Nine days in Oaxaca now. We have a room for 5 more days at Las Mariposas. It has been great starting spot because we had an instant community. All we had to do was get up every morning and go to the communal patio. From about 8 until 10 it is the meeting place where people get to know each other and …
Dr. Pat's Travels
Oaock and Oaoll in Oaxaca: Sunday afternoon in the garage
Today we did a thorough walk through the Jalatlacol neighborhood of Oaxaca city. The purpose was to discern whether it was truly a neighborhood we would be happy living in for a couple of months. It passed with flying colors. It has a couple of interesting streets of multiple blocks with lots of …
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More Murals: Saturday in the park, and persistence
The percentage of the Mexican population living in poverty has been declining this decade. In the southern states however, of which Oaxaca is one, poverty continues to exist at staggering rates for a country with the world's 15th largest GDP. Oaxaca is one of those southern states that has …
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Las Mariposas: Time to settle in
Sending pictures to maybe allow you to have some degree of appreciation, similar to ours, regarding our lovely accommodations in Oaxaca Mexico (say Wah-Hah-Cah). Las Mariposas, our hotel, is not only beautiful but it is a community of people, many of whom return annually. Most of us spend time in …
Moving On Oaxaca
Forty Five hours ago we stepped into an Uber in San Miguel de Allende Mexico. Less than two hours later we were on a bus headed for the Mexico City Bus Station at the airport. After a five hour bus ride we began our navigation of the HUGE Mexico City airport. The only difficulty to that point was I …