Oaxaca and we got ruined...

After Acapulco and mexico city we start our trip by ourselves again. Our first destination: the beautiful colonial town of Oaxaca.

We spend a lot of time walking around and just relaxing. Things have been a bit quick lately so we enjoy doing nothing. We were suppose to to a mexican cooking course but the lady who did it was booked up during the days we stayed so that did not happen.

There is quite a lot of nice handicraft in this town and so many stores to look in. It is also from this region that Mezcal comes from... done from the same cactus as the one used for the tequila.

There is an ancient site called Monte Alban close to here that we went to see. very impressive but not that big. A lot of big and clear spaces. An ancient ball court where

they used to settle disputes and other cool stuff. There is also a nice wiev of Oaxaca.

Back in Oaxaca, all the streets are lined with palmtrees and colorful houses, a very

pleasant town.
The town market is also very busy and cool. A lot of vendors selling coffee, chocolate, flowers, clothes, fish and pigsheads if you are in to that...

So thats pretty much it, we wandered, saw ruins, had nice food and drank tea in cafes...
very relaxing indeed...next stop San Cristobal de Las Casas and Palenque!

bisous and puss o kram!

written by

agnesola on October 19, 2007 from Oaxaca, Mexico

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Oxaca...c'est beau hein ! Moi je suis toujours New Delhi..demain depart vers hong kong et petit passage a singapour !
Je vous embrasse fort bon trip, eclatez vous

written by cecile on October 20, 2007

Je viens de visiter trois pays en un rien de temps ! OUF ! épuisant.....
Vraiment super cette idée de blog. J'irai plus souvent
Je vois que tout va bien pour vous.
Profitez en bien et ramenez nous pleins de belles photos souvenir et d'anedoctes à raconter. J'adore ça.

Bises
Julie et Julien (St Sym)

written by Julie et Julien on October 21, 2007

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