{"id":403,"date":"2008-02-23T23:16:30","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T04:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.falconphotography.net\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2011-12-26T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T14:41:36","slug":"lucha-libre-mexican-wrestling-falcon-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.falconphotography.net\/blog\/lucha-libre-mexican-wrestling-falcon-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucha Libre – Mexican Wrestling | Falcon Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let no one say that I am uncultured. Yep, when in Rome, or in this case, Mexico, one must embrace the culture and experience what it means to be a luchador<\/a>. After trekking to Playa del Carmen, we walked to our restaurant for lunch. Nothing like working up the appetite. It was a great open air restaurant where we sat on the second floor and had a nice view of the street and other establishments who were hawking their tourist trap souvenirs to unsuspecting travelers. Are you suspecting a story here? Wait for it…<\/p>\n

So after eating a great lunch and enjoying a national frozen beverage (maybe two), we happened to notice that right-across-the-street was a rack of Mexican wrestling masks… well, the discussion went from “Huh, look at that, there’s a Spider-Man mask” to “Hey did you see that movie Nacho Libre?” to “Hey, if I buy one, will you?” Well, one thing led to another and a pact was formed. Below are pictures of the Lucha Libre Clan and our super hero names we gave ourselves. Because as I said earlier, when in Mexico, buy a Mexican wrestling mask!<\/p>\n

Shopping for the mask.<\/p>\n

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“El Gato Peligrosas”<\/p>\n

\"Mask<\/a><\/p>\n

“El Conquistador Verde”<\/p>\n

\"Mask<\/a><\/p>\n

A deal is made. Five masks are bought. And the agreement in the Clan is to walk down the street in the mask, all the way back to the bus!<\/p>\n

\"Mask<\/a><\/p>\n

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“El Falcon Negro”<\/p>\n

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The only thing worse than actually walking down a public street in a mask is shopping in a mask. But it was for tequila, so we blended in perfectly. By the way, sampling is allowed. We NEEDED lots of samples. We came, we drank, we purchased!<\/p>\n

\"Tequila<\/a><\/p>\n

We made it all the way back to the bus with our masks. I don’t know about dignity but hey, we may never be there again so it was all good! Not sure but the masks may see another outing…<\/p>\n

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Let no one say that I am uncultured. Yep, when in Rome, or in this case, Mexico, one must embrace the culture and experience what it means to be a […]<\/p>\n

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