After spending a week and a half enveloped in the vibrant hues of the moisture-rich Caribbean, I didn’t expect Oaxaca’s arid scenery to compare. Eventually, in different ways, I found Oaxaca’s more muted tones to be equally captivating. Oaxaca’s landscape invites you to pay closer attention to subtleties of texture and shade; to be grounded and present and ready to absorb…
Views from Monte Albán, Oaxaca’s most well known archaeological site, a quick bus ride outside of the city.
Ruins and views at Monte Alban.
Branches of El Árbol del Tule, the widest tree in the world.
Baby cacti and the intricate walls of the ruins of Mitla in the background.
At the archaeological site Yagul, the ruins were just okay, but the surrounding scenery was wonderful. Aside from the people in the day tour I was on, there were no other tourists to be found there.
Prickly pear. These were my favorite plants in Oaxaca. If you were to look at all of my photos, you’d see that I was obsessed with photographing them.
Droop of a dying cactus.
We climbed to the top of the Yagul site where we had a great view of farmland and the Sierra Norte in the distance.
A charming little garden I spotted on a walk in the city of Oaxaca.
Agave plants in Plaza Santo Domingo.
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I love your photo essays – they always give such an interesting perspective of the places you’ve visited. My favourite today is the photo of the Plaza Santo Domingo.
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One of the best tree shots I’ve ever seen. Incredible.
Thanks, Hal. I was kind of thinking it would be a tourist trap, and it was, but the tree was full of life and I enjoyed looking at it closely.
Great pics. I was in Oaxaca last March. I cycled up Monte Alban! That was a tough one
Did you get down to the coast? Zipolite?
Yup, I went to the coast and stayed in Mazunte for 3 nights. I didn’t visit Zipolite itself, but did go by it when I went on a fisherman boat tour!
These pictures are INSANE!!! Love love love them! Especially the prickly pear shot.
Thanks, Andi! I had a lot of fun photographing Oaxaca. I’ve always thought of myself as a tropics girl, but now I have a new found appreciation for desert plants
I think the last photo is my favorite
Santo Domingo Square is pretty photogenic. Many of my favorite shots from Oaxaca are from there!
Oaxaca is my favourite place in Mexico! My sister lived there for four years and I’d love to go back. Your photos capture it really well!
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I’ve been thinking about going back non stop since I left. Definitely one of my favorite places in the world!
Beautiful! Can totally feel the warmth and hot sun through them as well; sense of place.
Thanks, Lola.
The light in these images is incredible…nice work!
I think all of these were taken in the middle of the day when the lighting isn’t so great, but the clouds were what made for some really cool lighting.
Thank you for the Mexico warmth on this cold December day.
It’s probably not as cold here, but it’s pretty chilly and we’re in the middle of days of nonstop rain. I know it sounds ridiculous and dangerous, but I kinda want to hug those plants right now. I know I say this often, but let’s go back to Mexico!
One of my big travel dreams is to do an archaeological trip around Mexico, Monte Alban included
Awesome pictures!
I have to admit that while I did get to 3 archaeological sites in Oaxaca, I didn’t see any others, not even Teotihuacan in Mexico City! I have to remedy that someday. From the pictures I’ve seen, the ruins in the state of Chiapas look amazing.
Pictures looking really very beautiful, thanks for sharing it with us …………..
I’m glad you enjoyed the pictures, thanks for stopping by!
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