A Travel Trip to the Mexican state of Oaxaca
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Posted May 30th, 2010 at 10:31 am
MAZUNTE, Mexico | In the small Mexican beach town of Mazunte, there are no cruise ships calling, no college-age hooligans binge drinking and no towering hotels in all-inclusive resorts.
None of that.
Instead, in this sunbathed town on the Pacific Coast of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, locals come to dip in the ocean. Fishermen unload cases of sharks in the morning. Kids play beach soccer, with sticks in the sand for goals. Dirt roads lead to the shore. Locals lounge on hammocks...
Salvadorans migrants Killed in Oaxaca Mexico
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Posted January 27th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The government of El Salvador has filed a complaint with Mexican officials over the killing of three migrants and the rape of four others by armed men in southern Mexico.
El Salvador's deputy minister for Salvadorans abroad says about 150 migrants were pulled off a train by unidentified assailants in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The official, Juan Jose Garcia, says three men were slain and four women raped in the Saturday attack. Salvadoran migrants freq...
Pictures of Oaxaca, Mexico
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Mexico
Posted March 19th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
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Vacation in Mexico’s colorful Oaxaca
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Mexico
Posted February 5th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
If you go to Oaxaca Mexico...
Getting there: Continental flies direct from Houston, Texas, to Oaxaca, or visitors can fly into Mexico City and get one of the frequent connecting flights to Oaxaca.
Getting around: Bicycle tours and local bus routes will take you to nearby towns. Some local restaurants and hotels offer day-trip package tours stopping at several towns or ruin sites, and first-class bus service to Mexico City and area beaches are available at a station near the city's center...
Tourists return to Oaxaca, Mexico – Visitors discover a different Oaxaca
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Mexico
Posted February 3rd, 2008 at 4:09 pm
OAXACA, Mexico - Poinsettias carpet the carefully tended gardens of Oaxaca's arch-ringed main plaza, the scent of coffee and mole sauce, two of Oaxaca's specialties.
More visitors to Oaxaca will find a less crowded city with more local flavor than it had before the 2006 political uprising. There are fewer tourists, more open tables at restaurants ringing the square, and a new program that closes off the streets around the main plaza to create a pedestrian mall on the weekends. (more...)...
