Blogs from Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - page 15

These are photos of my visit with Lucy to her home and to the beach at Chacagua. Both are Afro-Mexican communities. We went through Azufre but I did not get a chance to get photos there. Hopefully, I will get an opportunity to return to the coast in October for the reunion of "Los Negros" which will be a meeting of the Afro-Mexican communities along the coast of the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. With their permission I should get lots of pictures then.... read more

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

Hello All, I am back in Tulsa as of the past Friday around midnight. My Friday am flight from Oaxaca was also canceled but United was able to get me a seat Aero-Mexico that departed one hour later than the original flight. I did have to go through Mexico City and I almost missed my connecting flight to Houston because I was mis-directed but luckily I got there just before they gave my seat away! Then I had a 7 hour layover in Houston but thankfully I did arrive home safe and sound. In this entry I will put in photos from my trip to the coast where I volunteered for E-Costa, an organization that promotes organic products. There I met Lucy, an afro-mexican and I got the opportunity to visit overnight with her and her ... read more

I have taken my friend Jan's advise and I am savoring my extra days in Oaxaca with no classes and no deadlines to meet. I went to the school today to seek out Ryota, the Japanese high-tech genius, and he found a solution to my photo upload problem. There is a computer in the office that was able to take my photo disk and upload the photos into the computer and then download them to my flash drive. Muchisimas gracias to Ryota and Heronimo (el hijo de la directora, de quien era la computadora que Ryota uso). In this entry I am highlighting my medical spanish instructor, Olga. She has a heart for working on the tourism and cultural projects in Oaxaca and Mexico. She is also a very capable instructor.... read more

Hello All, I am now back in the city of Oaxaca after a pretty spectacular trip to the coast. I did some volunteer work for E-Costa, a green organization that encourages the people of the area who cultivate to not use chemicals and to produce only organic products. On saturday the 19th I helped with a "Tiangas" in which people brought and sold organic products. At this event I met Lucy, one of the Afro-Mexicans from the coast. I spent monday night with her and her mother. On tuesday she took me to the beach at Chacagua, which is another Afro-Mexican community and we went through Azufre, which is another Afro-Mexican community. I am told that are many more but I had to get back to E-Costa do do at least some semblance of volunteering. When ... read more