Wednesday was taken up with a 5 hour bus ride from Puebla. Oaxaca is fabulous colonial city with a strong Zapotec indigenous culture. Here is our 2014 blog and here is 2011.
Click the image below to watch the mole grinding video!
Friday 21 June 2024
We organized a cooking class and mescal tasting through Dianzúu Travel. It was in Teotitlán del Valle, a Zapotec village about 40 minutes from Oaxaca.
After cooking and eating we continued to Mezcal Don Agave to learn about the mescal production and to try a few.
Saturday 22 June 2024
We spent the morning wandering around Barrio Mágico of Jalatlaco admiring the street art.
Walking into the centre in the afternoon we passed a wedding with singing and dancing unlike any we’ve seen outside the church.
Then on our way to dinner we happened upon a large crowd of happy people with Giant figures and Fireworks Bulls.
Click the image below to watch the Fireworks Bulls video!
Sunday 23 June 2024
Tlacolula Sunday market, 40 minutes east from Oaxaca, is the oldest in Mesoamerica and one of the largest and busiest in the Central Valleys with over 1,000 stalls. Mostly selling food and necessities for the rural people, it’s been an important meeting place for traders and farmers since pre-Hispanic times.