Oaxaca

On the way to the pacific coast I made a stop in Oaxaca. Quite nice city, a bit bigger than Guanajuato and not as charming, but it's got quite a few sights nearby. We became quickly a nice group on people doing adventures together.

Day 1: Market and Mezcal tasting (Mezcal = similar to Tequila, but from a different region) and a bit of clubbing with some nice fellas we met at the Mezcal bar.

Day 2: Adventurous ride in the back of a truck to Hierva de Agua - gas and minerals bubbling up from the ground that make massive formations that look like petrified waterfalls (se picture). We had a bit of a hike to see all of it, which was rewarded with swimming in natural pools at the site afterwards. mmMmm!

Day 3: 8 Crazy gringos on bikes in the middle of Mexican traffic! We rode about 50km, first uphill to some ruins in Monte Alban, then to El Tule, the world's widest tree. The ruins were..you know, ruiny, the tree was BIG! A bit disturbing that there's a church next to it and it happened to be a funeral there that day, in the middle of us tourists taking pictures of the tree. Salsa dancing in the evening - not that many people but great fun. The only sort of mexican in our group made a fool of himself (and us) by shouting " La Bamba para los gringos!!!" to the band several times.