| Hola!
We have been away for a while and we have missed you. We have moved the U.S. reservations office from Illinois to Colorado while the U.S. administrative office has moved to central Florida. The main office in Oaxaca is right where it's always been, just kitty-corner from the church of Santo Domingo and two blocks from the Camino Real hotel. The U.S. staff has been down in Oaxaca training new personnel. We have also purchased new vehicles for our Private Car and Driver service to better serve our guests in Oaxaca. We hope that you'll enjoy this and many future Newsletters and hope to see many of you in Oaxaca soon.
| The Skinny of Temazcal |
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Lying stark naked in a hot, dark hut, gently beaten with herbal branches and palms by an elderly healer is an essential cleansing experience for the body and spirit. This ceremonial form of bathing began in pre-Hispanic times and was widely practiced among various groups, particularly Meso-American cultures. The oldest temazcal ruins in Oaxaca are at the nearby site of Lambityecu on the road to Mitla. These sweat baths, still a living tradition in many parts of the country, are usually small round stone or mud structures looking rather like old fashioned beehives. Many more began to be constructed everywhere, and we find people today who turn to them for relief from their ills.
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| Weaving Gold in Oaxaca |
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Oaxaca's ancient history is as interesting and as complex as any nation's: involving religious cultures transforming into warring nation states, exhibiting distinct artistic sensibilities, making good culinary and medicinal use of local fauna and flora, trading with, conquering and being conquered by others. In Oaxaca, we can meet the living descendants of those who both suffered and flourished so many hundreds and even thousands of years ago. And, yet, there is another, more recent history that equally fascinates.
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| Art for Plants |
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As always, Fransisco Toledo took on the challenge of protecting Oaxaca's unique cultural and natural heritage.This time, the city's most prominent artist and benefactor organized the printing and sale of 20 artists' portfolios to help the Etno-Botanical Garden.
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| One of the 1000 Places to See Before You Die: Oaxaca's Food of the Gods Festival |
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Forget about Salsa from jars! Learn the traditional ways of making authentic salsa from basic, fresh ingredients. Señora Ofelia is known not only for her salsa making skills, but also for her deep knowledge of the ancient art of healing herbs.
And the very best of Oaxaca's local restaurants are waiting to serve you their signature dishes. Along with cooking classes, exotic fruit and ice-cream tastings, and an introduction to Oaxaca's chiles, there is much ado about Oaxaca's food.
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