Atayde Circus

Last week, Sue saw something a little out-of-the-ordinary. Driving through town were trucks carrying giraffes, camels, zebras, horses, a buffalo, and even tigers. The circus was coming to town!

Naturally this clever promotion got our attention, and we made a plan to go see the circus on Tuesday night. The Atayde Circus is one of the oldest family circuses in Mexico, and since the animals passed Sue's well-taken-care-of test, we were all psyched to go.

The show was great. They had various animal acts, including a tiger trainer with about 15 tigers, camels, zebras, and all the other animals that paraded through town previously. Some of the clown acts were good, and even though they were all in Spanish we enjoyed them. And of course, they had jugglers, a contortionist, and a good trapeze act. It was great fun, and only $30 for the whole family (in the expensive seats).


Entering the circus tent


Camels on display