Shopping in Puerto Vallarta Markets — Karen Mical Designs

For many visitors, like you, a trip to Mexico makes you feel like a pirate collecting booty.

Perhaps this comparison feels unjustifiably derogatory in nature, but I personally love to bring back treasures found. Realistically, the mission is more accurate as a fishing trip where I search for a trophy to mount.

However you wish to describe it, buying handcrafted goods in Mexico is exciting. After all, half the fun of traveling to this destination is in the hunting for the perfect piece to take home, successfully transport home and enjoy in the comfort of your home. The ritual reminds of the pre-historic tradition of gathering for trade and bargaining to exchange goods strikes at the heart of our ancestry. The practice is a return to our ancestry and strikes a note of innate sacramental deeds, even in unknown lands and locations.

A favorite for visitors like us, is the Olas Altas market that is held on Saturdays during busy seasons. The market boasts of local, high quality goods. The range and scope of goods available to sales is broad, from fresh produce bursting with flavor to hand-rolled cigars with much in between. If jewelry…