| Page Views: 973 Last Visit to Oaxaca de Juárez: January, 2006 | Cacti and Cappuccinos by Marie-France - last update: Feb 7, 2006 |
Nothing but shunshine | A quiet pedestrian street |
Oaxaca is a colonial town located in the mountains about 6 hours by bus to the southeast of Mexico City. Its elevation (1778 m) gives it a dry climate with warm afternoons and cool evenings/mornings.
It's a sizeable city (300 000 inhabitants) and you can wander around on foot to your heart's content, admiring the colonial buildings, markets, and colourful walls and flowers.
I spent a week in Oaxaca and surrounding villages and archeological sites. I did not see a single drop of rain, and very few clouds. I'll be building this page over the next few days...
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| Pros: | "Great climate, good food, and plenty to see and do" | | Cons: | "Too much traffic especially at rush hour" | | In A Nutshell: | "I might be back here!" |
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cinthya_in_victoria Wed Oct 8, 2008 00:12 UTC
I definitely want to go there, its my dad's hometown and the last time I was there I was 5 so, not many memories! Great info, thanks for sharing. Regards from Mexico City!! =D | madamx Tue Jan 9, 2007 03:24 UTC
Thanks for the great tips; we just came back from Patzcuaro and plan to make Oaxaca our next colonial destination. | Kaspian Mon Feb 27, 2006 21:28 UTC
How very flowery and colourful! Dark mole is a bit strange, isn't it? I think it's an acquired taste. I don't dislike it, but don't crave it yet either. Trying to keep you in the top 1000, miss. ;-) | leffe3 Thu Feb 9, 2006 04:15 UTC
Looks like we did many a similar thing as well as same itinerary - Oaxaca, PE and Mexico City (but we did add Cuernavaca and Tasco on). Brings back memories - and those colours! :) |
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