Getting started in the city of Oaxaca
Desde Carne Cruda Hasta Comida
Tacos Al Pastor - in the round
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| The back side of the Ethnobotanical Garden |
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I am impressed by the three square stone locks that tie this abutment/buttress together.
This image also reminds me of my cousin Arlene, holding up the inside of the walls of the church.
Not with her stiletto heels but with her paintings. |
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| So many stone buildings around here. On this night it was being used for something like The Price Is Right event. |
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| El Zocalo and a stone building |
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| Where the birds roost |
JardÃn Ethnobotanico
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| Rooted against a wall in the garden |
Jan 12
Arbol Del Tule
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| Tule: You can see that the tree dwarfs the church |
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This is the narrow side. The wide side didn't fit on the screen.
See the people in the background?
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Church dwarfed by the tree.
The small figures at the entrance are cardboard cutouts, seriously. |
Teotitlan del Valle: Weaver Village
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| Samples of woven rugs |
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| The loom with work in progress |
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| A weaver and her wool and dies |
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| Plays like an organ |
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| 3-4 months to complete a large rug (3M x 5M) |
Mescal Distillery
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| Agave Maguey |
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| Ready for processing. Bigger than the lady behind |
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El Molino - donkey powered
Fermenting barrels in the background |
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| Alembic still |
Mitla: Indian Pyramid - destroyed by Spanish Catholics to build a church... Shit happens
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Stone beam in the foreground example of building material taken to build the church.
To the left is one of the few columns that wasn't removed. |
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This is the church built from the destroyed pyramid. You can see it sits on a section of the ruin itself and
the materials of the church are from the rest of the surrounding pyramid buildings.
The church is big and tall but the Spanish builders and their slaves didn't have the skill of the native predecessors,
Los Zapotecos. |
Hierve el Agua - a lime seep that has built a sculpture along the side of a mountain
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| La Entrada |
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| Calcium fossil formations, close up, thousands of years old |
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| An overflow |
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| The main pond |
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| Overflow over time |
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| Figures forming along the side of the pond. A section about 3ft by 5ft. You can stand about 6-people here. The dark green water is about 1 meter deep. |
Well, this wraps up about four days of travel in and around Oaxaca. Ya me canse, hijola.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring... Black Pottery, an open air market, coffee bean processing, Oaxacan baking class, belly dancing, a massage. Casi no se sabe de un dia al otro.
