One of the features of the area our guide brought us to is a natural spring at the top of a hiking trail. As we headed up the trail to visit the spring, we saw several more area residents going about their daily life, as well as more houses and huts, some of which were…

By the time we get back from the spring, we’re starving. The problem is that even though there are some small restaurants nearby, they only take cash, and I don’t have any. We have to drive a little way before we find a place that takes credit cards. Even though the restaurant is clean and…

That evening, in the main Oaxaca square, there's a "posada". “Posada” is Spanish for shelter or inn; a lot of hotels in Mexico have a name that includes the word “posada.” But in this case, a posada is a procession that children perform to reenact Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem to be counted in…