Miercoles en Oaxaca

A semi-panoramic view of Oaxaca

A tourist picture I couldn't resist :-)

More Oaxaca!

A picture from the top of the tallest ruin at Monte Alban.

These tablets depict pictures of people doing dirty (as in sexual) dances. Apparently this Zapotec society was a little creepy...

Random burials that were excavated. We were able to climb into them, which was a little creepy.

A lot of gold was mined in this area, and this picture is of one of the walls in the gift shop

The restaurant where I ate my Torta.

Rachel, Sarah and I woke up again at 6:30 to go for a little run before breakfast. Surprisingly, Jeffe decided not to run (thats out of character for him)! We just ran around the common streets of Oaxaca... nothing too special although it was nice to run at a chill pace and just talk about what we had been doing in Mexico.

Breakfast was quesadillas with red mole. It was really good! Probably more of a lunch option, but we enjoyed them. I actually bought some mole so I can make then when I return to the United States.

After breakfast, we took a public bus to Monte Alban, a place with Zapoteca ruins. We noticed immediately that Mexican individuals are not like Gautemalan individuals when it comes to transportation. On the bus, people actually sat two to a seat and didn’t immediately sit on top of you! We were pretty confused.

Although the ruins and Monte Alban were incredible, and the grounds were absolutely beautiful, we were not given a tour, simply 2.5 hours to wander around. We had a great time, but I pretty much learned nothing about the people who lived there, the civilization that thrived, and why or how it ended.

After lunch (another day of quesadillas), we had a free afternoon. We were supposed to visit a guy that creates machines powered by bicycles, but he was sick and couldn’t meet with us that day. I was really looking forward to that and was super bummed it didn’t work out.

Instead, a group of us walked around the market, which really never got old.

That night, we went to a cool restaurant that had an upstairs with pillows on the floor for sitting, and small tables for eating (it was a little like the restaurant I described in San Pedro). I had a torta, a traditional Mexican style sandwich that is supposed to be filled with a special sauce, tomatoes, avocados, lettuce and quesillo. I asked for extra tomatoes and avocados, but I think the message got lost in translation because my torta didn’t have much to it, aka it was a white bread sandwich with cheese and a special sauce that was a little too much like mayonnaise for me. I wasn’t a huge fan, but was starving so I ate it! I was disappointed because tortas are very popular and for some reason, I assumed it would be delicious.

Later, we went to a bar where there was supposed to be live music, but it wasn’t going to start until 11:30, and I was tired. So, I went back to the hostel with a group of people and we went to bed.

All in all, not much to say about today... lo siento (sorry)!