Mitla - Zapotec walls

July 21st 2009
Ok, this makes up for the piddly little space I left myself to explain two of the particular wonders of Oaxaca... Mitla was indeed another beautiful site, opposite another very religious symbol - a colonial church (no division there!) - with some exciting tombs underneath that I surprised myself by scrabbling around in. It was dark and damp but exciting, and you could clearly see the three main ... read more

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Laura Jenkinson

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An utter travelling newbie, I'm counting on my more experienced friend Jasmine to help me get used to the idea of a month in Mexico... with a few possible problems; swine flu, being ginger, that sort of thing... WARNING: this blog is *completely* unproofread, and, thanks to broken and Spanish keyboards, beer, lightning-speed typing and Jas telling me to hurry up, contains many, many amusing errors. In fact, I may use it someday as a proofreading exercise at school...... full info

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