Boy this has been a busy week. We've gone a visited a bunch of different sites.
Sunday we visited Monte Alban, which is the largest and oldest ruins site in Oaxaca. It was inhabited by the Zapotecs from ~300 BC to ~500 AD. The ruins are found at the top of a mountain, and the mountain is completely flat. It is believed that the Zapotecs spent 200 years flattening out the mountain before they built the ruins that remain there today. It is crazy to think that generations of people spent their lives flattening a mountain so the future generations could build upon it and live there.
On Thursday we visited the Zaachila market. It is massive and sells everything. We had to pick a vendor and do a quick interview to practise our spanish. Danielle and I choose a bread vendor and I'm pretty sure she thought we were crazy lol. We bought some bread to make up for it though. There was a massive meat section and there were pig heads, tails, and feet everywhere. The meat is just out in the open, but there are no flies. There were also alot of people carrying around chickens and turkeys, They tie their feet together and hold them upside down. Apparently this keeps them calm and from pecking people.
On Saturday we went to Mitla which is the second largest ruins site in Oaxaca. There was a crazy amount of detail in the buildings. The amazing thing is that the designs are all individual rocks that they place together to make the design, they didn't just carve a massive rock. The designs are perfectly aligned along the entire building.
We also went to Hierve el Agua on Saturday. It was the most amazing view I have ever seen. We were up in a mountain and we were surrounded by other green mountains that seemed to go on forever. We get to this place near the edge of a cliff and there are pools of beautiful blue water. It is full of 11 different minerals and has bleached the cliffs making it look like there are waterfalls of white going over the edge. There are also a couple areas where the water looks like it is boiling but really it is just bubbles from the rocks floating up the water. We got to swim in the beautiful blue water and look at the surrounding view of the green mountains. It was amazing.
PS I am still trying to figure out how to add pictures onto the blog. Hopefully I will have some up soon.
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