This post spans from Sunday to Tuesday, so there is a bit to
cover!
Sunday we left Huatulco and began the drive for Oaxaca City.
Along the way, we stopped at Guiengola, which is a Zapotec archaeological site.
It was a beautiful 4 hour hike! It had the red painted rocks and green cacti
everywhere. The site itself was incredibly well preserved, too; we even got to
go in a cave and burial sites!
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| Photo credit to Danny! |
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| It's difficult to tell in the picture, but this was a ballcourt! |
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| The beautiful views from the top! |
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The beautiful view from the bottom!
Photo credit to Danny again! |
(I’m also in love with all the hills in the valley of
Oaxaca.)
The next day we took a tour around the city, including a
visit to the two main cathedrals. That afternoon we had class in a convent
(after another tour) and finished the front side of Codex Nuttall!
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| Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción |
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| Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán |
Tuesday was a big day because we visited two major archaeological
sites! The first was Monte Albán, which some consider to be the head of the Zapotec empire (if there really was an empire). It was beautiful and picture perfect!
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| This is a fully excavated and mostly reconstructed ballcourt! |
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| These are reconstructed, but it gives you an idea of the pictures we are interpreting! |
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| Monte from above! |
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| Danny and I in an attempted pano |
We then went to a nearby hill, atop which was the ruins of Atzompa! It isn't as significant, but it is pretty freshly excavated so we were some of the first outsiders to see it.
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| Look how pretty the flowers are! |
We were all exhausted after so much walking/hiking/climbing around, so we had the rest of the day off! It has been incredible, though, seeing Oaxaca City. I really love it and could see myself working here!
Paz y amor,
Abby
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