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Published: September 13th 2006
An early start to make the most of our precious hours here.
Oaxaca was highly recommended to us by James - who spent some time working here in 2003 - however we think that we were not there at the best time. Sunday was probably not the best day of the week, but what really marred our experience was the 70,000 protesting teachers, who had been putting their point across since May. This really lessened its colonial charm, with graffiti, wrecked vehicles, barricades, stench and tarps everywhere as temporary homes.
This made the 24 hours there hard to while away as everywhere we wanted to visit was either shut or shuttered; even the markets were desolate.
On a more positive note we did find the office of the Oaxaca Times, where James worked, which we were really pleased about.
We left on an evening bus feeling that we'd kind of missed out on seeing the real Oaxaca. Contrary to some gloomy reports and advice we'd read beforehand, we never felt the place was unsafe or threatening, rather just a little quiet in its current situation.
Next stop Guatemala border in 12 hours...
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megan
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i have the same picture!
gemma and ed! i laughed out loud when i saw your page for the first time today and realized that i have the SAME photo of the graffiti that says turista go home...oaxaca es anticapitalismo! i agree...oaxaca is not so dangerous as it is just completely shut down right now. glad that your trip sounds so great...enjoy the rest of latin america... espero que estas disfrutando la idioma ESPAÑOL! we miss you in guanajuato! megan