The Foreign Service Journal, March 2016

98 MARCH 2016 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY ALEX DAVIS n OAXACA, MEXICO Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”) and must not be in print elsewhere. Please include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T his photo was taken in the open-air market in Puerto Escon- dido, in Oaxaca, Mexico, in November 2014. The market sells everything from fresh cheese to fried grasshoppers and is a place to socialize as well as do your shopping. Sandals are all one needs in this warm climate! n Alex Davis was the community liaison officer in Nuevo Lare- do, where his wife, Monica Da- vis, served as a vice consul in the consulate. She completed this, her first tour, in January, and the couple will head to Cambodia in November. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 50D.