Posada Margarita Oaxaca

... and hit the centre to get some breakfast.

Oaxaca had very much a reminiscence of we had just been in San Cristobal de las casas. A city set in the valleys full set alive by the brilliant colours of the crumbling buildings that splayed out from the main plaza with no real sense of order. Again a strong indigenous heritage was more than present but this time mixed in with a more bohemian charm with many galleries and craft stores tempting you in with every window display that you ...

... nice. The view was enchanting. Home, to bed... at midnight was awoken by someone yelling my name and banging on a downstairs door. I ran out (thankfully only half nude) and saw Simon downstairs! Woo Hoo! Not dead! He had been arrested for public drunkeness and having an open bottle of Mescal in his hands (he swears he was being quite reasonable when arrested). The cops gave him 2 black eyes while arresting him (throwing him to the ground ...

... time at, Oaxaca Christian School, for the first time. (p.s. - I have no idea who the people are in the video I just linked to, but I thought it was hilarious.)  My room mate (A.T. - more about this awesome guy later) and I were in charge of substitute teaching gym class for first through sixth grade. The wind was blowing at about 20 mph, so needless to ...

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New Year's Eve was very tame, just the usual Weds night dance and naturally, people letting off fireworks all through the night - many people have a family dinner, at home or in a restaurant and at midnight the tradition is to eat 12 grapes.

Haven't just confined myself to the delights of the city, have been out and about to 2 lots of Zapotec ruins (Monte Alban & Mitla - really not that different from all the Mayan ones seen previously!), a large tree (El ...

October 27, 2008 First day of classes. We both feel overwhelmed but are told by 'old timers' (those who been here at least a week) that next Monday we'll feel much better. My (Annette) teacher's name is Saśl. I thought everyone else caught on to everything he said so I thought I would wait until after class to ask him a question. However ...

... icomexico.com/ where we will take classes! Since we will be getting only two meals daily at our new home, we stopped for coffee and cake at a local café and then on to a shop to buy something to drink at home tonight. Instead, the owner of the shop invited us to sit down in the back of his shop and we talked together for about 30 minutes. We had a lovely time and are looking forward to exploring further tomorrow.

... is that this city was a political, militaristic site of religious ceremonies, rituals and tortured captives, which became more apparent when we visited the museum at the end and saw the state of some of the skulls they had found here in 1972. The entire city is based around a huge plaza area which is where the many ceremonies would have taken place, then at one end the city is dominated by the South Platform, a temple/pyramid built in AD 500 with a 40m wide base, then ...

Buenos Dias mis amigas! This morning for breakfast I had the same thing as Saturday, eggs with tomato, avocado, and beans. For the fruit we had the tuna, which is the color of a kiwi but has a ton of black seeds in it, but you eat the seeds. By the way just to let everyone know I am usually typing really fast when I write my blogs so my spelling and grammar is probably horrible, don't judge! I researched the teacher strike thing online last night and I found out is it no big deal, they ...

... a great fun. I went to visit El Tule last week. It is supposedly the largest tree in the world, estimated to be some 2000 years old. It is truly a spectacular sight, and the best analogy I can use for you all who are reading this that the trunk pretty much takes up an entire city block. It also plays host to an incredible amount of bird and bees, making this monster hum with life. It was quite a spectacular sight. I though we ...

... freeaing cold island whilst waiting for help. Today I visited my first ruins in Mexico, Monte Alban. I was quite impressed by the architecture and vastness of the old city. I bought myself a little jade necklace to fit in with the other nhippy travellers. Speaking of hippy travellers Ive decided to show you the lead up to my current facial hair. I don“t know how long Ill grow it because it is seedy but here it is. Cheers guys.