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A day in Oaxaca = two thousand years by Tony Burton

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A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part One: The Americas' oldest urban centre. by Tony Burton

The warm afternoon breeze wafts a gentle mist of dust across the floor of the Oaxaca valley and into Oaxaca city, softening the colonial patina of the richly carved, 300-year-old cathedral. The dust is... read more

A day in Oaxaca = Two thousand years, Part Two: Monte Alban and the Zimatlán Valley. by Tony Burton

(Part 1: The America's Oldest Urban Center)   Having reached Monte Alban and entered the site, on your right as you stand at the corner of the main plaza is the North Platform, the site of th... read more
Published on January 20, 2005 by Tony Burton © 2005 | Contact Tony Burton

Author of "West Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury" (3rd edition, Perception Press 2001) and "Lake Chapala Through the Ages—an anthology of travellers' tales" (Sombrero Books, 2008), both available from all good book shops or from www.sombrerobooks.com