Oaxaca - A town in trouble

Hi all,
An interesting entry. At time of writing my last entry (5pm Friday), the streets were eerily empty, no traffic and fewer people. We`ve since found out that at the time I was typing, 4 people were killed including an american photographer ... see BBC World. For those with Spanish, BBC Mundo has a Spanish language version with some more detail.

We are actually now in Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast, and both well. We have found out that during our trip down, six plane loads of federal agents have been sent in to Oaxaca to keep the peace and hopefully dismantle a few of the blockades still in force around the city. We will be heading back to Oaxaca on Tuesday morning, to enjoy the Day of the Dead festival (which is definitely going ahead) and then on Thursday likely to head to the Yucatan Peninsula for the downhill leg of our journey.

Talk to you soon
P & K