(Still) Just Married!!: ¡¡OAXACA!!

Hello everyone,

We're here in the state capital, inland for a change. Feeling chilly! It's not actually cold here at all, had just become used to needing to sleep under a wet sarong to stay cool. Spectacular mountain scenery between the coast and here too - and tiny little villages dotted along the way. Unexpected bus change meant Paul's new neighbour was a chicken (mine a guy who maybe could have washed more often).

We arrived last night after about 22 hours on buses (getting much better at travel snoozing) and were in a bit of a daze. It didn't help that we arrived into festival time, with street parades, firecrackers and a glockenspiel (marimba) concert in the main square. Was amazing to see, especially all the traditional costumes, and the music was really impressive. Slightly surreal though!

Today is laundry day (living the high life!) and meeting our host family, our new home for the week while we hit the books to learn Spanish more betterer (mas bueno-er).

Excited about meeting and living with the new family - there are two kids, 3 and 8. Fun!

Hope you have not got square eyes from catching up on all the new blog posts, we will put some more on soon too!

Hasta luego!

PS. Have now added photos - some are from the beautiful but wind-ey (that's as in with lots of bends, not lots of wind)) bus ride from the coast through the mountains and up to Oaxaca City, and some are from the first weekend visiting the town, and experiencing the celebration of traditional dance that is "Gueleguetzal".