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| Caverna de Satana |
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| Los Alumnos con nuestros Guia Luis |
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| Aboala |
¡Hola mis bonitos! Mi disculpa. It's been a while and a lot has happened here in Mexico. We went up to Aboala where we clambered about in ancient limestone caves where bats and blind fruit trees lived symbiotically. We swam under waterfalls of fresh spring water and heard strange tales about the old people who used to inhabit Aboala where all the people speak Mixtecan and for some it is there only language. There we saw the face of satan petrified in the side of a cliff the same cave where the local people believed sprung the human race.
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| Guelaguetza |
When we returned to Oaxaca we went out for a night of entertainment in Xoxochatlan (say that with a mouthful of peanuts). Where the entertainment was at both ends of the Amazing Spectrum. We listened to Las Reiñas Oaxaqueñas (The Queens of Oaxaca) for an hour and a half; truly a time I will never forget for pure and excruciatingly awful music they produced. They even had two encores much to our disbelief. This was followed by a traditional Oaxaqueñan dance troupe which was startling in a completely paradoxical fashion. They danced many different dances in many different costumes; they smiled beautifully. It was fantastic to watch.
Last weekend we visited Hierve de Agua a place very similar to the way the pink and white terraces used to be at Tarawera before 1889. The pools were fed by an effervescent spring that leeched calciifed water into these two ponds. Hard to believe you could find water in a more dry arid mountainous place. The Pools seem to drip down the mountainside like candle wax.
It has been a very busy few weeks. Spanish classes continue. The odd intestinal disorder occurs. Lots more Mexicans die in the Meso - American drug war. Tourists come and tourists go. We have arguments and the odd disgruntled student (or teacher) now and again. Hope you are well. Hx
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| Las Reiñas Oaxaqueñas |
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| Hierve de Agua |
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Hierve de Agua
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