Casa Colonial Oaxaca City Mexico

... That's a bit much for me and a pretty big contrast with the very laid back ambiance of San Miguel de Allende... but the city of Oaxaca is filled with beauty and remarkable architecture, and the food is simply the best we've had in Mexico so far. Although ...

... breathtaking views and cool, clean water.  Well worth the drive.  (The site is located about 70 kilometers east of Oaxaca city, past Mitla, near San Lorenzo Albarradas.  Relatively small amounts of water -- which, despite the name, is not ...

... but our Homer Simpson GPS announces 7 hours and unfortunately it appears to be correct. By stopping in Cuernavaca one hour South of Mexico City we went away from the main freeway axis and we're stuck on regular roads. This means crossing mountains with ...

... breakfast room and was invited to sit at the table with 3 other very nice older ladies. Two of which lived in Mexico City and this was their first time in Oaxaca, and the third was from Denver.  I had a really nice meal with them for the 45 minutes ...

Today was a long day flying into Oaxaca with a 6 hour stay in Aeropuerto Benito Juarez in Mexico City.  At the airport I went to Gandhi, which is Mexico's national bookstore chain, and bought a couple of Spanish novels, one written by a ...

Hello Hello Hello! Currently typing (at a more relaxed pace - internet is free here hoorah!) in the city of Oaxaca about 6 hours South of Mexico City. Itīs a really beautiful town compared to the noise and pollution of Mexico City, it seems a bit like an ...

... when I checked out we drove to the airport along nearly deserted streets. I had three hours transit in Mexico City before my connecting flight to Oaxaca left, but luckily noticed that there was an American Express lounge above one of the duty free ...

... of the ruins on the agenda. We all but ignored Christmas and on Christmas Day drove to our final destination, the wonderful colonial city of Antigua where we spent 3 nights exploring the many buildings and churches and generally chilling out to gather the ...

... any time of day or night. Wow! Oaxaca, pronounced "Wahaka" (could never have guessed that :-)  is a really lovely Colonial city, complete with the mandatory square or two, giant and beautiful churches on every other corner, friendly people, street ...

... and reminded me somewhat of going up the Empire State in New York. It really gives the impression of how enormous Mexico City is, stretching almost as far as you can see in all directions , aswell as aerial views of some of the landmark ...

... cookie, split it and offer Mai a quarter-cookie. She eats hers as I gulp mine. The body of Christ. Peace. Amen. We cross the Oaxaca city limit, at last. Mai asks: "How come every time we enter the outskirts of a Mexican town it smells like crap?". I ...

... grow here, and it is an attractive community with cobblestone streets and clusters of colourful colonial-style buildings, shops, and restaurants on every block. Oaxaca is famous for its chocolate, and cheese. While the latter doesn't particularly ...

... right. After a half hour, it was determined the van was fit to go and we continued on our windy adventure. Oaxaca is a classic colonial town filled with churches and skinny sidewalks. I was ecstatic to arrive after that bus ride and instantly hailed a ...

... all the way back to the hostel.  Took the metro and a bus to reach Teotihuacan, large set of ruins outside of Mexico city. A huge site, with some very impressive ruins, the actual city is spread out over 23 square kilometers, but there is only about ...

... , looking across at serried ranks of mountains extending into the hazy distance in all directions. Oaxaca itself turned out to be another large and bustling colonial city with many handsome stone architectural highlights, but the shady plazas and outdoor ...

... was interesting - huge recreations of parts of temples, artifacts from dozens of the different groups that have lived in Mexico, divided up by Oaxaca region, Teotihuacan, the Maya, history on the very first people in the region, etc. I got an English ...

... , or "Zihua" as the locals call it, is a fairly new city. There are no giant cathedrals or colonial buildings like you would find in Mexico City or Oaxaca. Up until the early to mid 20th century it was just a small fishing village. But with the Mexican ...

... i did get around to going to Spanish school. It was really hard, i only lasted a week! i choose to study in Oaxaca city in southern Mexico. it is famed for its Spanish schools and laid back city life. Oaxaca is a beautiful city, with great colonial ...

... back up towards the US. I know he means it.   Today's travel takes us to Cuernavaca, South of Mexico City. Our next destination is really Oaxaca but it is too far without an intermediate stop. We decided to skip Mexico - an 8.8 million people ...

... some antibiotics and this evening (the day after) I am already feeling much better. Our original plan was to leave for Oaxaca (Pacific Coast of Mexico right at the south) tomorrow but now we are just going to chill here and see the centre of the city and ...