Suites Colibri Oaxaca
Privada de las Flores 109, off Calz. Heroes de Chapultepec Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, 68050, Mexico
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Monte Albán - Zapotec Ruin
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Monte Albán is famous for its bas-reliefs. They are called Los
Danzantes (The Dancers) though the depictions are not of dancers. The
figures in the bas-reliefs are thought to be captured and
tortured/killed enemies of the Zapotec. Frequently castrated. Ick.
Anyway in another building (J) or the observatory (thought to be so
because its the only building not on a true north/south alignment) has
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From Oaxaca to Puebla
... another on these overpasses siting on these 300 to 400 feet tall stilts like you see in the cartoons. It was not something I was looking forward to cross with a bus that shifts a lot. I'm not sure if the ride up and down Taxco was worse or not.
And one wonders how the heck did they they built these. Maybe it was the same aliens that build the pyramids. But we did make it to Puebla in one piece with pants unsoiled.
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Starting our Mexican adventure!
... Our taxi driver was so sweet and gave us a very personalised tour and was clearly enjoying showing us his country. We also stopped off at a weaving village on the way back which was actually really interesting. Every colour that they make is completely natural from various plants/roots and we saw the entire process from the crushing of the ingredients, mixing with limestone, dying the sheep wool and then weaving the ...
Can't believe it has been a week!!!!
... staying in is the cheeriest, most sunshiney house I have ever been in! The themes are peach and orange and the sun shines in from the many doors and windows (all barred of course). And hands down, the first meal she prepared me was the best meal I had ever eaten in my entire life.
~That night was the first time Oliva saved my life (i anticipate many more occasions to come): She had to pull me out ...
Spanish school in Oaxaca
... the size of a dinner plate filled with meats and cheese and vegetables and grilled over a charcoal fire. This is apparently a traditional Oaxacan dish and it was really quite good though we found it to be more than we could finish. Oaxaca itself is a big city of 50,000 that sprawls through a mountain valley and so it is quite a bit cooler than the coast. The central portion where we are is all cobbled streets and with the exception of ...


