Today we boarded an early morning bus from Mexico City to Oxaca. The ADO bus we took was a public bus but it was very comfortable. The journey is around 6ish hours so we arrived in Oxaca sometime in the afternoon. Our guide, Pamela, took us on a walking tour of the city through the various markets and shops. We tried crickets at one market stall which were quite tasty.
For dinner we had a traditional Oxacan meal from the food market called tlayuda. It is basically a toasted tortilla with refried beans, shredded cabage, salsa, meat and cheese. It was absolutely massive but of course I finished it. We finished the night with a few drinks at a couple of the rooftop bars with the tour group.
After missing breakfast because I woke up too late, I was straight on a shuttle for the days activities. The first visit was to ‘Hierve El Agua’ which is a set of natural rock formations. I wasn’t overly impressed reading the small intro into where we were going on the bus but my mind was changed after arriving. It was a pretty amazing sight. We were able to swim in the water and the weather was great.
The next stop was Mitla, which is an archeological site in Oaxaca. I probably would have been more impressed with it had I not gone to Hierve El Agua first. It was very hot and the guides English was pretty hard to understand. I don’t have much more to say on Mitla.
Our tour guide then took us for lunch at a roadside buffet that didn’t have any people inside. This prompted some obvious red flags for me in my quest to avoid being sick. I don’t have much faith in buffets at the best of times, let alone buffets with no one inside and let alone a buffet on the side of a quiet road in Mexico. I proceeded with extreme caution. I am writing this a few days later so I can thankfully say that I am all good and my stool movements are still solid.
Lastly, we went to a Mezcal distillery. Mezcal to my understanding is basically like tequila, but I think the bloke got slightly offended when I suggested that the Mezcal I tasted basically tasted like tequila. The guide took us through the distillery process and then we sat down for a tasting of about 6 mezcals. I didn’t like any of them but it was a fun experience nonetheless.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cJycJDpvLnbWAJ6h7 – Day 5
Thanks for the stool information! 🥰 Happy for you!