Mexico 2018

with Jeff in Oaxaca!
near Pinnacles National Park  photo: Dave Crossing the Mojave Desert  photo: Dave First Margarita in Mexico  photo: Dave Margaritas and sun!  photo:  Jan
El Fuerte  photo: Dave Mex18-009 DSC3203  photo: Dave El Fuerte, in the mountains north of Mazatlan  photo: Dave Sunset at Celestino Gasca, Sinaloa  photo:  Jan
Mex18-014 DSC3258  photo: Dave Los Ayala  photo: Dave Los Ayala  photo: Dave Lo de Marcos  photo: Dave
Mex18-019Mex18pt1-023 DSC3306  photo: Dave from The Hill  photo: Dave on "The Hill"  photo: Dave The neighborhood art  photo: Dave
Animal Head Salesman  photo: Dave Animal Heads  photo: Dave Proud Abuela  photo: Dave Local Shrine  photo: Dave
Jan-Mex18-03-IMG 2166  photo:  Jan View from the apartment  photo: Dave The streets of Oaxaca  photo: Dave One of many parades at Christmas time  photo: Dave
Mex18-039 DSC3376  photo: Dave Santo Domingo Church, Oaxaca  photo: Dave Jeff & Diane's Christmas photo  photo: Jeff View from the apartment  photo: Dave
Getting ready for Christmas  photo: Dave A very naked Mojigangas - giant puppet  photo: Dave Art from corn husks & dried flowers at the Radish Festival  photo: Dave The Radish Festival!  Yes ..... they are made from huge radishes.  photo: Dave
The Radish Festival  photo: Dave The Radish Festival  photo: Dave Christmas Choir Concert  photo: Dave Jan buys more rugs  photo: Dave
The Zapotec site of Atzompa  Overlooking Oaxaca city.  Monte Alban is on the right.    photo: Dave Atzompa  photo: Dave The museum at Atzompa  photo: Dave Atzompa Village Church  photo: Dave
What is that? .... a Tlayudas  .... a giant crispy quesadilla with beans, cheese and lots of good spicy stuff .... yum!   And it goes well with mexican dark beer.  photo:  Jan Mex18-061 DSC3515  photo: Dave Mex18-051 DSC3519  photo: Dave Jan-Mex18-08-IMG 2446  photo:  Jan
Arts Center of St. Augustine - old textile mill  photo: Dave Jan-Mex18-09-IMG 2460  photo:  Jan A wedding!  photo: Dave Mex18-055 DSC3586  photo: Dave
at the railroad museum  photo:  Jan at the railroad museum  photo: Dave Mex18-067 DSC3602  photo: Dave Hiking the hills north of the city, near Etla  photo: Dave
DC3 playground, Etla  photo: Dave Mex18-070 DSC3624  photo: Dave Santo Domingo Church  photo: Jeff The Botanical Gardens  photo: Dave
Mex18-071IMG 8447  photo: Jeff IMG 8479 With Marta, Jan's home-stay hostess from 2015  photo: Jeff Tenting protesters at the government buildings  photo: Jeff
Mex18-123IMG 8463  photo: Jeff Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption  photo: Jeff
Tamayo Art Museum  .... whimsical sculptures dating prior ot the arrival of the Spanish.   photo: Jeff Mex18-077IMG 8495  photo: Jeff Mex18-078 DSC3658  photo: Dave Mex18-079IMG 8508  photo: Jeff
Rufino Tamayo fountain  photo: Dave The Rufino Tamayo Pre-Hispanic Art Museum  photo: Jeff Breakfast View  photo: Dave Our Lady of Solidude  Patroness of Oaxaca photo: Jeff
IMG 8633 Central Villa de Zaachila  photo: Dave The church at Zaachila  photo:  Jan Villa de Zaachila  photo: Dave
Villa de Zaachila  photo: Dave Ex Convent of Guerrero Cuilapam  photo: Dave Ex Convent of Guerrero Cuilapam  photo: Dave Restaurante Bufet Cuilapan  photo: Dave
Mex18-100 DSC3723  photo: Dave Art in the Ex Convent  photo: Dave Mex18-104 DSC3734  photo: Dave Inside Santo Domingo Church  photo: Jeff
IMG 8830 Hiking the hill at Atzompa  photo: Dave Atzompa artwork  photo: Dave Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff
"Barbacoa" at Atzompa  Lunch of pit-smoked mutton.     photo: Dave Yum... flavored mezcal  photo:  Jan The Barbacoa Pit  photo: Dave IMG 8939
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Janet at the Market  photo: Dave Chapulines  photo: Dave At the Museum of Modern Art  Strange motion dectector robots.      photo: Dave Museum of Modern Art  photo: Dave
Museum of Modern Art  These sewing machine characters would have a conversation.     photo: Dave Another wedding!  photo: Dave Mex18-139 DSC3780  photo: Dave Corn-on-the-cob with mayonnaise and hot pepper  photo: Dave
Mex18-145 DSC3792  photo: Dave OAXACA!  photo: Jeff Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca  photo: Dave Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca  photo: Dave
Museum of Cultures of Oaxaca  photo: Jeff Busy evening at the Zocalo  photo: Dave Jeff  photo:  Jeff SPNU7517
Country & Western Night  photo: Dave Nancy & Mike - Our Happy Hosts  photo: Dave The serious drone & pilot  photo: Dave Jeff & Victor  photo: Jeff?
Returning Hikers  photo: Dave Beach Scene  photo: Dave Chololo  photo: Dave 51st Anniversary
Alamos in the state of Sonora  photo: Dave Alamos  photo: Dave San Carlos, Sonora  photo: Dave Morning coffee with Bev & Ray, San Carlos  photo: Dave
San Carlos  photo: Dave Snow?!     Gallup, NM  photo: Dave More Snow!?  .... near Cortez, Colorado photo:  Jan near Moab, Utah  photo: Dave
The Snake River on the Oregon - Idaho border  photo: Dave Dave & his siblings in Kirkland, WA  photo:  Jan IMG 9161 IMG 9337
IMG 9400 Mex18-Jeff-37  photo: Jeff Mex18-151IMG 9136  photo: Jeff Mex18-152IMG 9138  photo: Jeff
Mex18-059IMG 8825  photo: Jeff Mex18-065IMG 8816  photo: Jeff Tejate  This pre-Hispanic drink is made of ground mamey seeds, corn, cacao, rosita de cacao (a flower), and water. photo: Jeff Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff
Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff Chapulines  ... spicy dried grasshoppers photo: Jeff Mex18-140IMG 9007  photo: Jeff Mex18-064IMG E8802  photo: Jeff
This cafe grinds up the chocolate bars to make amazing hot chocolates  photo: Jeff Mex18-081IMG 8790  photo: Jeff Ex Convent - San Pablo  in central Oaxaca city    photo: Jeff Mex18-103IMG 8752  photo: Jeff
Jeff arrives in Oaxaca!  photo: Jeff Mex18-107IMG 8780  photo: Jeff Mex18-108IMG 8801  photo: Jeff Mercado Benito Juárez  photo: Jeff
Happy Hour?  photo: Jeff Flying the budget drone The Froes back in Lo de Marcos  photo: Jeff La Casa de la Abuela restaurant  Getting ready for the mole.    photo: Jeff
Tortilla Soup  photo: Jeff Mole Pollo!  photo: Jeff Basilica of Our Lady of Solitude  photo: Jeff