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Post Tagged with: "Oaxaca"

  • Street in the historical centre of Oaxaca
     

    How to feel at home anywhere in the world

    20th March 2015 / Plan, The art of travel / 0 comments

    Over the last few years, I have started spending longer and longer in certain places. This winter, I spent six weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico. Last winter I was in Chiang Rai, Thailand for almost a […]

     
     
  • Rooftop terrace at La Olla
     

    Where and what to eat in Oaxaca

    17th March 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America / 5 comments

    (This post was updated in March 2019.) Oaxaca is my favourite city in Mexico! I love pretty much everything about it: its colourful colonial architecture, its climate, its people, its atmosphere, its cultural and artistic […]

     
     
  • Indigenous people (Tlacolula)
     

    Oaxaca’s Central Valleys

    9th March 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America, On the road / 0 comments

    The valleys around the city of Oaxaca are home to several villages that host markets on different days of the weeks, artisan workshops, mezcal factories, and ruins of pre-hispanic civilizations. Many of these sites can be […]

     
     
  • Landscape from the viewpoint (Llano Grande)
     

    Hiking in the mountains around Oaxaca

    1st March 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America, On the road / 1 comment

    Over the last couple of weeks, I made three trips into the mountains around Oaxaca. It can be tough going once you start to drive up the narrow and twisty mountain roads, but the reward […]

     
     
  • Cafe Cafe, Oaxaca
     

    Where to find the best coffee in Oaxaca

    19th February 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, My picks, North America, Plan / 7 comments

    (Updated April 2019) Oaxaca is located in a coffee growing region, and coffee shops abound in this increasingly popular city. If you’re looking for the best coffee in Oaxaca, keep reading! While it’s hard to […]

     
     
  • Maguey plants (Oaxaca)
     

    Why go to Oaxaca?

    11th February 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America / 10 comments

    For those of you who’ve never visited Oaxaca or perhaps never even heard of it, you may wonder why I’ve spent two weeks here already and planning to stay another month (into my own apartment […]

     
     
 

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