Since I was long overdue for a periodontal cleaning, we thought it would be good idea to check out the cost for dental services in Mexico, or Oaxaca specifically. We asked our AirBNB host if she could recommend a good dentist and she pointed us to the dentist she used for herself and her daughters. The dentist is Cecilia Martinez of Grupo Dental Mena y Martinez, located at Pino … [Read more...]

We had planned to visit the archeological site at Monte Alban while we were in Oaxaca and when we checked around we learned there were buses going to the site from only one place in town, near the Hotel Rivera on Calle Mina. We walked down to the hotel and were accosted by a woman from a shop across from the hotel telling us that her shop was where the tickets to Monte Alban … [Read more...]

The definition of “hype” is to “promote or publicize a product intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits.” After sampling dozens of different brands and types of mezcal in Oaxaca over the past four weeks I can honestly say that I think mezcal may rightly deserve to be called “over-hyped”.  Let me start by saying I love tequila and prior to this trip I had … [Read more...]

After a week basking on the beaches in Puerto Escondido we headed for the city of Oaxaca.  Because we are no longer fond of windy bus trips in smaller vans, we opted to buy tickets on an ADO first class bus, even though the trip was supposed to be a couple hours longer.  As it turned out we probably should have paid more attention to the actual route the bus was taking.  I … [Read more...]

We were only in Puerto Escondido for a week and we spent most of our time lounging around our immediate area in Brisas de Zicatela (or La Punta, is it is commonly called) rather than trying to find tourist attractions to visit, which would have been mostly other beaches anyway.  For what it’s worth here is our list of places we enjoyed during our stay. Monchistation Located … [Read more...]