Oaxaca city, Christmas Day, 2009

We arrived in Oaxaca city on Tuesday following a six hour road trip on a very steep and windy road. Very much like a hundred mile stretch of Highway 74 but with potholes and no guard rail. The climate is perfect here with no humidity and high seventies in the day. The city is most interesting with a vibrant downtown area and lots of activity going on. There are two spectacular cathedrals and an excellent cultural museum.





Town square , Oaxaca
and Cathedral














Cultural museum









We saw the Festival of the Radishes which does sound rather strange but is a major event here and crowds of people showed up to see it. It consists of various radish sculptures which really were quite impressive. Who knew that radishes got to be that size.
The Admiral went back to San Diego yesterday with the camera but we will post some photos later.












Examples of radish sculptures



I went to the pre-columbian ruins at MonteAlban yesterday and also the Christmas Eve processions and other festivities in the town square last night. No travel today so I will be going back to the boat in Huatulco via a different route tomorrow or Sunday.
Huatulco itself is much quieter than here and has two small towns and numerous beaches situated in nine bays. Will be easy living until it´s time to depart for Costa Rica in early January.