Zaachila and Cuilapam

Spent the morning in loose informal service while we meandered through Oaxaca, down the Zocalo and took a bus on to Zaachila. I small town just outside. They have a fantastic market on Thursdays...everything FRESH! Live chickens and turkeys for sell to kill, fruit, jicama (see Awake Oct 22), Nopal (see Awake Nov 8), red mole, black mole, special mole (they ship the mole from Zaachila to the US), chapulines (grasshoppers) ---we made Matt try these without telling him what they were!---, woven baskets, hand woven bags, meat, flowers, hammocks, aprons, etc.. Here, the pics show it better!

Cuilapam is an old monestary, now in ruins. The architecture is extremely photogenic. See for yourself!

For more detailed pics see our yahoo photos site. Link has been posted in previous blogs.