Festival in Huazollotitlan
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| Santa María Huazolototilan, renowned for its mask makers, its sweet egg bread and its tenaciiy in preserving its Mixtec heritage celebrates its annual fiesta, Feast of the Ascension of the Holy Virgin this month.
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Fiesta of Santiago: Annual Fair in Santiago Yaitepec
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| Nestled high in the southern Sierra Madre mountains, an emerald empire of dramatic forested peaks, cascading water and clouds you can almost touch, it appears to be close to Heaven, God’s Country.
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Santiago Cuixtla
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| WHAT'S ON THE OTHER side of the highway? We've often wondered, as we've driven along the coast to la Laguna de Manialtepec
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El Chorro Waterfall
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| WITH AN ABUNDANCE of rivers and streams you would guess correctly that there are numerous waterfalls around the state of Oaxaca. One that is close to Puerto Escondido, and does not appear in the tourist guides, is the "El Ch
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Tututepec, Chacahua and the Eight Deer Eco-Tourism Corridor
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| TUTUTEPEC IS NOT only the largest county (municipio) on the Oaxaca coast it is also one of the most culturally and environmentally diverse. Since it ecompasses the Chacahua Lagoon wetlands area,
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Chatino Country
| WHAT'S ON THE OTHER side of the highway? We've often wondered, as we've
driven along the coast to la Laguna de Manialtepec
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Know the Mangroves
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| SOME OF US ARRIVE in Puerto Escondido and know we do not have to travel any further. But, travel we do, if only on short journeys up and down the coast or into the mountains, because nothing becomes home more than the leaving of it.
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La Guelaguetza
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| La Guelaguetza is the city of Oaxaca's
most important cultural festival of the year. Held on the two consecutive Mondays following the
festival of the Virgin of Carmen (July 16), it is also known as los Lunes del Cerro, or
Mondays on the Hill.
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The White Stuff
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| Roca Blanca? No, Agua Blanca! Here's our intrepid reporter to sort out the confusion.
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Chila Fiesta
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| THE ST. VALENTINE'S FIESTA in Chila is one of the best on the coast. It offers all the traditional staples of the Oaxacan fiesta, but just a little bit more so.
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A Traditional Mixtec Fiesta: Huazolotitlan
| IN OUR SHRINKING WORLD of instant communication, globalisation and the
relentless assault of homogenized mass culture, the resilience of the
indigenous people of Oaxaca in conserving their identity and cultural
heritage is
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A Weekend in Oaxaca City
| IT'S ONE OF THE MOST culturally rich destinations in the Western
Hemisphere: ruins, craft villages, rural marketplaces, and downtown
galleries, museums, colonial churches and internationally acclaimed
restaurants.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST cultur
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The Road to Mazunte
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| The Mexican Turtle Center in Mazunte is one of the most popular choices
for a daytrip and rightly so. The facility run by the federal
environmental agency offers tours of its aquarium displaying all
varieties of marine turtles found in Mexico as well
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Driving Through The Oaxaca Valley
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| HIGHWAYS 175 AND 131 merge coming into the Oaxaca Valley and
either way
you will pass through several towns known for their unique handicrafts.
Among them are: San Bortolo Coyotepec, famed its beautiful, sleek black
pottery
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Santos Reyes Nopala
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| Nopala, a scant hour and a half from Puerto Escondido, is situated on a fortress-like hilltop surrounded by even loftier peaks thick with trees. Coffee is a staple of the economy here, which has helped Nopala maintain its sce
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Day-trippin’ in Huazolo
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| Patrice Perillie is a long time resident of Puerto Escondido and an immigration lawyer with offices in Manhattan.
She can be reached at:
patriceperillieattorneyatlaw@hotmail.com
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Day Trips: Santiago Jamiltepec
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| SANTIAGO JAMILTEPEC, always worth a visit is another community celebrating its patron saint this month.
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Santiago Jamiltepec
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| SANTIAGO JAMILTEPEC is one of the many towns in our area named for St. James the Apostle and it's always worth a visit.
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Manialtepec Lagoon: Magic By Day or Night
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| The guides report that the magical phenomena of water phosphorescence can now be witnessed at nearby Manialtepec Lagoon.
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The Time of the Turtles
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| THE LATE WEEKS OF SUMMER, when we can normally expect an increase in rainfall, are also the time when we can expect to see more sea turtles along Oaxaca’s beaches. It’s a ritual older than man’s history on the planet.
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More Close Encounters with Nature
| Sitting amidst 1,000 sprawling acres of wooded hillside, creeks and towering trees, situated 4,000 feet in the Sierra cloud forest, Finca Las Nieves is a working coffee farm
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A Day with the Birdman
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| LIKE THE MIGRATORY Blue-winged Teal Duck, eco-tour guide Michael Malone spends his summers in Ontario, Canada and his winters in Puerto Escondido. Mike started ecotourism around Puerto Escondido in 1985 when he befriended a local taxi driver
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'Eight Deer' Eco-Tourism Corridor
| TUTÚTEPEC IS NOT only the largest
county (municipio) on the Oaxaca coast, it is also one of the most culturally
and environmentally diverse
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Do You Know the Way to San José?
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| Even if you don't, go for the fiesta. Here are a few interesting Josés: San José Manialtepec
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San Agustinillo
| A mere 40 miles southeast of Puerto Escondido - is the
European-baby beach: not babes, but little creatures that suckle and toddle
about
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Oaxaca City: Eating with the Locals
| VISITORS TO THE CITY of Oaxaca, have easy access to information about
a plethora of restaurants in the capital, many of which have
reputations deserving of rave commentaries, while some have gained
undeserved, widespread praise.
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San Pedro Amuzgos: Land of the Weavers
| San Pedro Amuzgos is the capital of the Amuzgos in the state of Oaxaca.
The Amuzgos are thought by many to have been the original settlers of
the coastal region of Oaxaca and Guerrero.
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The Mixtec: San Pedro Tutútepec
| THE MIXTEC CALL themselves the
Ñuu Savi which means the "people of the
clouds"
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San Pedro Mixtepec
| A picturesque community in the Sierra foothills just 20 minutes from Puerto Escondido on the road to Oaxaca via Sola de Vega.
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