Picture.Net Index Page First image [<< Prev] [Next >>] Last image We arrive, early morning Walking in Oaxaca Walking in Oaxaca Visiting David & Sofia in Oaxaca Sarah with a Granada Juan with a Granada Juan with a Granada Juan with a Granada Juan with a Granada Oaxaca Selling Oranges To Market Mini Radio Moto Taxi Starting up the road to San Mateo Logging with Burros San Pablo Church On the Road Destination Kitchen and Dining room The water faucet Bench by the Tienda View from the tienda with terraced corn fields View from the Tienda More San Mateo views More San Mateo views More San Mateo views More San Mateo views Juan looking for gold More San Mateo views Path to the top of the hill Climbing to the rock painting Climbing to the rock painting rock painting - our friends tell us these are very old rock painting Top of the hill ruins of an old house Down the other side Chicken coop Pines and corn fields New government office path to the outhouse San Mateo Cemetary View of the village View of the village The San Mateo adobe church Our Crew Back to the car Antique church bell Juan, Brigida, and her dad San Mateo school kids San Mateo school kids San Mateo school San Mateo Jail Another new government building Fiesta House View from Fiesta House Our bedroom Another view from the house Waiting for the outhouse Climbing for Granadas Early Morning sun Early Morning sun Father and son enjoy a quiet morning Armadillo shells full of pears Carla eating a granada Hot chocolate, pears and granadas on the porch Carlos, Liseht and their uncle Augustin Checking the parrots Corn fields Steps to the Fiesta House More views Ranchos below the road Ranchos below the road, clinging to a steep hillside Getting ready to go to town Watching a movie Isaac and Carlos A walk Water tank and spring Armadillo feeding spots Carlos Family at rest Kids buried in pine needles Path back home Arroyo A dead truck Durazno, or peach, blossoms two Mariachi's Oaxaca City Zocalo, or plaza Oaxaca church Isaac on his cot Oaxaca from Monte Alban Monte Alban ruins Monte Alban ruins Monte Alban Ruins Tunnel under the ruins Carlos Juan and Carlos Monte Alban ruins, unexcavated Monte Alban ruins Carlos at Monte Alban Image 14 of 100

Starting up the road to San Mateo

Not far out of Oaxaca we just turned onto a dirt road, and then kept on going for 3 hours, the track getting steeper and narower as we went. Once in a while there will be a fork, and another road might split off towards another section of villages on another mountain. We headed for San Mateo Tepantepec, where our friend Brigida grew up.