Back to Oaxaca: VWs Everywhere!
August 26, 2017
PortMoresby returns to Oaxaca, Mexico for another lingering escape from real life.
PortMoresby returns to Oaxaca, Mexico for another lingering escape from real life.
At the end of a journey to Oaxaca, Mexico, and possibly a new chapter in her travel life, PortMoresby comes to some conclusions and ponders some lessons learned. And more pictures, of course.
Not just any market, Mercado de Abastos on a Saturday morning, numbers swelled by sellers and buyers from the countryside, is said to be the largest in Mexico. Intimidated, PortMoresby reports on a Tuesday.
Located on 5 acres in the city center, within the walls of the former Santo Domingo Monastery, the Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca is a remarkable collection of plants, in the state with the greatest biodiversity in Mexico.
Saving some of the best for near the end of her trip, PortMoresby visits the huge former monastery that is now the Cultural Center and its treasures.
During the months of preparation for my trip to Oaxaca, I wrote ” It remains to be seen if archeological sites are in my future but, as an activity of which I’ve never partaken, I really should give it a go.”
When I began planning my visit to Oaxaca, I knew nothing about mezcal beyond having heard or read the word. I discovered early on in my research that the beverage is the distilled product of the agave, also called maguey, plant…
Every indicator points to Oaxaca being a sophisticated place, with posters everywhere announcing music, dance and theater performances, art events, film festivals, and most importantly, as far as I’m concerned, many opportunities to buy…
A great number of things in Mexico are named for the country’s most beloved historical leader, Benito Juarez, born in a Zapotec village in the State of Oaxaca. It’s fitting, then, that the original market in the city is named…
Street Food While I didn’t partake this trip, vendors selling food from carts on street corners definitely have a following. Sitting down at a table seems easier to me but if I return to Oaxaca I plan to seek out adventures…
PortMoresby returns to Oaxaca, Mexico for another lingering escape from real life.
At the end of a journey to Oaxaca, Mexico, and possibly a new chapter in her travel life, PortMoresby comes to some conclusions and ponders some lessons learned. And more pictures, of course.
Not just any market, Mercado de Abastos on a Saturday morning, numbers swelled by sellers and buyers from the countryside, is said to be the largest in Mexico. Intimidated, PortMoresby reports on a Tuesday.
Located on 5 acres in the city center, within the walls of the former Santo Domingo Monastery, the Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca is a remarkable collection of plants, in the state with the greatest biodiversity in Mexico.
Saving some of the best for near the end of her trip, PortMoresby visits the huge former monastery that is now the Cultural Center and its treasures.
During the months of preparation for my trip to Oaxaca, I wrote ” It remains to be seen if archeological sites are in my future but, as an activity of which I’ve never partaken, I really should give it a go.”
When I began planning my visit to Oaxaca, I knew nothing about mezcal beyond having heard or read the word. I discovered early on in my research that the beverage is the distilled product of the agave, also called maguey, plant…
Every indicator points to Oaxaca being a sophisticated place, with posters everywhere announcing music, dance and theater performances, art events, film festivals, and most importantly, as far as I’m concerned, many opportunities to buy…
A great number of things in Mexico are named for the country’s most beloved historical leader, Benito Juarez, born in a Zapotec village in the State of Oaxaca. It’s fitting, then, that the original market in the city is named…
Street Food While I didn’t partake this trip, vendors selling food from carts on street corners definitely have a following. Sitting down at a table seems easier to me but if I return to Oaxaca I plan to seek out adventures…