Author: paulandanthony
We're recently early retired from long and exhausting careers in Brand Design Strategy and TV Producing / Writing. After two long years of being trapped by COVID in our home town of Sydney Australia, we're ready to unfurl our wings and fly off on new adventures that will take us first up to Far North Queensland then the UK and Mexico - revisiting favourite places we haven't been to in over 30 years. Now living in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Earthquake, Chihuahuas, Monastery, Grasshoppers and ‘The Incident in the Market’ – 2
And finally, wandering through another excellent downtown market, we turned a corner and were met by dozens of heavily armed police and a blocked off street… all locals staring, pointing and happily making shooting / stabbing gestures, the police deadly serious, so no photos. I wanted to delve deeper, but Anthony dragged me sensibly away,…
Earthquake, Chihuahuas, Monastery, Grasshoppers and ‘The Incident in the Market’ – 1
Our wake-up call this morning was a 5.7 earthquake, first the city siren with calm evacuation instructions, then a few seconds of shaking. Nothing really to report home about beyond a brief adrenalin spike, but thank god for the house chihuahuas, Yoko and Michael (yes, both named after music world identities – Michael has a…
Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca 2
After what seemed an eternity, we sauntered off deeper into the garden and eventually came to the native cactus and oh my, these are enormous and such a variety of shapes and forms, quite incredible. The design of the garden was inspired by a pre-Columbian step-fret zigzag design which surfaces most dramatically in a massive…
Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca 1
We spent a good couple of hours in the gloriously exotic Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, in the heat of the day mind you, so we were rather thankful for the large shady trees and high brick walls. The garden is a former Dominican Monastery and within the grounds of the Church of Santo Domingo, which…
Lunch in Oaxaca
Lunch options in Oaxaca. Anything take ya fancy? How about Tacos de Chapulines (Grasshopper Tacos) or perhaps a Baguette de Quesillo a La Plancha con Chapulines (Grasshopper Club Sandwich) – No? Or maybe Penne Rigate con Salteado de Chapulines al Mezcal (Penne with Sautéed Grasshoppers in Mezcal) Ok, best stick to the Mezcal then. After…
Casa Ellis y Morgan
Our home away from home in Oaxaca for 3 weeks – our casa and our colourful hood. As I’ve mentioned before we quite inadvertently arrived in the midst of the build-up to the Guelaguetza festival – which is meant supposedly to focus on the last two Mondays in July – the Mondays of fierce regional…
Land of the Seven Moles
Would you believe that UNESCO honoured Oaxaca for its Intangible Cultural Heritage to Humanity solely for its food! There are food stands and hawkers everywhere here, in places whole laneways are packed with locals munching on a dizzying array of delicious looking snacks, cooked in situ – some perhaps more delicious looking than others… Chapulines…
Travels With My Ant 