Hostal de la Noria Oaxaca

... or chicken (chicken is not counted as meat here apparently), the waitress told me there was just one thing on the four page menu that I could eat - a cheese enchilada. It was minging. It was basically a bowl of dough with some Heinz tomato soup poured over it and some cheese grilled on top. Cheese seems to be in everything, it´s like cholesterol is one of the major food groups here and no meal is complete with bucketloads of it. Later I got lost trying to find my back to the hotel so I ...

Se all'andata ci siamo concessi un hotel con qualche stella, per la fase finale siamo approtadi ad un ostello.<br>Il letto è piccolo, una piazza e mezza stringata, ma il lenzuolo è ancora più piccolo! Un francobollo di cotone. Ci organizziamo dividendoci lenzuolo e coperta, almeno riusciamo a coprirci.<br>Oggi pomeriggio la piazza è piena di gente per i festeggiamenti del giorno dei morti, ci sono gli indios che fanno le loro danze rituali davanti ad altari decorati; molti ...

... town hall which started at 5. It was absolutely packed full of what seemed like the whole city - they had three national orhchestras and a salsa dancing competition in the centre it was a pretty lucky find! It seems strange how many people you meet that are doing similar (ish) journies through Central America - one girl has recommended going to Honduras to get involved with an iguana conservation project, another is heading to Guatemala to become an English speaking ...

Dearest Loyalest Readership, my sincerest apology for my recent lack of tasty blogs to satisfy your sophisticated travel blog palates. In complete honesty, I just really, really, haven't felt in the mood to blog. Sorry. Lets dive in to everything I've done in the 45 days since ...

... und diesmal reisen wir lieb** wied** auf eigene Faust. Wir steigen in einen lokalen Bus und fahren nach Zaachila, wo heute gross** Wochenmarkt ist. Es ist ein wirklich lokal** Markt, wo man Obst, Gemuese, rohes Fleisch, f**tiges Essen und jede Menge Haushaltswaren finden kann - ein sehr intensives Erlebnis. Bohnen und Mais w**den da schon mal direkt aus d** Schubkarre v**kauft, mit d** sie zum Markt gefahren wurden, die Kaktusblaett** w**den direkt am Gemuesestand entstachelt ...

... Christobal de Las Casas in Chiapas it was a smoke filled church that was the highlight of our visit.<br><br>One of the best indicators of how beautiful and interesting a destination was, is the number of photos we took. By that criterion Oaxaca takes first place. The entire city is a photographer&#8217;s delight in terms of architecture, texture and particularly colour. Often I found myself just taking photos of the rich colours that characterize this city. Our enthusiasm is ...

... kind of tasty as it is marinated in so much flavour but picking the legs out from between your teeth after is not much fun! I went to El Tule....which is where they claim to have the "largest single biomass in the world"...well apparently it is not but it is the biggest tree I have ever seen...not the tallest but it is 58m around the trunk. Pretty amazing stuff and I was well impressed! Then went onto Hierve El Agua (the ...

... as if they have marbles in their mouths while they speak Spanish. Its hard to understand. At any rate - we had a pretty long lay over in Mexico City. We arrived around 6am from LAX and our flight is scheduled to depart at 1230pm. Luckily, Angela and I were able to charm one of the girls at the front desk of the American Express lounge into letting us in. The lounge turned out to be the best thing that could've happen ...

... I got to the bus terminal at 10.20. I was aiming to get to Mexico city before dark (not sure if its just rumours but the city has to be approached with some caution. A population of 20 million and a few stories of kidnappings..including dodgy taxi's. The bus ride was $46 and lasted 7.5 hours. Not much to see outside durin the ride as it was pretty flat so slept and watched the usual film porvided (Night at the Museum..not bad, Eragorn..also not bad..but both in Spanish ...

... rode horseback across the desert steppes. they lived with a nomadic family for a week and recalled that the only trouble they had was digesting the decomposing cattle meat meals. from asia to south america, up through the central countries over 6 months put the fire in my belly to see as much of this planet as i possibly could. the morning stroll across viveros park, a huge expanse of forest in the southern suburbs gave me a glimpse of mexican culture in its purest ...