Hi all,Oaxaca is changing daily. Now the federal police (about 4,500) have moved in and helped to start cleaning up the town following the riots. The town is looking cleaner but there are still sporadic protests to their occupation and the teachers have moved camp from the centre plaza to elsewhere in town.
The town now is getting geared up for tomorrow - The Day of the Dead.
There are skeletons in the windows and more plastic vampire, werewolf and scary masks on every other corner for sale. Last night we went to the Xoxo cemetery where locals were elaborately decorating graves of their dear departed with marigolds and gladiolas and many with coloured sands in the image of Jesus and Mary, and candles everywhere. Of course the obligatory trick-or-treaters were out in force as well last night.
Last weekend we managed to be out of town, down on the coastal town of Puerto Escondido... a good place to be while there was trouble in town. A surfing paradise, built for tourists, and yep, we went diving.
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Are you guys still in Oaxaca? It's even hit the news in the west (the troubles, not you two). An exciting story, at least...
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