Village life in Oaxaca

We know it's the 21st century but there is something so heartening knowing people are still living a simple life, growing their crops, tending them, and bringing home the harvest on the back of their burro.  You see it all the time in small pueblas in Oaxaca.

Picture courtesy Jeanette Norris.

The Rain God and Other Encounters in Oaxaca

 

It's been storming up a storm here lately in the Pacific Northwest.

Which makes me think of some of the amazing thunder and lightning storms we've seen down in Oaxaca. Lightning enough to illuminate the ruins of Mt Alban, thunder so loud and rolling, you can't hear the person talking next to you. I love a good storm. Which is one reason I think I like doing a tour to Oaxaca in late September/early October.  We're at the tail end of the rainy season and everything is beautifully lush and green.   We might have a rainshower or two but there's plenty of sunshine as well.  Click here to find out more details of the Sept 2016 tour.

(photo courtesy Lark Lambard from a visit to the Rufino Tamayo Museum)

Getting away from it all

2015  was the year for a little break from organizing tours.  Jill is otherwise engaged and I was in need of  a personal healing retreat.  But I could not stay away from Oaxaca and so off I went to a very remote, very beautiful spot on the Oaxacan coast near Huatulco.  Two weeks of outdoor living, high on a cliff, sound of the waves crashing, tons of birdwatching, lots of drawing, and fantastic locavore eating - coconut water, blue corn tostadas, pigeon peas (some kind of tropical legume), amaranth leaves and passion fruit from the garden.  And then off for a road trip which took me through the cultural richness of the Mixteca Baja and to turtle beaches and star covered waters filled with flying fishes and phosphoresence . Can hardly wait to go back.  And so, my year of research and development at La Costa has left me dreaming of doing the next tour.  Planning for late September 2016.  Stay tuned.

And should you find yourself dreaming of your own tropical getaway, I cannot say enough good things 

Of the amazing place I stayed - Yiiimtii Ecoreserve. Click here to find out more about this amazing place.