Oaxaca Mexico Travel Blogs

There’s definitely a different feel here compared to previous towns we’ve visited so far.  The poverty is a lo…

Monte Alban is one of Mexico's most spectacular ancient sites. The original Zapotec name for this site is "Danni Dipaa". T…

Oaxaca was the next step in my solo-trip. I had the unique experience of travelling in a bus that arrived early at its arrival …

In Oaxaca now, since midday Monday, and living is grand. Oaxaco is another brown smurf colony, we're still giants, but we're g…

In Oaxaca now, since midday Monday, and living is grand. Oaxaco is another brown smurf colony, we're still giants, but we're g…

Last night I was woken by a screaming drunk man around midnight and the bedside phone rang but there was no-one there.  Ot…

Oaxaca Day 1Some notes on Oaxaca:  I was immediately struck by the level of poverty on our drive in from the airport. …

Today Jerry and I made our way south of the Zocolo to the market to check out the arts and crafts and have lunch in the covere…

Breakfast earlier than usual as Celso and I are going to Monte Albán, so I go up to catch the bus at 8:30 am.  I wa…

We arrived in Oaxaca in the night, after a seven hours trip by bus from Mexico City. It was hard to sleep, the seat was confort…

I don’t know why I bother.  I wash my hair in the morning and every afternoon there is a little rain and humidity an…

We toured the countryside today through a travel agent as it would be impossible to cover so much ground in one day by public t…

Heute gab's mal wieder eine Touri-Tour. Erster Stop war an einem unglaublichen Baum ("Arbol del Tule"), einer ca 2000 Jahre al…

Colonial Oaxaca was built with stones taken from ancient temples a few miles away. We explore the complex of temples, pyramids …

...so we caught a pretty neat bus down to Oaxaca. We were hoping for something budget to suit our wallets... but ended up with …