Oaxaca Travel Blogs

Monte Alban is one of Mexico's most spectacular ancient sites. The original Zapotec name for this site is "Danni Dipaa". This site sits atop four hills, it was first occupied prior to 600 BC and continued to be occupied on and off until the arrival of the Spanish on December 25, 1521…

  Oaxaca (pronounce: Wa-Haka) is a nice colonial city and the capital of the state of the same name. To our surprise the place was packed with tourists. In the past weeks I have barely seen any tourists, apart from a few in Pátzcuaro and Zacatecas, but in Oaxaca it was almost hard to spot a…

So, we are in Oaxaca.  Unfortunately, I only brought the travel book that included Chiapas/Yucatan, and so we are flying a bit blind.  We ended up in a hostel without internet and had to take a photo of the map of the city at the bus station to figure out where we were going.  G…

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 covered food market.  All the people in the food market were trying to wave us towards their tables and we had to run the gauntlet to get to a stall that wasn't so vocal.…

Arriving in oxaca we were picked up by jess and yosha's friend fernando, we all jumped in the back of his ute for the short trip to his 3 story mansion which nobady lived in, he was letting us stay there even though they had only met him once. After choosing a place to sleep fro…

Our tour of southern Mexico has now brought us to Oaxaca City.  The first thing we noticed about the city is the wonderful climate, nestled between mountains and located well above sea level is the perfect equation for a sigh of relief from me.  I even put jeans on today!  This …

warm hearted people all around, great visuality!! and delicious food :)..

2 weeks in Mexico was not enough, but glad to see the rural parts of Oaxaca! Next time will def do the rest!!

Oaxaca and Zipolite

11 days of slumming around in South Mexico. Mexico City-Oxaca-Peurto Angel-Zipolite and back.

My trip to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize in 2004! Started in Mexico City, ended in Playa del Carmen.

Quiero presentarles algunas fotos de México y por este motivo escribo el "blog". Tendria que decir taaantas cosas de mi vida en México que mejor no empiezo. Tienen que verlo ustedes(vosotros) mismos. Faltan muchos lugares que visité pero por el momento no tengo fotos

10 day Mayan Discovery trip with mum

We arrived in Oaxaca to hear that the Teachers union had been blockaiding the main square for the last 3 weeks and the night before the police had tried to clear the square and there are reports of 3 people being killed.  Here's more info if your concerned http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsd…

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