Well, to leave the past for a moment and update a recent trip to Oaxaca Mexico. Oaxaca is a beautiful south central Mexican city to visit for a taste of authentic Mexican culture. The streets are filled with a Zapotecs and other indigenous Mexican people. Sidewalks are broken, cracked, and full of holes, but almost every street in the center of the city has a restored Spanish colonial building housing another impressive art or cultural museum. White washed Spanish stucco walls, restored wooden vigas in the ceilings, and beautiful Mexican light playing on photographs, textiles, or paintings. The markets are filled with tropical fruit offerings and grilled and spiced chippolinas (for los gringos those are local grasshoppers). Chippolinas are a real snacking favorite in Oaxaca. The only problem is the recurring appearance of black trucks filled with the Prevention Police. These police are in black uniforms with black kevlar helmets, and they are armed with M-16 rifles and light machine guns. As soon as any large gathering or festival is about to happen, the black Prevention Police trucks appear seemingly out of nowhere. Probably they are a reaction to the riots in 2006, but they certainly make anyone around feel that the government has a boot on their neck.
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