Jardines Del Lago Oaxaca

... straw hats.  While my eyes were elsewhere, someone planted one on my head.  It smelled so fresh, and reminded me of climbing hay bales as a child.  It made me smile to think about all the time that went into making hundreds of straw hats, just to decorate the crowd alongside the parade in solidarity with those actually marching.  Nothing like that happens in the U.S., unless of course, the objects being distributed are plastered with corporate logos.  I turned over the hat a few times ...

Late Tuesday evening, the Mexican government officially closed all archaeological sites including those in the Yucatan and Chiapas that has yet to report infection from the flu. What a time to be a traveler in Mexico.

We arrived at the ADO station at 4 a.m. and took a 40 pesos ride to the Nizadu Hostel. The owner notified the night shift of our coming and set up our room for us. They´ve only opened in November and it ...

... swimming to drink a lot then attempt you second ever time in water, don't you? Mia tells me the water was FREEZING, I don't remember! Anyway, I had a lovely time and I'm alive. Oaxaca day 2. Okay after waking and thinking I'd gone blind due to their not being ANY LIGHT IN THE BLOODY ROOM, we headed for breakfast in the square. Actually, all this talk of food has made me hungry....I'll continue this later on(8.10pm day 2)

... los Muertos, (the Day of the Dead, our All Saint's Day). Indians believe, (but everyone celebrates), that it is important for families to come together because all of their dead relatives are present to celebrate with them on that day. The ancient Indian custom was to visit the caves where their relatives were placed and replenish the food and flowers in the crypt. The Spanish disapproved and forced these "First Americans to bury ...

... Lips, Stone Temple Pilots and NIN playing, along with some heavy metall type Mexican bands. The atmosphere was amazing, it was very similar to a gig at home, just in Mexico really and much cheaper! All in all the day cost us (including ticket, travel to and from, food and beer inside) around 50 pounds each.. cant get that at home hey! The next day it was time for us to leave Mexico City and go to Acalpulco. Mark was most looking forward to this as I have been threatening ...

... I rode the 2 and half blocks to the parking garage, put my super-thick indestructible German-made cable lock around the bike and covered her up...it's only one night, but our trusty steed deserved the extra attention on her first overnighter without us. Everything safely stowed away we hit the zocalo (town square) on a busy Friday night...and the whole town was out! There was a young Mayan dance troop parading through town, local goth kids with ...

... nice to talk to! Anyway then I found a place to call the states where it is really cheap yay! I was supposed to have salsa today but not enough people signed up! I'm so mad! I have to go at 5:30 to sign up for my excursion tomorrow; we are going to Monte Albon and three other cities close to it. Time for lunch, bye! Ok! For lunch I had watermelon, salad, fried bananas, and chicken on the bone! Haha. The chicken had this green sauce over it, looked like green sauce from Mexican ...

... Z-I-N-G. Just writing about it makes my mouth water. All I need is a big fat grilled rib eye steak and a baked potato to compliment this creation, and the good Lawd could come and take me when I was done..... I am leaving here in 3 weeks and heading back to Puerto Escondido to finally take those surfing lessons I´ve been talking about for so long. I have been inland for a bit longer than I would like to ...

... without a hitch. This Park has become smaller and smaller over the years but is still the only place which can accomodate any RVs over 30 feet. There are only about 12 sites in all and those in the middle area are very small. Much of what used to be the Trailer Park is now a Comericial Building and parking lot. Another encroachment on this Park is more building construction. How long there ...

... got so bad we started throwing coins at him and shaking his bed....but nothing worked. We set off anyway at about 11am and when we got to the bus station we soon realised that we couldn´t get there on just one bus, and that we would have to go through Mexico City again and catch another one from there, so we were looking at a trip of around 15-16 hours! I wanted to check the price of a flight, as apparently the internal ones aren´t that dear, but we had no ...