Not part of the city of Guadalajara's metropolitan area, Tesistan sits just outside of it. Tesistan is very famous for its corn. They have a massive festival of corn every year and I think it is the cultural highlight of the little town. There is even a statue of corn in the minuscule
main square! I was so excited about coming to this town - despite the looks of disapproval and shock from my students on why I would want to visit it.
The church has one of the most intriguing courtyards that I have seen in Mexico. The trees look ghostly against the deserted and silent church in the background. It made me feel like it would be a great location for a zombie movie and half expected the walking dead to appear from somewhere. In actuality it was just a local man with a guitar that greeted us (well and a big Jesus statue with his arms stretched out) as we explored the church area.
Another thing I love about these small towns is that they have tuc-tucs as a mode of transport. The town itself is small enough to get about by motorbike with seats attached! Hurrah! The town is great to wander around with torta (rolls stuffed with yummy food) stands and aging deserted cantinas with plastic tables and chairs and a bustly centre with peopel running around doing their shopping and chores. We found an awesome (and soooo clean) place that served seafood tostadas (big fat crisps - like pappadoms) and we managed to have squid and cerviche lunch with an ice cold beer! AMAZING!
As this is corn town, it wouldn't be right to leave without trying one of the local corn cakes which was sold to me by a woman who was asleep most of the time we visited but managed to wake up in time to sell me a few cakes before presumably returning to her slumber in the heat of the afternoon. Love it.
Ya hacía un tiempo que teníamos curiosidad de ir a Tesistán. En alguna ocasión una amiga se perdió buscando un oxxo y !terminó en Tesistán!. Así que decidimos ir por nuestra cuenta a visitar el lugar..
Tesistán es un pueblo que ha sido "comido" por el crecimiento de la ciudad de Guadalajara. Se encuentra a 30 minutos del centro de Zapopan en autobús. Uno tiene la sensación de dejar la ciudad al momento de ir camino para allá.
Tesistán es muy famoso por el elote. Cada año se lleva a cabo la Feria del Elote donde se puede
encontrar comida típica hecha de elote así como actividades artísticas y recreativas para la familia. Inclusive hay una carrera conmemorativa.

Después del templo, caminamos por las calles que rodean a la plaza principal y pudimos ver puestos de comida ambulantes, personas haciendo sus quehaceres diarios, niños jugando o comiendo un helado.

No había muchas cosas por hacer, así que terminamos de explorar Tesistán muy rápido. Nos
dirigimos a tomar el autobús de regreso y nos encontramos con una tiendita de pan de elote que estaba en la cochera de una casa particular. La señora que vendía el pan estaba dormida en una silla cuando llegamos, la tuvimos que despertar para que nos pudiera vender, y muy amablemente nos atendió.
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