Oaxaca City

A few weeks ago I took a trip down to Oaxaca with my roommates. Three of us got the ADO bus at 3am (which actually showed up closer to 4am -__-) and got to Oaxaca by 7:30am. It was great to see a new place in Mexico. Oaxaca is a major destination for tourists. For this reason, I was a little put off, but I can see exactly what all the tourists and expats see in it. Oaxaca is beautiful and it has a great nightlife.

We were there during the weekend of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) and it was amazing. Every night before dusk the parades started. Bands would walk the street and people (come in costumes) would follow the band and cheer them on while they played throughout the streets. We followed a band one of the nights and were led to a church which had a video being projected on the outside of it.

All in all, Oaxaca is a wonderful place. It's sort of an artsy place full of tourists and expats. I would definitely go again because it's the sort of city that inspires you :)

Santo Domingo Church - It has real gold inside!

Most of the books were in English but I bought "El Principito" 

 The view from the Cerro del Fortin