The Zocalo, the main plaza |
The cathedral |
One of many colorful buildings |
Carol and Alan |
On the Calle Macedonio Alcala |
Carvings on watermelons |
Santo Domingo church, ex-convent & cultural center |
Vendor near the church entrance |
Entrance to the cultural center |
Gold-gilded altar |
Courtyard of the ex-convent |
View of courtyard from above |
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Botanical garden |
Basilica de la Soledad |
Activity in the zocalo |
Lunch at the El Asador Vasco restaurant |
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The chicken mole specialty |
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The Juarez market |
Bark paintings |
Fried grasshoppers |
Visit to a chocolate factory |
Gabriel explains the work involved |
Chocolate being processed |
Sampling the chocolate |
Sampling other drinks at the |
terrace bar of the Victoria Hotel |
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Monte Alban, center of the Zapotec civilization (500BC-750AD) |
Statue of Alfonso Caso, directed 1st large scale excavations |
Ball court |
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The main plaza |
Steps to the Northern Platform |
Temples |
The Dancers, stone slab carvings, oldest artifacts in Monte Alban |
Note Olmec features of the faces |
Certified mask maker |
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2008 is the 76th anniversary of the discovery of Tomb 7 |
Cuilapan church (unfinished) and ex-monastery |
Open air chapel |
Stone arches |
Frescos in a hall niche |
Detail indicating literacy in the 16 th century |
Mural of the "Tree of Friars" |
Lunch at La Capilla |
an outdoor restaurant |
Cooking chile relleno |
Cooking over open fires |
Anticipating lunch |
Chicken tacos with guacamole sauce |
Newlyweds posing at the door of artist F. Toledo's home |
Irene of the Galleria Arte de Oaxaca |
where we were guests at a reception |
One room devoted to the works of Rodolfo Morales |
Tule tree, more than 2000 years old |
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The 9 year old "flashlight" guide |
Lambityeco, a Zapotec archeological site |
Mask of the rain god (Cocijo) |
Tomb no. 6 of the last rulers of Lambityeco |
A jacaranda tree |
The market at Tlacolula |
Huge papayas |
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Women seem to be the vendors |
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Lunch as guests of a family of weavers |
in the village of Teotitlan del Valle |
Delicious chicken tamales |
Working the wool |
Spinning the yarn |
Finished carpets |
Making decorations, note yellow flower in foreground |
The family of weavers |
Angel Aguilar's cutlery and blacksmith workshop |
Signing one of his knives, made from recycled metal |
Courtyard of the home of Rodolfo Morales |
The dining room |
The kitchen |
A ceramic work in the hallway |
One of many Morales collages: note the hands |
Group picture in the Morales home |
Group picture at the street entrance to the home |
A market featuring "Welcome to Frida's Kitchen" |
Frida Kahlo look-alike |
A little boy at the doorway of the government palace |
Restored convent now a museum |
of contemporary art |
Workplace of the Aguilar sisters |
A family enterprise |
Clay works of all sizes and themes |
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Ruth and Ethel |
Lunch at a roadside restaurant |
in the village of San Martin Tilcajete |
Chicken estofado with almond sauce |
Zeny Fuentes, woodcarver & painter |
Epifanio Fuentes, the father & head of family |
The men carve from copal wood |
The women paint |
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Zeny and family |
Carvings ready to be painted |
One of my purchases |
Valente Nieto, son of Dona Rosa, demonstrates pottery without a wheel |
Black pottery |
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Photographs & mementos of Dona Rosa |
Looking at black pottery |
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An informal taco dinner |
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A guided tour of the Botanical Gardens |
Barrel cactus |
"Shaving brush" tree |
Close up of the "shaving brush" |
Various succulents |
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Workers in the botanical gardens and ex-convent |
Final dinner at Casa Oaxaca |
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Soup with zucchini flowers |
Chef giving finishing touches to the main dish |
a fish dish, a grouper fillet |
Lemon tart with oaxacan chocolate mousse |