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Ayahuasca Ceremony of Ayahuasca
When I first came to Oaxaca at the end of October, my couch owner who was an acupuncture therapist mentioned to me that on December 17th an ayahuasca ceremony would be held in his clinic. I just listened to it at the time, because firstly, I was not sure whether I would stay in this city until mid-December, and secondly, I knew about the ayahuasca ceremony...
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Week 7 in Oaxaca
Since the last week of December, the sound of firecrackers has been going on all over the city. There were two days when the firecrackers were fired at three or four o'clock in the morning. Later, I learned that this month began to celebrate the religious festivals of various Virgins. On the 8th, Our Lady of Juquila was celebrated, on the 12th, Our Lady of Guadalupe was celebrated, and on the 18th, Our Lady of S...
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Week 6 in Oaxaca
Couchsurfing is a great place to meet people from all walks of life. Since I met a peddler selling watches in a big market last week, I met a missionary again this week. A native of Oaxaca, he has been a missionary for four years in an indigenous community in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, where he met his current girlfriend. his girlfriend...
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Week 5 in Oaxaca
On Monday morning, I went to the local vegetable market Abastos to buy vegetables. By the way, I went to the memela shop on Netflix again to buy their homemade spicy sauce salsa morita. When I arrived, there were already many customers. I asked them if they sold hot sauce, but they were so busy that they ignored me. so sit...
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Week 4 in Oaxaca
I recently went to a language partner exchange meeting, and most of the people who went were native English speakers. The guy sitting next to me was an American guy. After hearing that I was Chinese, he began to speak fluent Chinese to me. He is from Tennessee, and my parents and I are still alumni of universities in the United States. He said that he only took Chinese classes for one semester when he was in college, and then he was very impressed with Chinese...
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Oaxaca Week 3 Daily
After meeting the girl from Tianjin on Saturday, she took me and her Spanish teacher to a nearby town, Tlacolula, on Sunday to watch their Sunday market, which is said to be the largest market in central Oaxaca. We gathered at the bus station at about 9:30 in the morning. We arrived on time and waited for her teacher for a long time. Her teacher is another...
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Oaxaca second week routine
I went to the Great Botanical Garden in Oaxaca on Monday, and I had to go with a tour guide when I went in. There was a limit of 25 people per tour guide. There are all kinds of tall cacti in the botanical garden, just like in the desert. In the afternoon, I went on a city walking tour. The other tourists in the group basically arrived here on the first or second day. Although I have been to the places that the guide took us to, but...
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First week in Oaxaca
It has been a long time since I used the Sofa guest software to find a place to stay, because it is more convenient to have a separate room for online office work. But because of the Day of the Dead, tourists from all over the world gather here, hotels are full, and even youth hostels are very expensive. So in order to save money, I found a sofa owner before I came. I plan to stay for a few days, and then find a long-term rental place after the celebration of the Day of the Dead...
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Day of the Dead Día de Muertos
It took a 12-hour overnight bus ride from San Cristóbal to the long-awaited city of Oaxaca, just in time for Día de Muertos, the annual Mexican festival of the dead, which falls on November 1 and 2. Day, but a few days in advance is already particularly festive…