Hotel Calli Oaxaca

... at the volcanoes around Antigua. Itīs good to swap stories and advice! Anywhooooo, we are planning on making a speedy dash through Mexico as its relatively expensive compared to other places and we want to hit Guatemala and some Spanish lessons pretty soon. Got an 11 hour bus journey tonight (costing 25 pounds!) to the next stop - San Cristobal de Las Casas. Until then, take it easy guys, Katie - sounds like that exhibition was really interesting! Byeeeeeeee x

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 ...

... eines mexikanischen Mitreisenden. Er v**raet uns **st im Nachhinein, dass das Salz-Chili-Gemisch, in das die Zitrone kurz vor dem Hineinbeissen getaucht wird, auss**dem auch g**oesteten und g**iebenen Wurm enthaelt. Gen**ell sind g**oestete Wu**m**, Grashuepf** und and**e Insekten offenbar eine Delikatesse in Oaxaca und w**den viel auf den Ma**kten angeboten. Wir belassen es bei uns**** einen etwas unfreiwilligen Kostprobe. *schuettel* Ein Tag bleibt uns noch, bevor wir weit ...

... Christobal de Las Casas in Chiapas it was a smoke filled church that was the highlight of our visit.

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’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 ...

... Oaxacan version of tequilla and is made from an agave plant but a different one to tequilla. They make it in such an old fashioned way, even have a horse pulling a grinding stone ina circle to grinds the smoked leaves. Anyway, it tastes good (like tequilla) and the mix that you lick after is a mix of salt, chilli and crushed up agave worm. Oh yeah, and while I was tasting worm I figured I may as well taste the loacl speciality - fried ...

Week 2 Monday, arrived into Oaxaca on the nightbus from Mexico city about an hour ahead of schedule. All in all a strange experience. Alot of people travel by night in Mexico as it saves time and accomodation and the service is a slick operation. There are different classes of service (2nd,1st and 1st plus) and getting a bus is like catching flight without the waiting around. You need to check you luggage in and hope it gets to the other side ...

... down the highway and there are castles here and castles there. He speaks really good Spanish so he was handy to have around, but that was about it. Pete, Britain: Heīs asian, 30 years old, I donīt know where in Britain heīs from, but heīs very laid back and nice. He likes beer and surfing and was headed out to the coast before he came to Oaxaca so he could surf and will be headed out to Puerto Escondido like me after he comes to Oaxaca. He ...

... Oh and then one day he was walking around school with no shoes on and then he pulled a chair up next to me and put his feet on the seat of my chair, right next to my legs! It was gross. Then the guy on the other side of him got up so he put his feet on his chair and started picking at his feet! And I have to spend 5 hours a day in class with this guy. And he is the kind of person that questions everything the teacher says like he has been learning Spanish for years or ...

... it that made me bored out of my mind. But there were a lot of pretty views from the church so that was my favorite part. Afterward we went to Italian coffee and then did a little shopping. Then after mass was over I met up with Kara to have lunch and get me some things I needed. For the rest of they day I pretty much did nothing, I was really bored. I just read and messed around on the internet. Rhonda came by my room ...

... the cab driver was a fault. Nothing we could prove under the circumstances. I was just happy to be safe and away from the cops. It was not a pleasant experience. The cops here are CREEPY! When I returned to my apartment in the morning and asked what was up with the door the previous night, the owner, Fernando, started talking to me like he was my father. Most of you out there probably know, that is NOT a good way ...