Introduction
Excerpts from Viva Oaxaca: This is the book we wish we had read before coming to Oaxaca for the first time. Now, after many visits, we've tried to include just about everything useful we've learned about the city and its surroundings. We hope that Viva Oaxaca will help you make the most of your time in this amazing place.
Oaxaca is a kaleidoscope. It's colorful, bustling, vibrating with life from early morning until late at night. It's also reserved, formal, and mysterious--hiding its most intriguing features behind high stone walls, weathered doors, and the gracious manners of its citizens. . .
If you speak a little Spanish, you might be on first-name terms with a friendly Oaxacan within a few minutes. You'll soon be responding to the courtly farewell, "ĦQue le vaya bien!"--may it go well with you--with an equally polite "ĦIgualmente!"--the same to you . . .
Like its seven famous mole sauces, Oaxaca is a rich mix of contrasting ingredients . . .
Young women getting ready for a procession
Our travel guide, Viva Oaxaca, details Oaxaca's attractions--its art, lively craft markets, colonial buildings, museums and many other intriguing features and destinations. We also provide detailed, completely independent reviews of hotels, restaurants, Spanish classes, schools and tutors, places to visit, tours and tour guides, eco-tours and other cultural and sightseeing opportunities.
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