With a 10 am departure had enough time for a quick walk around Puebla.
A 4 hour drive to Oaxaca (pronounced wa-ha-ka) broken with a pit stop and a taste of tamale. Made from maize with filling of chicken, tomato sauce and wrapped in a banana leaf.
Rosa introduced us to the different forms of mezcal including the flavoured ones. Then tasting:
- chapulines: fried crispy and hot (chilli spicy hot) grasshopper
- quesillo: local stringy cheese
- mole / rojo: a rich sauce made of ground chilies and a number of other ingredients
- finally seeing how the local chocolate was made.
Close to sunset a bridal couple were having their photos taken outside Sta Domingo Church.
HIGHLIGHTS Tues 26 Nov: Puebla > Oaxaca
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
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23Baptismal service
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24Catedral Metropolitana (cathedral)
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25Museo Nacional de Anytopologia
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26HIGHLIGHTS Sat 23 Nov: Mexico City
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27Templo Mayor
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28Palacio National
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29Art & 50 National Geographic photographs
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30Walk along Avenida Madero: the sights & sounds
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31Monumento a La Revolucion: Square of the Republic
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32HIGHLIGHTS Sun 24 Nov: Mexico City
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33Teotihuacan
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34Time to hit the road ... well a lamp post!
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35Puebla by day & night
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36HIGHLIGHTS Mon 25 Nov: Teotihuacan > Puebla
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37Puebla to Oaxaca
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38Food tour of the market
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39Oaxaca Santa Domingo Church
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40HIGHLIGHTS Tues 26 Nov: Puebla > Oaxaca
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41Monte Albán
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42Biggest tree in the world?
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43Mezcal Distillery
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44Oaxacan weaving
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45HIGHLIGHTS Mon 27 Nov: Mt Alban, Oaxaca
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4611 hours of darkness - the overnight bus ride
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47San Cristóbal de las Casas - my city walking tour
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48HIGHLIGHTS Thurs 28 Nov: San Cristobal de las Casa
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49Another free day in San Cristóbal de las Casas
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50HIGHLIGHTS Fri 29 Nov: San Cristobal de las Casas
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51San Juan Chamula
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52Zinacantan - native or indigenous people
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53HIGHLIGHTS Sat 30 Nov: Chamula & Zinacantan
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54San Cristobel to Palenque
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55HIGHLIGHTS Sun 1 Dec: San Cristobel > Palenque
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567 am jungle walk
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57Palenque ruins
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58Mishol Ha waterfall
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