A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to San Francisco El Alto, Guatemala by TravelPod blogger Dalexa01 titled "Visit to Marketplace" Dalexa01’s travel blog entry: "The marketplace at San Francisco El Alto is one of the largest in this area, though quite a bit smaller than the one in Chichicastenango. It has a ton of the cloth used for the traditional Mayan wrap around skirts worn by the women, as well as cloth for belts, scarves and whatever. In addition a lot of live animals are sold here, including cows, pigs, goats, sheep, dogs, chickens, turkeys and geese. There is a section with foods, like beans, rice, vegetables, potatoes, etc., and a lot of manufactured clothing, all with fake labels on them, such as Levi`s, Izod-Lacoste, American Eagle, etc. Then there is a section that looks more like a swap meet with used electronic equipment, sewing machines and lots of used clothing. This market operates partly as a wholesale outlet, so people who have clothing stores in the nearby towns buy quantities of goods at this market to sell at retail. Many of the goods are bundled into quantities of a dozen, like 12 boys`shirts. I bought two American Eagle polo shirts for Q40, about $5.00. We´ll see what happens the first time they are washed. The photos give a bit of an idea of the amazing colors of the market, but it is hard to convey the flavor of how crowed some of the parts are, and how foolish one feels as a rather tall person among very small people, but they are ...