Hotel Casa Antigua Oaxaca

... in the <br>road for over 2 hours before the protesters finally gave up. At no stage did anyone in the <br>jam show any sign of frustration or anger towards these people so guess it must be quite a <br>common thing. In the UK there would have been serious arm waving, finger gestures and <br>shouting when finally passing the protestors! <br>All I know is that it was something to do with a school. I'm sure the people will be happy<br>to know they waisted a good few hours of my life ...

... US$185 to US$100, the policia finally understood we were either too stubborn or too ignorant to be an easy dollar, so all six took off to look for their next 'lawbreaker'. The highlight of the stop came after the policia had just left and we tipped the passerby translator (who had been previously deported out of Memphis, Tennessee). He said in heavy Spanish accent, "I love America!!" and took off. Look for him soon in a town near ...

Oaxaca est très accueillante. C'est dans cette région que les Mayas ont maîtrisé l'usage du cacao, surnommé "le breuvage des Dieux". Tout plein de chocolateries sillonnent les rues, conconctant du choco tout frais en moulinant des fèves de cacao fraîchement torréfiées. Ca sent bon sur certains coins de rue...  Le Chiapas et la ruine Palenque étant trop long à s'y rendre finalement, en raison des routes sinueuses dans la Cordillère des ...

... in both Zacatecas and Oaxaca we ran into cloudy weather but no rain.<br><br>When I look at my brief reflections written at the Coffee Beans &#8211; Café Organico Oaxaqueño (5 de Mayo no. 400c) over an excellent cup of Oaxacan coffee, I am somewhat surprised by the following entry:<br><br>Oaxaca<br>- frantic traffic<br>- no regard for pedestrians<br><br>In addition I made the following comment:<br><br>No matter how nice a place is, and Oaxaca is nice, you can only walk around ...

... or bead necklaces, maybe this says something about how we look together... who knows! Tried our first load of proper mexican food, is very different from in the UK. Plus not really sure what most of it is! Pretty difficult to write stuff that´s actually going to be interesting for you to read so think I will just put up a load of photos! Next step: overnight bus to Tapachula in South Mexico (close to the Guatemala Border)

... safe arrival. We barely made it home for lunch today. We had a tomato noodle soup and a delicious baked green pepper with a hot sauce (aren't all sauces here hot?) and cheese in it. Dessert was an apple. Again we were rather hungry but decided to go out to dinner. ICO arranged a couple of local tour options for their students this coming Saturday and Sunday. So after lunch and a siesta, Neal and I walked back to the ...

... patches (no joke, I´m not making one bit of this up, I saw each and every one of those things). The movie playing was Because I Love You, which I´ve seen in English and hated, but in Spanish when I can´t tell what they´re saying, isn´t quite so bad. I fell asleep at the beginning of the next movie, Legend of the Fall (because I do even when it´s in English, that movie is boring) and when I woke up again, we were driving directly through the mountains. Gorgeous ...

... 100% Natural, that place is so good! The prices are medium but the portions they give you are huge! Then I went home to take a nap because I really don't feel well. I'm at a café now using the internet and trying to feel better! They are playing this great French music I really like it and they randomly play Johnny Cash too, i love it! Well that is all for today I am going to drink my orange and papaya smoothie and eat my quesadillas. I'll be home Friday I can't wait! Bye bye!

... but it's frustrating when everyone is talking around you, but its only my first day so I need to be patient. I really want to go to school and meet some more people; Kara is leaving in a week so I won't have her. I miss the States though! We are going out to a discotecca tonight which is just a club to go dancing. I'm not sure how much dancing I'll be doing more like drinking. Another weird thing is everyone's dogs live on the roof, every house has stairs ...

... mountain roads, but for the complete difference in landscape and the appearance of the people, one could be anywhere in the third world. The road to Hierve el Agua is, one might say, precarious. We took a canopied ute similar to the sawng-thaews of Thailand up, and up, and up a mountain road that resembles my mother's hair. Twisting and turning around blind corners with no stopping bays one can only hold on and hope that the ...