Oaxaca is a lovely place with beautiful architecture
Lots of fun graffiti and urban art
Monte Albán
The Agave plantations…
From which you get…mezcal!
Some views of the roadtrip to the Pacific
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Hello amigos!
This FR is part 3 of my Mexico trip back in 2021. For this trip I went to Mexico City and Oaxaca State, an awesome place to go!
You may check the two previous reports on this series here:
Sadly, my time in Oaxaca had come to an end, its weird how fast a week goes by when one is resting, having a great time and just relaxing from all worries in the world …
I had spent a couple of days in Oaxaca City, where we toured the central valley, this included Monte Albán <font _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="255307" _msthash="0">archaeological[/font] site, the place where "alebrijes" are made and a couple of Mezcal distilleries (a must try!) - you can go down to the tourist bonus in case you want to check some pictures.
We then crossed the Sierra Madre Sur to the Pacific Ocean, where we spent a week in a resort in the resort-city of Huatulco. Much smaller than the resort cities in Yucatan Penninsula, or Puerto Vallarta or los Cabos, Huatulco was quiet, quaint and budget-friendly, just amazing for what we were looking!
Because it is a resort city, Huatulco has its own airport, which also serves other beach destinantions like Puerto Escondido…
We drove to the Airport, which was some 30 minutes away on very well kept road and then we we delivered our rental car. No issues or problems.
HUX is what you would expect from a "tropical resort" airport, made to look like a beach "chiringuito".
It even included a cheezy siren thing
Terminal map for those interested:
The check in area was basically empty, HUX didn't see too many flights that time of year (it seems it gets busier during winter).
Security was done in a breeze, and we were off to a nothing out of this world gate area with the expected resort-town duty free shops
Luckily we had access to "The Lounge"…now this was a two-by-two room in which the dragoon and the two of us basically cramped the place.
But at least we had a "place" to ourselves and some drinks and snacks to fuel up before our flight.
In a matter of minutes we were called to board our plane…which to my surprise, was an A321 (it is one of the types I travel the most in and it still feels novel to me, as it is quite rare in Colombia).
Now, tell me if this doesn't feel like paradise:
The walk was a lovely experience for us Avgeeks, with all the fumes, smells and the sight of the plane while getting one last glimpse of the tropical sun…just perfect.
We had all of HUX for ourselves
"Fernando" would be our ride to CDMX this morning
Inside, "Fernando" was just like the previous plane, but with felt even more crowded as it is naturally bigger.
Legroom was <font _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="115583" _msthash="1">adequate[/font] nonetheless.
As expected the plane took its time to get filled, once Fernando was full, we were on our way
It was a powerful takeoff and soon we left the Pacific behind…
The views were soon obscured by cloudes
Seat pocket literature was basically Volaris' BOB offerings
The real IFE were the views bellow
Soon the guys upfront warned of our approach…and soon we were over the massive Mexico City
We flew over the Plaza Monumental (Bullfighting) and the -former- Cruz Azul stadium, you can see Insurgentes Avenue and the WTC in the background.
Then the Reforma Avenue skyline was visible and bellow it, la Roma.
Then it was Downtown
Another angle to CDMX's skyline, the building to the right that looks like the Empire State Building is Torre Latinoamericana, one of the first skyscrapers in Latin America, and one of my favourite buildings in the world.
Soon our tour came to an end and we were back to AICM
We parked just besides IB's A350…theres some sort of a leit motif with the A350 in this series in case you hadn't noticed…
We were on the "international" side of the terminal, so this meant we had to walk along the concourse to the domestic arrivals for our bags…
To close…a final reminder of Mexicana's sad fate.
Again, Volaris delivered what it offers: A to B. Nothing more.
Huatulco was a cool airport, for the amount of traffic it had. But I reckon it may be hell if more than 2 flights coincide. The "Lounge" is lame as lounges can get, at least you get some drinks and snacks for free!
AICM is a shame. I've said this before. But at least we didn't had to endure immigration this time (obviously).
Thanks for reading, saludos!
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