Trees are invariably painted with a white substance (whitewash?) as protection against insects. We joked that Mexican children visiting other countries might be surprised to see trees that were not two-tone.
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| Casa Conzatti, our hotel in Oaxaca. It was small (35 rooms), but very comfortable and just a few blocks from the town plaza. Trees are invariably painted with a white substance (whitewash?) as protection against insects. We joked that Mexican children visiting other countries might be surprised to see trees that were not two-tone. |
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Inside the hotel. |
| Some local color, in both senses of the word. You might reasonably guess that this woman speaks a language other than Spanish. |  |
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Some beatiful stonework. |
| This fellow was relaxing in a tiny park where people sell paintings. Images of skeletons are ubiquitous in Mexico, artifacts of a culture that has had a complex relationship to death since long before the Conquest. |  |
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The VW Bug is still a great favorite in Mexico. I admired the way this one had been adapted into a kind of small truck. |