Tequila, Mexico

Nice to be photographing full-time. I'm in Guadalajara now receiving a real good dose of Mexican culture.

Friend Lupe has taken me from huge markets to tiny towns out-of-town where her relatives live

Best of all, though, aside from falling out of my chair down some stairs at dinner, was the small town of, what else, Tequila.

Oh, I know what you're thinking...there's no town of Tequila, Tequila is some hot-stuff alcoholic beverage where you put some salt on your left hand, have a shot of Tequila in your right, and have a slice of lime nearby, then you lick the salt, drink the Tequila and bite the lime.

Okay, then, you got half the story; the other half is that Tequila is made in Tequila, the town, which is in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

On the way to Tequila, you see this, Tequila's beginning--cacti, millions of them.