Posada Margarita Oaxaca
Labastida 115 Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
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... while I went upstairs to get cash out of an ATM. All of a sudden one of the customs guys comes running up the stairs asking if I have our paper work. I tell him that Mike has it completely forgetting that I have the passports and entry docs in my coat pocket. The customs guy goes back downstairs and waits with Mike while I get our money. I get downstairs and then remember that I have the ...
Time Out
... organisations and volunteer associations all looking to fill the void and ensure Oaxaca looks after its capital's UNESCO declared World Heritage Status, the indigenous peoples who make up the majority of the state population, the limited natural resources, and for many, achieving this while remaining true to the socialist roots of the Mexican Revolution.
Sixteen different languages are spoken in this region that ...
Oaxaca
... a shed load of churches and cathedrals.
Our main activity was to book a local taxi driver to take us on a big tour of the ancient Mayan ruins which surround the city. This included a visit to Monte Alban, Mitla and Yagul. They’ll probably all look the same in the photos but each one had their own characteristics and it was brilliant to start seeing the ancient ...
First days in Oaxaca
... with masks on- I think they're luchadors?
-I decided that my favorite person to "people watch" is a rubber chicken salesman in the city center.
-A lot of people call me Wendy, because it's hard for them to pronounce Lindsey. Oh well :)
-Mom, can you and Dad please adopt a Mexican child?...
-It is already getting to be difficult to write in English. I keep using y, cion and dad. woops
Hope you're all doing well,
Lindsey
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A Day in the Country
... lunch to study on our own. We have even begun to wake up at night thinking about Spanish phrases.
Today we took a tour through the countryside with 4 Mexicans 1 Greek and 1 Argentine and I must say that the Spanish we have learned still did not allow us to understand more than bits and pieces of what was going on around us in the bus. You feel rather lonely when they say something and then all laugh about it; but maybe if we keep working ...


