Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
Our landlord, Daniel, drove us outside of town Sunday to a lake that is frequented by the city folk around here. The lake is nestled in the foothills of this mountainous region. There is a large lakeside restaurant and it was full of patrons. No tourists, except us, just a day away from the hustle …
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Somewhere along the way I feel as if I have transitioned from traveler to living somewhere. Life has become quite settled here in Oaxaca. We have established routes we walk. We frequent venues, cafes, food stands, places to buy provisions. It has me thinking that perhaps we need to freshen things. I …
It's Friday morning and we are leaving Mazunte, going home (to our Oaxaca apartment). Mazunte is known as the yoga capital of Mexico's Pacific coast, thus the featured image. Thursday night our third room in Mazunte proved to be our most restful since the night in Puerto Escondido. We went for a …
Not far from Oaxaca proper is a small Puebla (town) called Santa Maria El Tule. Last night a few of us from the school I am currently studying with visited that Puebla. We took a bus then a taxi to get there. The taxi was a Nissan Versa, old enough to have handles to roll down the windows, and was …
[Read more...] about The Tule Tree: My classroom, the journey
Going to the markets in Oaxaca I am always struck by how yellow the chickens are. Another puzzling chicken item to me is how and why the chickens in the market sit out on uncooled counters all day waiting to be the lucky ones chosen by some family to be taken home. I am guessing these chickens are …
[Read more...] about The Mystery of the Yellow Chickens: A concert and a Oaxacan success story
