Suites Bello Xochimilco Oaxaca
2A Cerrada de Alcala No. 223 Xochimilco Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, 68-71, Mexico
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Sometimes it takes a village
People often remark about their admiration of my ability to travel alone. The truth is, it's because only travel to places where I speak the language. If I didn't speak Spanish I am afraid I would be hopelessly trapped inside the confines of the Gringo Zone that occupies most visited cities. Oaxaca reserves more of an authentic feel than most tourist haunts. It feels like a city that is actually lived in, unlike Antigua, Guatemala or San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, whom to ...
Over the Border
... t find the place. The phone number we have is one didget off! LOL. Stop into a hotel. They were so kind. Called us a cab, after finding the right number to call Ineke. I rode with cab driver and Rick & Jordy followed. We have ARRIVED! Ineke was waiting down the street in Etla, next to the church for us. Ahhhhh...a MARGARITA was waiting for us!
16 days in a bus!
Almost caught up here....now the fun stuff is to come!
What an adventure...
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Getting Lost in Oaxaca
... to sit at the table with 3 other very nice older ladies. Two of which lived in Mexico City and this was their first time in Oaxaca, and the third was from Denver. I had a really nice meal with them for the 45 minutes or so I was at the table.
After breakfast I set out into easing myself back into Mexican society and headed to the zócalo. The zócalo here is always ...
More Adventures
... Day! There were Fire-works, Huge banners, Candy thrown and everything we would see in an independance day parade back in the United States--Good to know they care about their teeth down here!!!
~Puerto Escondido: Literally translates to "The Hidden Port", one of the most amazing weekends of my entire life. I learned how to surf, got peed on by a giant tortoise, was face to face in the middle of the ocean with a sting-ray (PROBABLY the ...
Top of the List for not allowed in the US
... 11.00, they finally began to light the tower, one circle at a time, with men on the roof behind the tower shooting fireworks into the sky at the same time, so we never knew where to look. They did the tower one section at a time, starting at the bottom and working up to the grand finale at the top.
It was a wild show! And surely on the top of the list of things that WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED in the United States! We were very glad we stayed up to see it! ...not your average fireworks ...



