Santa María del Tule

We ate breakfast at home, had an espresso coffee and got on the tour bus for the day. First stop was Tula where we saw the widest tree in the world!! It was a Montezuma Cypress and measured 42m in circumference. It was very impressive. Next stop was a weaving place. We saw how they spin wool, dye fabrics and weave. Zoe brought a beautiful carpet! Next stop was a Mezcal distillery where we saw the entire process for making Mezcal and we sampled quite a lot of flavours. We were given a little cup as a souvenir. We stopped for lunch and Zoe and I had a picnic in the car park. I managed to sit in a puddle. After we went to the Mitla Ruins which had very intact with intricate mosaic stone work on the walls. It was very impressive. Only a part of the ruins have been uncovered so far. Next stop was the Hierve el Agua which was limestone that had created a petrified waterfall and pools to swim in. The surrounding mountains created a stunning backdrop to the pools which were a nice temperature to swim in. Back on the bus I was lucky enough to have coke leaking from above onto my seat so couldn’t sit back the whole two hour trip to Oaxaca. Back home we had some of the Mezcal we bought with the salt which has crushed up worms in it. We went out for dinner and nearby was a performance/parade of some sort where little kids had paper mache hats with fireworks coming out of the top of their heads. All the crowd was looking away so as to not get fire in their eyes! Dinner was more beef tacos with not much flavour. Back at home we enjoyed a hot chocolate from chocolate tablets that we'd bought that day.Read more