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== Oaxaca == | == Oaxaca == | ||
[http://wikitravel.org/en/Oaxaca_%28city%29 wikitravel link] | |||
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* http://www.howtodothings.com/travel/how-to-drive-from-mexico-city-to-oaxaca | * http://www.howtodothings.com/travel/how-to-drive-from-mexico-city-to-oaxaca | ||
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* [http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g150801-d155099/Oaxaca:Mexico:Monte.Alban.html Oaxaca Monte Alban] & [http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/atzompa.html Atzompa community market] (home of the chia pet) | * [http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g150801-d155099/Oaxaca:Mexico:Monte.Alban.html Oaxaca Monte Alban] & [http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/atzompa.html Atzompa community market] (home of the chia pet) | ||
* Walk around the Zocalo | * Walk around the Zocalo | ||
* Abastos Market | :*Mercado Benito Juarez is nearby | ||
* [http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/oaxaca/mercadoabastos.html Abastos Market] | |||
* see a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rbol_del_Tule big tree] | |||
Food: | Food: | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 5 August 2009
Mexico City
Hotel:
Possible things to do:
- NYTimes has a full list
- Palacio Nacional and the Diego Rivera Murals
- Mercado de La Ciudadela, crafts market
- Mercado de la Merced, food market
- NaCo
- Desierto de los Leones National Park
- Ride in a gondola
- Mexico City Zoo
- Apparently there are free concerts at 7pm by the Orquesta Sinfónica del Conservatorio Nacional de Música
Food:
Puebla
Hotel:
- The driving guide recommends "Palas or Palace, on 2 Oriente, a block from the zócalo and about four blocks from Los Sapos" as a cheap hotel
- Orbitz has a list, most hotels are around $100/room/night
Oaxaca
Drive:
Possible things to do:
- Ethnobotanical garden
- Oaxaca Monte Alban & Atzompa community market (home of the chia pet)
- Walk around the Zocalo
- Mercado Benito Juarez is nearby
- Abastos Market
- see a big tree
Food:
- Eat grasshoppers!
- Vegetarian restaurants
Dates
August 14
- 3:50 PM Chris & Madeleine arrive
August 15
August 16
August 17
August 18
August 19
- 10? PM Mako arrives
- Get rental car at airport while waiting for him
- ~11PM - midnight: Drive to Puebla de Zaragoza
- Hotel:
- Palace
- 2 Oriente # 13 Tel +52-222-242-4030
August 20
- morning: drive to Oaxaca (~ 3.5 hours not including stops)
August 21
August 22
- 7:04 AM Chris & Madeleine leave
