Parador San Miguel Oaxaca

... with the baggage guys trying to locate it. There was nothing for it but to go into town and check in to a room. Í had all my valuables, but had to spend the evening in my sweaty bus clothes and hope it would be there in the morning. Luckily it was. *breathe a sigh of relief* - if that was Asia i don´t think i would have seen it again.<br><br>Veracruz is a sweaty little sea side ...

... out forms that didn't come in an English version and apparently had something to do with 'Swine Flu'.  I checked 'no' for several boxes that I wasn't able to decipher, in hopes that I wasn't mistakenly admitting to being a carrier of the newest media craze.  Upon flagging someone down and showing them the time on my itinerary, it turned out that I got to skip the mouth-swab line altogether, which I certainly didn't shed a tear about.  We were transferred to the 'express&#8217 ...

Couple of hours south is the prettily situated town in a lush green valley, stopping off point for the archeologocal site of Three Zapotes, 15km out of town. Had breakfast & saw the 3.4m (the biggest) Olmec head in the plaza & still the rain had not let up, so abandoned plans for the trek to the site.

Long before I started galavanting around Asia I galavanted around the SW US. Some tales. All the dates will be wrong. So I'll keep after the Asia stuff while I wade through the old blogs. This incident predates even those. I ...

... onion. Maria was our teacher and Miss Henshall (Senora) kept us all honest - Espanol Espanol Espanol... nothing like a bit of immersion. We went to a local park - man that was hot. then back to the Spanish language class - two hours of Espanol full on.. with some interesting social commentary!! We found that suitably challenging.. Finally we were done - and went to see some local markets and the cathedral Santa ...

... Once again, I have so much more to say than I could possibly add to these blogs, but I'll have to leave you with a few final thoughts. 1. I am amazed by the people and opportunities God provides for me, and each day I'm trying to do a better job seizing them. 2. I'm quite fond of my new friend AT, and my months living alone in Thailand have given me even more appreciation ...

... would have it, the majestic building is a renovated textile mill.<br><br>I can only imagine that the Mexican artist Franciso Toledo had a hand in the beautiful surrounding of the former mill. To me the real beauty was around the building as I like architecture and landscaping. This was among the best that I have seen. <br><br>I doubt that the scene would have been as beautiful on a rainy day but to return to one of my favourite themes, it is hard to beat the ...

I came to Oaxaca in 2003, but the modern equivalent seemed nothing like I remembered...I can't have destroyed that many brain cells in the last 5 years surely?! Granted a great deal of the city centre has since been rebuilt due to the bloody demonstrations a couple of years ago when teacher led riots escalated into armed fighting by police and left wing radicals and ...

... pot-holes! We are enroute from San Cristobal to San Miguel de Allende. We overnighted in Cordoba, the coffee center, but it was really just a nine hour day of driving since we both want to get to San Miguel and kick back for a bit. So, we are driving for two full days without much sight seeing. Needless to say, the bus is holding on strong!

Once you've got a load to carry, the last thing you want to do is travel. You want to get where you&#8217;re going as fast as you can. So I bypass all the little stops along the way, even the big stop in Mexico City, opting instead for the coastal route through Veracruz. I didn&#8217;t ...