I was headed to the Pacific coast now, Salina Cruz seemed like a good destination but reading a little bit, it’s a port city with petroleum as a major import/export. Might not be that nice, so headed for Tehuantepec which sounded interesting. From Wikipedia…
“The city’s markets are dominated by women, who make up nearly all of the buyers and sellers. Until the 1970s, there was a complete ban on men in this area, but this was relaxed at that time. Today still it is estimated that less than five percent of the people seen in the market are men. The historical reason for this is that traditionally women worked in the markets as men worked in the fields. Today still, men in the market can be subjected to taunts by the women who question their masculinity.”
Hmmm…. there’s no possible way that could happen to a big Aussie right? One of the ladies taunted me with her eyes, I was sure of it! It’s lucky I don’t know enough Spanish to understand their commentary on my masulinity (or lack thereof).
The market is built on a (presumably) disused railway track.
I could figure out the sign at the entrance to a bar, no drugs or guns, should be safe? Neither was I was drugged or armed or in uniform or underage, so I went for a beer. This place was run by a woman as well, she looked like she ran a tight ship and dominated all the men drinking there.
One entrepreneurial genius, presumably also a woman, had a clothing store with this great name. An creative marketer could really spread her wings – for example, F*ckers is for normal people, Little F*ckers is the kids store, Fat F*ckers is the plus-size store. Mother F*ckers could be the range of really bad-ass clothing. It will probably be all over Mexico by the next time I go back!
