Oaxaca Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So yesterday after Spanish class, we accepted a ride from our maestro to el centro to buy our bus tickets for this morning's trip.  We were dropped off a few blocks from the zocalo due to the traffic, and ran smack into another parade.  This one had nothing to do with Christ on the cross, and featured several marching bands, colorfully decorated...

One of my friends down here, Joe Hadinger asked me to take his senior pictures for him. We went to the same place I took Hannah's pictures (the biggest, fanciest church downtown), and shot for a few hours. It was only my second attempt at taking portraits, but I'm pretty happy with the way a few of them turned out. We had a great time and Joe is...

A little about Oaxaca... The state of Oaxaca marks the break between North American central Mexico and Central America. Here the two chains of the Sierra Madre converge, to run on as a single range, through the country's narrowest point, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, right into South America and the Andes. The frequently barren landscapes of north...

It was an easy day of navigating today, as the road was well signed, which was an unexpected treat. We left the lush arable valleys behind, for a more mountainous desert environment with lots of towns and villages along the way. the villages gradually became less prosperous looking, unless you count the number of goats and burros along the roads...

Welcome to Oaxaca. This has been one of the most interesting stops on my trip and I almost didn´t come. Although it is a beautiful city in itself, my interest here at this time is purely political. Oaxaca has been dealing with a bit of a teachers strike for the past SIX months; at least, that´s how it started. At that point, it probably could ha...

So its been a few days, almost a week since we've been in Oaxaca, the home of Mezcal. Mezcal is a spirit made from cactus, similar to Tequila and just as disgusting. We left you last with our plans of visiting the meat market for dinner. Well after leaving the internet cafe we discovered that we were lost. Out came our trusty Lonely Planet and w...