Real Del Fortin Oaxaca

PANIC! In all seriousness, the first person to die in Mexico from swine flu died less than a mile down the road from where I live :-/ People wore masks for about a week, and school was canceled for a week (a week and a half for elementary). I did stay mostly at home for that week, but more because I had nothing to do, and less because I was afra...

I haven't updated this in a little while - I also haven't done anything of any significance in a little while. I'm finally recovered from my sickness, and I'll be traveling to Boston in 3 days to visit Gordon College. A reminder - I'm pretty regularly posting pictures up to my flickr. Check that out often if you're interested. However, since my ...

Here's the way Yesterday went down for me. I woke up around 10:30... took some pictures, did some yard work in the garden, and then took off for my grand tour of the city. Oaxaca is one of the coolest cities I have ever been to. Its got European, Colonial, and Latin American influences throughout. The vibrant colors and abundant graffiti are awe...

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Week 2 Monday, arrived into Oaxaca on the nightbus from Mexico city about an hour ahead of schedule. All in all a strange experience. Alot of people travel by night in Mexico as it saves time and accomodation and the service is a slick operation. There are different classes of service (2nd,1st and 1st plus) and getting a bus is like catching fli...

we have been extremely lazy the last few days, and want to take in a little bit of culture, so we catch a short bus ride out of oaxaca up to Mount Alban. i get a bit perturbed at the 1.90 pound busfair... English prices... at least it is a return ticket....lol Mount Alban is the mountain itself, and used to be a city around 200BC to 400AD. it wa...

Accommodation

While here I stayed at Hotel Chocolate, Javier Mina No. 212, Tel: (951) 5165760. www.chocolatedeoaxaca.com.mx This excellent budget hotel is three blocks from the Zocalo, with all rooms being well maintained and nicely furnished. All had cable TV but I don't think any offered private bathrooms. Their current rates were 20...

Oaxaca Oaxaca Oaxaca--such a fun name to say. (wah-hah-cah). oh yeah. it amazes me how different all the states in mexico really are. i think a lot of folks south of the border think that all americans live in big houses in big cities with pools and hamburgers and a lot of money and cars and movies and extra weight. which is very true for a lot ...

Becs 26/5: We took the luxury bus service of ADO GL from Mexico City to Oaxaca which was 6 hours. All pretty easy, got a taxi to our accommodation at El Quitoje http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetail s.php/ElQuijote-Oaxaca-20670 and were greeted by the nicest Meixcan couple who didnīt speak much English but we later found out that they had star...

For the first time during our travelling in Mexico we decided to take a 2nd class bus from Puerto Escondido to Oaxaca. The main reason was that this way the ride took "only" 7 hours, while the 1st class bus needs 11 hours because it takes a better, longer way. It was an interesting experience - old, very beaten up bus, no air-con and the road bu...