Daily Archives: January 5, 2008

Last post for today is a short, and stunningly rubbish video of some of the scenes I witnessed in Oaxaca. The city at night, Monte Alban, and a little bit showing how they turn coco beans into chocolate. Yes, I … Continue reading →

The last stop before we got back to the hostel was to see El Tule, the worlds biggest tree. And the very fine church at Santa Maria that sits next to it. The interior of the church is stunning – … Continue reading →

On the return from Mitla we stopped at a few more places of interest. First up was a quaint little town famed for its hand woven wool rugs, made in time honoured tradition with natural dyes. I managed to get … Continue reading →

New Years Day, and not content with one set of awesome ruins already visited on this trip, we set off to Mitla, another Zapotec (originally) settlement. We took Family Collantine from Portland with us, which can’t have been comfortable for … Continue reading →

After a long day doing a lot of walking around Monte Alban, we had a decision to make – where to go to cheer in the New Year. We had two options. To go into Oaxaca’s Centro Historico and try … Continue reading →