Travels with Hayley

Off to the public bus station this morning to catch the 8.30am to Oaxaca (by the way, it’s pronounced Wa-hah-ca in case anyone doesn’t know), stocked up with enough snacks to feed the five thousand – it’s only a five hour journey, why do I assume I’m going to wither away and die if I…

Today was a well needed free day, so I treated myself to a long lie in and didn’t actually hit the streets until 10am – the luxury! On offer was an optional tour to some ruins, but I was a bit old stoned out so decided to have a nice easy day around town instead.…

Day 8 had not the most auspicious start – for the first time during this trip I had abandoned my standard black and navy uniform to wear a pale blue linen shirt – literally within minutes of putting it on a bottle of coke had exploded in wildly dramatic fashion, immediately reducing me to a…

So today I was up and out by 6.45 to walk around with the city as it awoke. I passed food stalls being set up, the scent of roasting meats hanging heavy in the air, the vendors laughing, joking and playing music (Latin music, hooray!) and generally just enjoyed the cool breeze and watching the…

Today’s tour started at 9.30 in the main square – I was looking for Fernando in ‘pink shorts and a red wine coloured shirt’ which I thought was very descriptive! Once the group had gathered – 9 today, the usual Americans but with a Canadian and a Nigerian thrown in for variety – we set…

So, I gave the whole hot food thing for breakfast another go today – it’s not for me 😂 This was a speciality of the kitchen – it’s 3 tortillas wrapped around totally dry pieces of chicken breast and then topped with this earthy sauce with raw onions – how can that be a go-to…