Blogs from Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 9

After our great experience in Mexico City, we took an overnight bus (Sunday, June 3rd) from the Terminal Tapo to Oaxaca, the journey took 6,5 h and a recommendation to all travellers is to book the tickets in advance. Also we recommend the first class buses for longer routes, as they are extremly comfortable and safe. We arrived in Oaxaca at 6.40am and instead of taking a taxi for 50 pesos (=USD 3,50) we decided to walk 5km to our new host's place. We quickly realised that this was not a good idea, we need to work on our fitness :) However this walk led us through the different streets of poorer areas where we could see everyday reality of the less priviledged people. Although we arrived to Oaxaca during a teacher protest which has overtaken ... read more

It is incredibly easy in Mexico to find a good, clean, high quality public bus to take you where you need to go for very little money. Somehow at the bus station i inadvertnetly manage to avoid all of these options and end up getting a “chicken bus” for the bus ride from Mexico City to Oaxaca. I'm sharing it with lots of families and an old Mexican granny with two long grey plaits down her back and smocked apron. It doesn't bother me – its comfortable enough and about ten pounds cheaper. It stops half way for a pee stop and someone comes on to the bus to sell tacos and chocolate. Which is the main thing. I have a bladder the size of a walnut and always need the loo at regular intervals. Once ... read more

Well, the unimaginable happened this morning. My flight was canceled. It seems there was bad weather in Houston and the plane did not come in last night. There was a possibility of getting a seat on Aero-Mexico through Mexico City...Uuugghh! But that possibility disappeared when they found out an Aero-Mexico flight was also canceled due to bad weather. The only sure flight out for me was on friday. I did not even want to contemplate trying to get a flight to Mx. City and then trying to get out of Mx. City. The counter agent agreed that it might be a nightmare. So I paid another taxi to take me back to the posada and to ask for a room for an additional 2 nights. I did not get the huge room with 2 double beds ... read more

Hi All, I am going to try to do another entry with photos. Today I will introduce you to persons in the school office, their lives and their goals. I am going to suggest to the blogging site that they fix the photos space to expand to include all of the typed information but as of now it does not. I do apologize to both participant and reader if all of the information from my interview does not appear. Due to time constraints, I will not be able to try another format. Today is my day of departure for the coast. I cannot take my computer because I am told that there are no satellite towers in this remote area. So until I am back in Oaxaca, "Nos vemos".... read more

Hi, It is the time again for new entries. This weekend was a time of rest for me. I have photos of what a rest for me looks like. This weekend was also the time that this feeling of "homesickness" overcame me. I guess I had too much slow time. I am better now that some of the school staff and students assured me that they are my friends and family here and encouraged me to dry my eyes. (I can be a real baby!). I think I am back on track now. The weekend here for students is considered Friday afternoon through Sunday, hence the number of photos. Hope you enjoy.... read more