This year, the celebration of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) was bittersweet. For one, it’s been two years since I was last in Mexico for this holiday. For another, it’s the first celebration since the passing of a very young family member. It’s also the first for me since the passing of my…
A personal account of the classic eastern valley route from Oaxaca City: the Árbol del Tule, the Zapotec ruins at Mitla, and the textile workshops of Teotitlán del Valle.
Mario and I travelled to Oaxaca with my mother-in-law over Easter weekend. It’s usually a five-ish hour drive from Mexico City, or an hour flight, but last weekend it took much longer. Mario’s family is from Oaxaca, so we go there often – or at least when we manage to find time to escape the…