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Oaxaca, Mexico
December, 2007
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Caption: This is one of the ranchos, or small farms, that are below the road, and can only be accessed by foot, or with a burro.
More San Mateo views
Caption: Another family compound, accesssable only by footpaths and burro trails.
More San Mateo views
Juan looking for gold
Caption: There is another road on the other side of the river that goes to other villages over there. The zig zaggy switchback road goes down to the river.
More San Mateo views
Path to the top of the hill
Climbing to the rock painting
Climbing to the rock painting
Caption: See the following link for photos of pictographs I took in Three Rivers, New Mexico: http://www.songseek.com/picturenet/photos/pictographs/index.htm
rock painting - our friends tell us these are very old
Caption: See the following link for photos of pictographs I took in Three Rivers, New Mexico: http://www.songseek.com/picturenet/photos/pictographs/index.htm
rock painting
Top of the hill
Caption: When Sarah mentioned to David that these looked like an old house, he confirmed they were, and said a couple of hills over there is still one you can go "down inside". Unfortunately, we didn't have time to hike over to see that one this trip.
ruins of an old house
Down the other side
Caption: There are lots of coyotes in the woods, so all chickens and turkeys are locked up at night, often in these log structures built up off the ground. Some people have structures built of boards. All of them have a dog tied to them at night to scare off the coyotes.
Chicken coop
Caption: We are headed downhill, you can see the road re-appear on the lower left. The corn field on the upper right is above the road. We will continue around the hill, then switchback to the right, on our way into San Mateo village center.
Pines and corn fields
New government office
path to the outhouse
San Mateo Cemetary
Caption: View of the main village of San Mateo, including the big church, and the secondary school. Photo taken from the hilltop cemetary seen in the previous photo.
View of the village
View of the village
The San Mateo adobe church
Caption: Second from left is Brigida's father, our host and the presidente of San Mateo.
Our Crew
Back to the car
Antique church bell
Juan, Brigida, and her dad
Caption: As Brigida's father gave us a tour of the school, a gaggle of local kids collected. According to Brigida, an American stayed at her fathers for three months a few years ago, and prior to that it had been many years.
San Mateo school kids
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