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Into the Zapotec Heartland

July 8th 2008
Day 6: Saturday 5th July: To Mitla on a Chicken Bus Arrive in Oaxaca (Pronounced Wahaka) at 6am after a six and a half hour bus ride. Don't get much sleep as it was unbelievably cold on the bus even though I had a micro fleece on - guess its the sleeping bag next time! Hang around in bus station for an hour or so until it gets light. Oaxaca was the Zapotec heartland over 3000 years ago, so d ... read more
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