To Oaxaca
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 16:00
With only 2 days of Spanish lessons remaining, I’m going to try to and get caught up a bit before heading to Guatemala. Puerto Escondido looked like it would have been a sleepy little fishing village at one time. Now, there’s a large tourist section down by the bay. Still, it was a nice place to stop for the night on my way to Oaxaca.
Puerto Escondido
I posted a video for the road to Oaxaca, but this is one of the valleys you ride through.
Valley leading to Oaxaca
Road to Oaxaca
Along the way, you ride through many mountain villages
Mountain Pueblo
Oaxaca is a city I could have easily spent a week in, as there are so many things to see and do.
The first day, I spent in El Centro checking out the marcado and iglesias (churches).
Santo Domingo
Catherdral in Oaxaca
Chocolate mills
Oaxaca mercado
Fried grasshoppers
Dried chiles
As well as the people and venders
Then off the ruins of Monte Alban and Mitla…..
Great pictures. The valley is so green that hard to believe it is for real...
So is the grasshopper any good?