Ben and I fall in love easily. Oaxaca City has easily charmed us with its colorful streets, colonial architecture, murals, churches and overall walkability. Dias de Los Muertos is over, the handful of tourists that were here for the festivites…
Dying to experience Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca City.
We have been “saving it”, waiting for it… Since we arrived in Mexico in March, Oaxaca City has been right up there as the first place we want to travel to. The pandemic prevented us from coming sooner but, at…
Up into the clouds ~ San Jose Del Pacifico, Oaxaca
We get back from our trip to Chicago and we have just two more weeks in our beach town of Zipolite. Our house, which we’ve been renting for seven months, is no longer available to us (until May), as it…
Grounded Nomads – Part 2
Grounded in one place for over five months is somewhat of a record for us. Even when we were anchored in countries, such as Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, after a few months we were usually up and on the…
An earthquake rocks Oaxaca (and so much more…)
7.4 It lasts about thirty seconds. As the table starts to sway under my laptop, I feel a familiar feeling of “Oh shit! What now?” I look at Pete reading on the couch and shout “earthquake!!” She drops to the…
Operation Rescue Esco is on.
This was not in our plans. Flashback: In February we were living in Viet Nam when my son Josh and his love Ana, were telling us the story of how they rescued a street dog while on a trip, in…
Settling into life in Zipolite, Oaxaca, during COVID-19
We are standing in line behind the open truck which is delivering fresh produce to the little village of Zipolite. We say “village” because in reality there is only one main road which runs almost parallel to the beach front,…
Our new home ~ Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca
On March 31st, ten days after we arrived at Playa Zipolite, all roads into the coastal towns are blocked by the local government. No visitors and no one new to the beach communities can enter, as the government of Mexico…