A busy market in Cuetzalan.
From Yohualichan we drove to Cuetzalan. Around here there are masses of Brugmansia, mostly yellow but white and pink too, and lots of other colourful flowers.
It was market day and we spent some time wandering among the stalls looking at all the different things for sale. It is an out-of-the-way place and the only people here apart from us were Mexicans.
The streets are shaded with huge white sheets - the sun can be very fierce here but today was cooler and cloudy so very comfortable for wandering the market.
The centre of the town is the Zocalo, with a shady park and large church. All around the market stretches through the shaded streets and up the steps leading through the town, busy with people.
In the green Zocalo the people gather to rest, watch the world go by and chat.
We ate in a restaurant high above the Zocalo with a fine view over the town. We started lunch outside on the roof dining area but retreated inside when a thunderstorm hit!
We had some difficulty getting out of Cuetzalan, the car couldn't make it up one slope because the tyres kept slipping on the cobbles and we had to make a detour. But we were soon on our way for the three hour drive back to Puebla.
On the way we stopped at the small town of Zacapoaxtla where we seemed to cause some amusement, especially amongst the youngsters. It reminded me of travelling to Japan in the eighties and the orderly files of schoolchildren who found me highly amusing!
On the Zocalo one man stopped us to shake hands and ask where we were from. It was all very genial.