dolores, the cry for independenceBesides independence, Dolores Hidalgo is also famous for its ice-cream. There is a huge variety of flavours including some very unlikely ones such as mole, chicharrón (pork rind), shrimp cocktail, beer, etc...A market in ZacatecasA close up of a nopal cactus flowerMany nopal cactus flowers in bloomSome ruins loom over a forest of nopalNopal cactus leaves are commonly eated in Mexico, as is its fruit, the prickly pear.A colonial roof designSan Miguel de AllendeSan Miguel de AllendeSan Miguel de AllendeSan Miguel de AllendeColonial wildernesZacatecasZacatecasZacatecasZacatecasZacatecasZacatecas
