On the way out, I figured it was blocked in both directions by now, so I took a different route back to the house. No problema. All part of life in the not so fast lane in Oaxaca.
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- Christopher Stowens
- Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler
Monday, October 15, 2012
Seeing red
Well, that was weird. I was taking a quick jaunt into the city to grab a torta at La Horrmiga and was about 5 k. out, when all of a sudden there was a really long line of taxis along the side of the road. They were all from the same union or something as they were all the same colors. There was one right next to me. I bunch of guys ran onto the road and the taxi next to me pulled diagonally across the lanes behind me. It was a bloqueo, a blockade, and I was the last car to make it through. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw cars and buses already at a standstill. I continued to drive in, but behind me was a sea of no traffic, not a car in sight.
On the way out, I figured it was blocked in both directions by now, so I took a different route back to the house. No problema. All part of life in the not so fast lane in Oaxaca.
Now, that's color, isn't it?
On the way out, I figured it was blocked in both directions by now, so I took a different route back to the house. No problema. All part of life in the not so fast lane in Oaxaca.
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