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[MELEE]

visiting a small indigenous village in Mexico?

The background of this post is really long, so I'm excluding it here, but let me know if you need/want more information.

But I'm at the very begining of a project for cultural/ecotourism in the village my mother-in-law is from, and we are trying to gage interest.

Here are the questions

Would you be interested in visiting a small village in Oaxaca?
How many hours would you be willing to travel to make such a visit?
Which of these activities would you be interested in participating in/learning about?

Traditional medicinal steam baths (Temascal--in this village it is not a spiritual practice, but a health one).

The local Language (Mixteco).

Traditional farming methods.

Traditional crafts (palm weaving).

Nature hikes.
--Rock climbing.
--Horse back riding.
--Collecting medicinal plants.
--unexcavated archealogical sites.
--Caving (the cave would be at the end of a rather long hike or horseback ride).

Traditional cooking classes.

ETA:

Thanks Chola for the PM, I realized then I could add moutain biking and repelling to the list of outdoor activities that this town could offer. There is a cliff that would be great for repelling.

[hlamb]

What part of Oaxaca is this and roughly how far from Oaxaca City?

[MELEE]

The distance is a major factor in deciding on the feasiblity of ecotourism in this village. That's why I want to know how far people would be willing to travel before saying how far it is.

You can see some photos on my flickr gallery

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meximeli/

Choose the Yutandu set.

[gypsygirl1475]

This sounds great! Let me know if you get it going. After I get my first teaching job I will be working toward my BA in Natural Health and this would be right up my ally.Everything sounds interesting to me.

[gypsygirl1475]

Another name for those flowers in your pictures is " Jalapa". But they may have several names depending on location.