Zipolite Hostal
Travel Blogs from Oaxaca
Our first two weeks
... are 23 million people living in Mexico City?) and some hair raising hours on high, narrow mountain roads. When they arrived in Oaxaca, I directed them to our house using Google Maps and a cell phone. Needless to say, Leah and Gary were very relieved to finally arrive at our pad. While they marveled at the beauty of Mexico and were appreciative of the bonding the trip allowed… they said we should probably consider selling the car in ...
Proyecto del Arte… ¡La tortuga!
... week. But there’s more to think about – like laundry, cooking and cleaning. This reminds me just how much we take for granted in the US, and how much we waste.
As my time continues here in Oaxaca, my eyes continue to be opened to simple, small ways in which I can improve the environment back home. However, some of these “tree-hugging” efforts have also led to some pretty artistic creativity… like my ...
No Wire Hangers
... the hotel. He offered to walk us there, but we told him that it seemed too easy. We’d be fine in daylight. Once again, we couldn’t find it. Oh well, we went on with our day and didn’t think anything of it. The following morning, we bumped into Rick and he asked us what we thought of the mezcal? He was shocked when we told him that we couldn’t find it again. He told us that he just walked by the ...
The Bishop's Cassock
... standing in small 'social' groups in front of the church; they vary in height from 2-4 ft. We could not find out their meaning but we presumed they were something to do with fertility based on their styling. The sex of the model was very easy to determine with the male models having proud members big enough to hang a ten galleon hat on and the females had breasts like mini volcanoes and labia more reminiscent of a rolling stones album cover; ...
Maracas In Oaxaca
Again we arrived in a new city with nowhere to stay.
Ramona had cleverly booked a hostel so we followed her to hers. Now the reason
that we're in Oxaca right now is because its the place to be in Mexico for day
of the dead (which is actually about a week long) and with James' birthday on
the climatic 2nd, we thought it would be a great place to be. Of course, when
you think about this, it becomes alarmingly obvious (to anyone that isnt us)
that you ...