Hurricane Alex, a cancelled flight, days without luggage and clean clothes, and a lost wallet all out of the way, and I was able to finally kick start my Mexican adventure. Far from the distant images I have of Tijuana as a 7 year old, Oaxaca (wohaka) is a beautiful city located in a valley surrounded by the Sierra mountain ranges in southern Mexico. Despite a somewhat unstable political history we discovered it to be important tourist destination for Mexican tourists also. The colonial-era buildings, native Zapotec and Mayan cultures and the surrounding archaeological sites are a major draw card of the city.
The markets and streets sell handmade tortillas still hot, the best string cheese you´ll ever come across, giant, succulent mangoes and avocados, fresh salsa, local Oaxacan ice cream, the list goes on. The Margarita's here are amazingly fresh and tasty as well. It's a very easy place to be, chilled, and for the week we´ve spent here we´ve done surprisingly little. One of the main things we wanted to see in the surrounding areas was Hierve el agua, which is a waterfall like rock formation with water holes for swimming. Unfortunately the heavy rains of rainy season prevented us from making it up to the top on our tour there, as it is quite inaccessible and dangerous. We did however make it to the archaeological ruins at Mitler, Monte Alban and Yagul.
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