Oaxaca is incredibly different from what we have seen so far, the town is gorgeous, lots of cobblestone streets and tourism is a huge part of their economy so everyone makes sure the place is clean and safe and all that stuff. Heaps of great food and coffee and the people are super friendly. We tried a cooking class on Saturday morning with a guy named Oscar, he took us around the markts to get all our ingredients and then we cooked and then we ate, all pretty ta...

Apparently Puebla is Mexicos 2nd largest city. We caught a bus from Mexico city after heading out to the bus station on their metro system which took about 1/2 an hour and was super easy. Buses leave every 15 minutes and takes about 2 hours. Got to watch the movie Pacific Rim in dubbed spanish. Once in Puebla we caught a cab to the hotel, cabs in these situations are prepaid, you to the booth tell them where you want to go and the give you a ticket. Then you giv...

So we have settled into our groovy yet slightly wonky apartment (thats our dining booth in the pic) which is sloping quite severely..theres a note on the wall to say that we should evacuate the building immediately if theres an earthquake due to the buildings structure being compromised in the last quake..sound advice we thought. Anyway, we scored some bike cards which allow you to take the street bikes which are everywhere, weve been seeing heaps of the city o...

Short but sweet mega tired on arrival but walked the strip -venice beach to santa monica pier and back, lovely and warm, got sunburnt, water had bright green algae in it so not so inviting and cold too..., very tacky place all round but great people watching! every type imaginable there and on show....short nacho libre mexican wrestler breakdancers to a lycra clad diamonte encrusted, olympic ring bearing fatty! with matching time trial bike and helmet ...not to ...

The end of an era, love you dee why.. It's been emotional.