I know it has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Photos take a long time to upload here in Mexico. So, I am not sharing my experience very visually. I am trying little by little to upload some of the best. These are photos from my first week in Mexico in Oaxaca.
I arrived on January 26 to the city of Oaxaca. On the 27th, I started to explore.
The first thing I was struck by was the art everywhere.
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| No caption necessary. |
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| Art installation by a Mexican artist showing the emmigration of people from his village |
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| Mural in Nikki's backyard |
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| Mural in front of Nikki's apartment |
Next it was the architecture and history of the streets
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| Typical street in Oaxaca |
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| Above windows on my walk to Spanish school |
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| Museum de Santo Domingo |
The music and dance poured out onto the streets.
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| San Jarocho |
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| Traditional dance from a surrounding community |
And of course the food, which will be getting its own post one of these days...
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| Tlayudas and guacamole |
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| Homemade salsa |
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Homemade breakfast
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I only started to scratch the surface of day trips possible from Oaxaca.
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| Arbol de Tule- possibly the world's oldest tree |
Maybe I need to get this car, so I can take more day trips to explore the surrounding mountains.
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| My fantasy |
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| Receding sun over Oaxaca |
I am at the beach now. I just finished a week in Mazunte, and am settling into Zipolite. The coast is teaching me so much, but I do look forward to exploring the city more when my ears get too full of sand to receive more lessons from the waves.
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