La Casa Nostra Cafehostel 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. <br>Climbed up into the mountain again riding very gingerly. Above and below trapped in valleys puffs of cloud drifted around the hills.<br>A few landslides (only minor) added interest to the road surface as sand drifted across the highway.<br>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 ...

... being called Squirt. We then finally arrived at Teotihuacan, climbed the amazing pyramids and got shown some carvings and murals that had survived all these years, amazing stuff really. Pics will soon be ready in our mexico album on the link previously given. I was a bit scared to climb the temples, because the steps are huge and really steep - as in, once you are at the top or at a rest platform you have to walk right to the edge to see the steps begin otherwise it just looks ...

... around our food, it was simply delicious...especially for us road-weary motoclistas. As we washed the meal down with a couple of Coca-Lights, villagers began to come out of the woodwork to stare at the extraterrestrial Skeeter Eater (the bike, submitted via blog comment by imjealous!) and gawk at the extranjeros as we shooed flies from our faces and relished in our good meal. We're beginning to realize that much of the true beauty comes from the ...

... bar was so crowded though and the music was so loud you couldn't talk to one another. So I ended just going home since I have to get up and go shopping anyway! The guys stayed out though to drink more but I don't enjoy that in foreign places. So tomorrow after shopping I'm going to tidy up my room, study, and read one of my books. Alright well goodnight all! Mi dia es no muy divertido, es aburrido. Te amo mi familia y amigas!

... is like here in early November, when decorating the graves, and the celebration of life takes on an almost competitive feel. I look forward to returning to Oaxaca for that experience in the not too distant future. My new landlady, Maria Pilar, is the bomb. She could not be nicer if she tried, and is always kissing me when she sees me for the first time every day. She loves food and we joke frequently ...

... 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 ...

... will go back and forth telling each vendor that "Vendor #X is offering this, what can you offer?" until basically everything is as cheap as it can possibly be. It's a brilliant plan for us, those aforementioned prospective customers, but for the locals who are trying to sell their wares, it results in their barely being able to feed a family. We should feel bad about it, but we don't. The poor world is certainly poor and unfortunate, but we ...