Bits and Pieces of Oaxaca

This will be our last blog from this journey as we are heading home tomorrow. We hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have putting them together.

This is one of the many couryards in the most expensive hotels in Oaxaca, the Camino Real. The cost is between $330 and $5oo a night. It would be fun to stay but our budget would not survive very long.

We just discoveed this place this year and it has been a gold mine. It was started by the many expats who live in Oaxaca and has many books that they loan out. Also 4 free computors. It cost less than $10 to join for the month we were here but worth it

This was Easter Sunday in the courtyard of the church across the street from our apartment. They were to be in yet another procession. The frme on the basket of the girl on the left is covered with various types of fireworks and would be lit, somewhere on the procession route. the girl on the right just has flowers in her basket, not near as exciting.

And here they are, in all their finery, before the baskets.

This guy was also part of the procession

This market is along the edges of the central park. It is not their all the time but was set up all during SemanaSanta and this week following it still is there. It was very busy, selling all the things that Oaxaca is famous for, textiles, pottery and wooden figures.

This was the first time we had every seen this type of artist at work. He is using thread and a curved needle to create a work of art.

The church is called La Solidad and is suppose to be the most important church in all of Oaxaca.

We dont usuaally give money to buskers on the streeet but Nancy fell in love with this little girl and her piano accordian. She was very good and had a deep voice, a surprise coming from a little girl. Nancy tipped her well.

It seems that in any city in the world there is a place where drummers hang out and it alwasy seems to be the same place where people who make beaded things for sale, also hang out. In Oaxaca, this was in a small park a short distance from our apartment and every night we could listen to the drums and if we were there, we could watch the people dancing.

That same park was also used for a skateboard park if there were not to many people in it. This was one such time and I took a number of photos of the boy on this skateboard and then sent them to him. He was so thrilled that I would take the time to do this and and I got most wonderful email of thank you in return.

He was pretty good.