Day 2, Puebla and Oaxaca
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Fountain The fountain in the center of the Zocolo, Puebla, Mexico.
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Fountain and Cathedral The dome of the Cathedral in the background.
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Colors Once again, Mexicans are not afraid of color.
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Breakfast Had breakfast from this vendor,Alejandro Sorla Angeles. Tamales with mole. Puebla is famous for it's mole, Mole Poblano. Delicioso.
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Alone
Day 2, Oaxaca
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Keep moving Aren't they going to stop and browse?
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Balloon Alley All of the balloon vendors in one place in the Zocolo.
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Poco Musica Noche I love Mexican brass bands. These guys were pretty good, I prefer the wheezier, more ragged sound.
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The Zocolo It's where it's all goin' on.
Day 3, Oaxaca
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Lord of cable tv. You see a lot of these shrines up on the corners of buildings in Centro Historico.
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Basilica Menor de Nuestra Senora de la Soledad More churches than you can shake a stick at in this town. But beautiful and impossible for me to not squeeze off a shot.
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Indian woman at Basillica Her people built the place, with a lot of blood and sweat.
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He ain't heavy, he's my brother. Another way to date myself. Does Boy's Town even exist anymore?
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Working People here are always working, everywhere.
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Sparrow Description
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Cross and font At the bottom of a narrow street called "Callejon Rufino Tamayo", at the edge of Centro Historico/
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Running boy Another narrow street.
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Arch, Wall, Sky and Tree At the end of Callejon Rufino Tamayo.
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Trababo Plastering a white wall.
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Tres colores Part of the "Mexico is not afraid of color" series.
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Santa Domingo and Sculptures These ceramic figures were placed on the street in front of the Church of Santa Domingo. There seemed to be a couple of hundred of them, all four or five feet tall. I know nothing about them.
A walk around Oaxaca at night.
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Oaxaca wall art.
The first time we were in Oaxaca there was a lot of political graffiti. Beautiful dynamic graphics were all over. There had been a kind of Occupy The Zocolo thing . This time it was mostly urban tagging and not interesting at all. This was an exception.
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Bright lights.
The first thing I noticed on my first visit to Central America was the bright fluorescent lighting, bare bulbs and tubes on the ceiling. Incredible glare. But it is a salient feature of night in this part of the world. -
Toys
There is real income inequality here. These expensive toys are at a house that is a few yards from homeless people. That exists side by side here. But unlike the States, being poor is not treated as a moral failing.