Las Golondrinas Oaxaca

We left sleepy Puerto Escondido after having had a wonderful day there, what a cool little town! Jess had told me that the road to Oaxaca would be windy and we would probably have to go quite slow, which was fine by me... I thought....However the road was extremely windy and I ended up feeling a bit "car sick" on the motorcycle. Didn't know that was even possible!! However the scenery was so stunning that I quickly forgot about my nausea and was completely lost in the valleys beneath us and t...

I've been very busy these last few days drawing like a maniac. Soon enough, our project will be done, and we're off to Puerto Escondido. We are renting a little villa on a cliffside with a private beach. It's only $100/night between 4 people. It should be tons of fun. Anyway, I'm listing some hotels with information for those of you who are still interested in visiting. These places are a great deal, especially if you can share with others. Hopefully people are still interested in coming, but...

After two days here, we're getting definite impressions of the people and place. Mostly, we've been walking around, observing. Handmade textiles are everywhere, and of amazing quality and colors and patterns. Much of this is part of the traditions reaching back to the indigenous cultures prior to the Spanish conquest. And there are several indigenous cultures and languages represented here in Oaxaca...16, in fact. Art and food are also highly developed. Many people seem prosperous, but there ...

I'll get to the travelogue stuff shortly, but the current situation is that Nancy departed the breakfast table suddenly this morning to visit our bathroom and be sick (both coming and going, if you know what I mean). Aurora, the sweet and wonderful co-owner of the bed and breakfast where we're staying, brewed some chamomile tea for her, and she rested while I wandered off across the city to a Saturday market, which proved elusive. The central markets, where I stopped off on my return, proved ...

Good news! Nancy is much improved today, having rested (but having missed out on much that Oaxaca has to offer) and watched her inputs. We've decided to stay here an extra day so that Nancy and I can do some of the things we came here to do, like visit the ancient site of Monte Alban. (I need to figure out how to do diacritical marks above letters in TravelPod...there should be one above the second "a" in Alban.) Yesterday, I spent time in the museum in the Santo Domingo church complex. A gre...

Last heard from, I was in Puerto Escondido. Now Iīm in Oaxaca city. There are mountains between those two points. Lots of mountains. High mountains. I could have flown over them. But I always appreciate a challenge, so I took a bus through them. I had heard that the 5-hour bus ride is gut-churning. I also considered that with all the torrential rains, the hillsides might be a bit loose. Perhaps even in the roadway in places. But the terrestrial route promised to be much more scenic, so thatīs...