The Zócalo of Oaxaca.
Oaxaca was founded in 1529 nearby an Indian settlement. It counts a half
million inhabitants and lies on an altitude of 1500 meters. It has thereby a
lovely mild climate; never too warm or too cold.
Oaxaca is especially
famous for its markets, and... Grasshoppers!!!!... LOS CHAPULINES !!!
AAAhhh.. LOS CHAPULINES.
Vicky buys a couple to taste. They taste very salt and spicy. You can buy
them ground or as a whole.
Here we enter the covered market "Mercado Benito Juárez"
Left: A little boy earns
some money by playing on his accordion.
In the evening we go to the Zócalo to
eat something Meanwhile we enjoy the music of a band.
Objects in Museo Regional.
There are Mixtecs jewels, and other objects of, gold, turquoise, obsidian,
and glass. All these pieces, which date of around 500, were found in tomb 7,
in the ruin city
Monte Albán..
The museum contains also a library with more than 20.000 old books. In 10
former convent cells we can form a picture of the culture of the region from
the prehistory to after the Revolution.
Left: Portaincensario cilíndrico templo de la cruz foliada.
Right: What we
see here are tools to set a brand upon the Indians (above), and CHAC-MOOL
(under)
To the right: The magnificent baroque altar of the Iglesia de Santo Domingo.
Left: De
Iglesia de
Santo Domingo de Guzmán.
The most
beautiful church of Oaxaca.
A brilliant ceiling in this church.
Traditional regional dances of Oaxaca and surroundings which
we saw and enjoyed in the evening in
"La casa de cantera"
Oaxaca rain.
Our holiday lasted from 15-7 till 30-7, in the middle of in the rain season
therefore. This meant for us that it started to rain frequently at noon.
Sometimes for a short time (15 min.) sometimes, however, 2 hours.
Here it
just starts to rain, and the salesmen wrap up their merchandise in
plastic...
Tot nu toe
betreft het een viertal vakanties: Suriname,
Egypte, Peru, Bolivia en Mexico. Verder een kort
fotoverslag van de zonsverduistering in 1999 te
noord-frankrijk in de buurt van het plaatsje
Spincourt. Er is een mogelijkheid om mijn
gastenboek te tekenen. Deze homepage is
ontworpen door Sander van Kuppevelt (sandervk).
