Hotel Casa Arnel
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Dec 30:
Arrived in Oaxaca around 12:30 …
Oaxaca
Arrive in almost Oaxaca early in the morning. The bus couldn't go in to the city because the teacher was striking and blocking all the traffic. No information stopped in nowhere. A Mexican girl help me and we took a cab which drove up the mountains and down throw narrow roads in to the Oaxaca bus station. The cab driver was helpful but how come he …
Monte Alban
The hotel we're staying at is really nice and quiet (except for some crickets), so after a good night of sleep and a scrambled eggs breakfast, we headed out to Monte Alban, an old Zapotec city, perched on top of a mountain here in Oaxaca. Three cabs were waiting for us outside the hotel, and after about a 15 minute drive we reached the entrance of …
Our very own triathlon
This morning we got picked up by the people from the bike rental place. They had a minivan but also a really old Jeep, from around 1980, which looked cool, but turned out to be pretty leaky when it started raining on the way back. Our first stop was at what is said to be the biggest tree in the world, not in height, but in width. And it sure was a …