Only three days?
Its only been three days since I wrote last but it feels like much much more, partially because I have done a lot. I arrived in Oaxaca City at 6:30 on Wednesday morning. I don`t think I really like the night travel thing so much because you don`t really save much time out of the day...you get there tired and needing a nap. So, it was a slight adventure to find a hostel that was open at that hour and that had space, but with the help of a nice taxista, I finally checked into a posada. I decided that the ambience wasn`t quite my thing, so I checked into a different hostal last night called Hostal Luz de Luna.
So, the first day I spent mostly wondering around the city and its 3 main markets. In the afternoon, I was thinking about going to Monte Alban, but after a conversation with a shopkeeper, decided to go to a pueblito called Zaachila. I had to find the collectivos, which are taxis that pack in people and charge 10 pesos to go about 30 minutes away. The town was small, and I was one of 3 tourists there. There is a small archeological sight there, and a brightly colored church. I ate some mole con pollo at a comedor, while I watched the people selling verduras y frutas in front of a market that seemed mostly abandoned. It was interesting...amongst the small indigenous women and bike taxis, the town was specked with signs saying "computadora" y "internet". A few buildings on the outskirts of town were covered with grafitti dipicting the area`s indiginous roots (it was actually really well done too).
The highlights of the rest of the past few days (I`m getting tired of writing right now):
Yesterday....first I tried some champulines (fried crickets) and a delicious mole tamale that I bought from una anciana en el mercado. I went to a Museum that had a lot of artists from Oaxaca in it. Then....I saw Marcos!! (those of you who were on the Guate trip know what I´m talking about). Yesterday the EZLN was here in Oaxaca City, and it was quite an event. There caravan is composed of old trucks, a van or two, and some cars. In total, there are like 10 or15 automobiles. It was such a surreal experience! I was like100 feet away from the stage.
Today, I went to Monte Alban, a trip that took about 4 hours in total. I went with a French girl I met in the hostal. Afterwards, we went back to one of the markets to eat. Now I´m here, trying to remember everything I`ve done, and figure out how to download photos. I think I have kind of got it...we`ll see.
So, the first day I spent mostly wondering around the city and its 3 main markets. In the afternoon, I was thinking about going to Monte Alban, but after a conversation with a shopkeeper, decided to go to a pueblito called Zaachila. I had to find the collectivos, which are taxis that pack in people and charge 10 pesos to go about 30 minutes away. The town was small, and I was one of 3 tourists there. There is a small archeological sight there, and a brightly colored church. I ate some mole con pollo at a comedor, while I watched the people selling verduras y frutas in front of a market that seemed mostly abandoned. It was interesting...amongst the small indigenous women and bike taxis, the town was specked with signs saying "computadora" y "internet". A few buildings on the outskirts of town were covered with grafitti dipicting the area`s indiginous roots (it was actually really well done too).
The highlights of the rest of the past few days (I`m getting tired of writing right now):
Yesterday....first I tried some champulines (fried crickets) and a delicious mole tamale that I bought from una anciana en el mercado. I went to a Museum that had a lot of artists from Oaxaca in it. Then....I saw Marcos!! (those of you who were on the Guate trip know what I´m talking about). Yesterday the EZLN was here in Oaxaca City, and it was quite an event. There caravan is composed of old trucks, a van or two, and some cars. In total, there are like 10 or15 automobiles. It was such a surreal experience! I was like100 feet away from the stage.
Today, I went to Monte Alban, a trip that took about 4 hours in total. I went with a French girl I met in the hostal. Afterwards, we went back to one of the markets to eat. Now I´m here, trying to remember everything I`ve done, and figure out how to download photos. I think I have kind of got it...we`ll see.
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