Estancia De Valencia Oaxaca

There had been very heavy rain overnight so there were some good puddles about. These were the sort of roads I had envisaged for the remoter parts of Mexico, potholes deep enough to swallow man and bike.
Climbed up into the mountain again riding very gingerly. Above and below trapped in valleys puffs of cloud drifted around the hills.
A few landslides (only minor) added interest to the road surface as sand drifted across the highway.
I can now understand some of the ...

... to not playing our luck too far. Not long after though i thought that now would be a great to get a haircut in the town as after the old locks were getting a bit out of control after 5 weeks on the road and the shag needed to be kept trim in this heat. The solution would not come as easy as we first though as from the few hairdressers that we came across they were split between blue rinse salons, bob the butchers and hairspray queens... oh no they would not do what we needed was ...

Oaxaca, nous avons decide de passer une semaine dans cette ville situee dans une magnifique vallee plantee de champs d agaves. Dans une petite auberge nous avons rencontre Alejandro un mexicain de Monterrey etudiant en medecine avec lequel nous nous sommes lies d amitie. Nous le retrouverons par la suite et aurons la joie ...

... for children to study Mexican culture - both Hispanic and Zapotec. You'd never believe from the outside, even when the building was new in the late 1800s, that it was designed as a factory! The edifice shouts "ACADEMIC", or "STATEHOUSE" without a dome. A factory seems out of place in these green hills anyway. The bathrooms, (well, the one for Mujeres), were so beautiful in how the light flowed in. The sinks consisted of several ...

... eats disgracefully! SO anyway, back to the tour. It was great! First we went to some temples close to Mexico city, which were amazing, but nothing compared to Teotihuacan. We then got taken for lunch and got shown how tequila is made, from a cactus plant called Agave, which they also use as paper, weaving material and needle and thread. We tried three types of real tequila, one that tasted like a sort of beery cidery thing, one that tasted like amaretto and one that was more ...

... beautiful sinews of tarmac and gravel, passing slower vehicles up the steep grades, then ******* the brakes for the upcoming downhill curves...always keeping to the far right shoulder, less there is big truck or tour bus cutting the corner wide to maintain momentum. Finally over the mountains and safely on the high mountain plateau, we stopped at a small village comedor for a bite to eat. The place was literally a little cement outhouse with an old ...

... were talking to me, I was trying to practice Spanish, and they asked me where I was from and I said Texas. They were like "oh really? You look like you are from central France". Anyway they go on to tell me I do not look like I'm from Texas at all! They thought if anything I looked like I was from up North, whatever! But I guess it is a compliment to be called French looking, who knows. They probably think I should ...

... women selling food. Many folks appeared to making a thoughtful visit to their departed loved ones, and brought along some of their favorite foods and drinks as an offering the grave sites. My favorite items viewed during the day were a can of beer and a bunch of apples. A unique combination for sure. For the most part, the scene was pensive, but not morose. Families cleaned, freshened water pots and ...

... along Hwy 190 we noticed many cars turning on a connecting road to the coastal 200. We however followed 190 and soon discovered why as this highway became very winding but with not to miss scenery to where the two highways meet. PHOTO_ID_L=more-curves-great-scenery-ne ar-oaxaca-border.jpg] We were now in the state of Oaxaca and crossing the Isthmus. Many had warned us about the severe winds ...

... rojo, amarillo, azul, verde; Quiero ..., ¿Tiene ...?, Gracias - is it so thoroughly difficult to learn a few basic phrases? Maybe it's cruel or erroneous to generalise, but I can only comment on what I have seen - and I have seen no other nationalities in such great force. All asides aside, Tlacolula is immensely extensive and a model for all Mexican markets. As with every other third world market there exists what economists would define ...