Angel Del Mar Oaxaca

... will sustain the years and the weathering that theirs has held up to&#8212;I wonder what our legacy will be.<br><br> <br><br>Jurni stayed behind with la familia while we were at Monte Alban.  It was ultimately her decision, and it turned out to be a good one.  Instead of two + hours in the direct sunlight, she got to run around with the other children and play in the pool.  YaYa, the ninera here, has been with the family for 38 years and was happy to accept an addition for the ...

I have a love/hate relationship with Mexico City. Getting stuck in the capital during the AH1N1 outbreak did nothing to endeer me to the D.F. In the midst of all the paranoia and surgical masks and stories of friends, relatives and neighboors dying I started to lose my mind. Had the apocalypse begun? It was a crazy atmosphere, and I was ready to get out. My gf gave me the boot one night, so I hopped ...

... grid, it was tidy, there was a massive centre plaza with a large cathedral. Oaxaca was great for food (it's the culinary capital of mexico), chocolate (where it all began, the cacao plant was cultivated by the zapotecs and mayans who lived in the area for 2500 years), history and politics (it has produced both Mexico's most favoured and least favoured Presidents) and Mezcal (the older cousin of Tequllia). We have had no rain on our travels so far, and water was the hot topic in ...

Magnifique ruine Maya localisée sur un promontoire montagneux, avec splendide vue 360 degrés sur les environs ! Pur délice...  Agrandissez la carte autour de Oaxaca, localisez Monte Alban, puis cliquez sur "hybrid" et vous verrez la ruine en photo satellite. On y sera demain le 4 mars !!! 

... also in the state of Oaxaca, I surely discovered some differences: 1) Climate and landscapes are different. When it's already dry and brown in Guerrero, it's still nice and green in Oaxaca. The air is also drier! 2) Speed bumps that we call topes in Guerrero, are called reductores in Oaxaca. 3) Food: There are a lot of dishes that are the same, but just have completely different names. Basically Oaxaca loves a sauce called Mole and they seem to put it in ...

... in foam and everytime you ran out, there was someone there selling another canister. I probably bought about 10 canisters myself. When we were about to leave, Pete got attacked by a random group of children that foamed and confetti'd him. There are tons of super funny pictures that Marald, Pete and Monica have, and I can't wait to share them with you. Mostly they're Pete and myself trying to attack each other with foam. We tried to head back to the hostel ...

... good, and Amy enjoyed trips to the local restaurant that served bagels. Ever since entering Mexico, tropical storm Arthur had played havoc with the weather and it rained alot most days, which also hampered our efforts to go and explore. We decided to head to the beach. Chiapas's premier spot to sit and relax on the beach...Puerta Arista on the pacific coast. We got on a bus, 5 hours to Tonala, where we would hop on a collectivo and head to the beach resort. Tonala was not the most ...

... for an hour, it was a lot harder than I thought, but a good hard. It was the perfect challenge. I also have to say I was the best J. Maybe because I was the youngest though, the instructor was the best, but I was the best student at it. Go me! Then I walked with Stewart to my street and also stopped by the supermarket. The supermarket is in a strip center, exactly like America, there is a really cute boutique too so I stopped in there tried on a dress, but it ...

... still there. Apart from that, I shall add to the portrait gallery: Tyron, the Australian guy traveling for 5 years: worked 7 years as a delivery man without vacation or girl friend (sad), and travels using the interest of the money he earned. T., the Danish journalist looking to change her life, who went for a 5 months vacation around Mexico and the US. Boris I gave her your email I hope it's OK (I'm sure it is) she gets to SF on ...

... full of people, most of them backpacker-types, opening up the secondary regions of Mexico for the tourist hordes to follow. This is also the crafts center of Mexico, and played an important secondary role in my fledgling import business, after Guatemala, an activity only experimented with in these my first early forays. But I don&#8217;t have time to stay like last year. If I slow down, I&#8217;ll never make it to South America.