Hiya I've had a wonderful 5 days in Oaxaca, met lots of great people, really enjoyed my spanish course and trying out the differnt food and drink in Oaxaca. Our teacher even took us to the market to practice our bargaining skills so i managed to buy and cool blanket for my 15 hr bus journey to Palenque. We also went to a salsa bar last night - although i passed on the salsa and thought i would have some mezcal instead and sure enough after that i was up for a...

Hi Folks, Still learning and trying to speak Spanish, it help that everyone at the hostel seems to speak it but also makes it intimidating to try sometimes cos i am quite crap but after a few Mezcals i am away! Went to a Mezcal bar last night and tried a few, the Oaxacan Mezcal is apparently the best in the world, obviously i couldn't remember :) Just come back from a trip to Monte Alban, more ruins..not that big but a nice view of Oaxaca from up there. A...

Hi AllI took a night bus and arrived in Oaxaca city at 7.30am, what a s*** journey it was though, the boot was full so i had to put my rucsac under my feet and there was hardly any leg room anyway. Then the bus broke down and then we got stopped for search by the police. I was so shattered when i got here but still managed to sign up for my spanish lessons.The teachers at the school seem really nice and its a very small class- in fact just me in the afternoon! N...