Mercado 28

This guide to Mercado 28 in Cancún starts with a mismatch: the market's official name stamped on its permit, and the one nobody actually uses. You'll hear how a quiet 1980s neighborhood market of fruit and seafood reinvented itself almost overnight during the mid-1990s crisis, trading vegetable stands for jewelry and souvenir stalls aimed at tourists. It follows one traveler's negotiation over a necklace to explain why the market's real currency is patience, not pesos. Best heard as you walk the stalls deciding what to ask for first.