Shoes, Tanzanites and the "Atrapa-Novios"

Yes, yes! You will find all kind of beautiful places to shop, here is a list of them:

LUXURY AVENUE, by the Marina of Cabo San Lucas.
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• Carolina Herrera
• Ferragamo
• Maliparmi
• Ultrafemme
• Chopard
• Swarovsky
• Fendi, etc.

Puerto Paraiso Mall, by the Marina of Cabo San Lucas.

• Swimming Suits Shops
• Boutiques such as Keneth Cole, La Coste, Nike, etc.
• Diamonds International and its famous Tanzanites
• Local Handcraft Shops
• Sunglasses
• And much more..

Art District, Historic Downtown of San José
All kind of Galleries, get your local piece of art! Remember, every Thursday afternoon is the Art Walk, so not only you get to see the galleries, they even offer wine and you will listen to music on the street, it is really quite a delight thing to do.

Plaza El Pescador, San José in front of Hotel Cabo Azul

• Bikes store
• Surf Clothes
• Book Store
• etc...

Streets, everywhere
Jewelry, silver, clothes, souvenirs, tequila, wine shops, cigars, etc.

You must know more than me about the perfect souvenir, I guess classics are tequila, key chain, refrigerator magnets and shot glasses. But you can also get a little bit more "out of the box" and try:
Mezcal - It is a destilled beverage from Maguey, just as the Tequila, but with a different production process, mainly I can tell you Tequila is industrialized while Mezcal is down to earth, it is artisanal and that is what you taste in it. This is really IN everywhere in the world, it is the most organic and the most traditional thing. Instead of using lime as with Tequila, this one is great with orange, mmmm!!! So try some, get advices from conoceurs, and prove me wrong, but YOU WILL NOT GET HANGOVER!!
Zarape - Blanket made with 100% wool. Perfect way to cover yourself with Mexican colors and designs.
Mexican EcoBag - This is the bags that my grandma use to bring to "mercado" (markets) every morning. It is 100% ecologic, you can bring them to supermarket and they really can hold more weight than any horrible plastic bag. I love them, and actually use them to do my groceries and to bring my lunch to work. There are many designs, colors, sizes and the best thing is that they do not represent any extra weight to your luggage.

Eco-Mexican-Bag

What about bargaining? Well I always ask if you would go and bargain to Walmart cashiers? You would not right? I understand some people find it funny, even they compete within each others to see who gets the best price. I would totally bargain if it is something made in China, just because the massive production. But honestly if it is a hand craft, try to pay the price, if is an art, support it, it would be a shame that all those artisans would stop their tradition because it is not business anymore. Just a personal opinion, I also get that, now they increase the price because they just "know" you will bargain, but I would just ask to pay for the right price, they are valuable things and you will be supporting families that do this for living, you will help to keep being a heritage one generation to the next one.

If you want to dig into Mezcal information, I really liked this blog with the explanation about differences between Mezcal and Agave, check it out: Tequila vs Mezcal

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And, finally in my title I used the word "Atrapa-Novios" (Boyfriend - Trapper) because I find this a very particular, fun little Mexican Toy that artisans do with dry palm leaves, and basically it consists on someone asking another someone to run the finger inside it, and when they pull to take the finger out, it is stocked! So you trap him/her.

ATRAPA-NOVIOS
PhotoStream by Andrea Rios

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