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Travel Blogs from Oaxaca
Beautiful Colonial City
We left our friends in Huatulco Mexico well rested, but more than a little home sick. A week with old friends reminded us of everything we love about our home and our friends in Winnipeg. We were certainly tempted to take a direct route back which would have us in Winnipeg in 8 to 10 days. The only reason we hesitated was that we realized that that …
Canyons, Crocodiles & Casas
After yet another lengthy overnight bus ride, we arrived in the much cooler climate of San Cristobal de las Casas. A small colonial city in the mountains of Chiapas. The air was clear and because of the altitude, we were above any weather. San Cristobal was a very picturesque town, but had clearly been engineered for tourism. A tell-tale sign of …
Vacances au Mexique - part 1 - Oaxaca
Départ de Montréal, vol jusque Miami, puis Miami-Mexico City!
A Mexico, taxi jusque la gare routière, et bus de nuit jusque Oaxaca (6h de bus).
Nous avons passé 4 jours à Oaxaca (prononcez "Oaraca"), pour visiter la ville, faire les marchés, gouter la cuisine mexicaine locale et ses spécialités: chocolat, mezcal (alcool d'agave), " …
Salsatastic, Hiking and Horses and opera!
Loved Oaxaca City.
Not really a city. more like a colonial town with an artistic theme. spent one day going to lots of galleries then spent a night dancing salsa with a gentleman called Ernesto who kindly took me under his wing and taught me salsa for 4 hours! he was amazing at it and by the end i was improving.
Also did a day tour …
Dorming in Oaxaca
We are ready to leave Oaxaca (pronounce Wahaca) tonite after 3 days taking in the sights of the city and surrounding area. Oaxaca is a beautiful city, it feels a little like Buenos Aires. Lots of great Mexican food and beautiful colonial buildings. We hired bikes yesterday and went for a (very long!) cycle around some neighbouring villages to …