Academic Tours Oaxaca is a boutique tour company specialiizing in quality programs, custom designed to suit individual or group interests.
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Unlike standard tours, Academic Tours Oaxaca creates personalized itineraries around important archeological sites, ethnic villages, Indian markets, festivals and special celebrations (Day of the Dead, Guelaguetza, Radish Festival, Semana Santa in Antigua, Carnival in San Juan Chamula, Cocoa Festival in Comalcalco, etc), jewels of colonial architecture, shopping for great art or exploring the regi
ons natural environment. Overnight or multiple-night programs are made to remote Indian regions as well as to large modern cities combining most of Central and Southern Mexico and Guatemala; as we share so many cultural myths, languages, natural resources, ancient history and community practices.
Every rain season in our Cloud Forest in Oaxaca we have over 70 species of etable mushrooms! And traditional ancestral Zapotec dishes are made such as a vegan mushroom Mole & special treats mixing only organic & endemic regional herbs and vegetables! This is an experience unique to our famous Oaxacan Cuisine!!!
Every rain season in our Cloud Forest in Oaxaca we have over 70 species of etable mushrooms! And traditional ancestral Zapotec dishes are made such as a vegan mushroom Mole & special treats mixing only organic & endemic regional herbs and vegetables! This is an experience unique to our famous Oaxacan Cuisine!!!
Traditional ancestral tasting anniversary meal with chefs Erik Morales & Paco Medina in Xoletongo, Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala witn insects, agave worms, amaranth tortillas, pit sheep bbq and more!
Tlaxcalli with Huitlacoche jam & raspberry with agave honey!
Today is the day we honor the Holy Cross....and in most of Latin America, as a legacy from the arrival of the church in XVI Century, this is a day of celebration. In Oaxaca as in most of Mexico this is celebrated even in the Native Villages as this Zapotec community
There is a village named Motul in Yucatan which honors this dish known in all of Mexico called "Huevos Motuleños".....but Yucatan has the best! over a soft tortilla base with seasoned beans two eggs with a delicious salsa, peas, onions, sparkling pig ham and fried plantains!
Tizoc seventh Huey Tlatoani (King) of the Aztec governed from 1481 - 1486 CE and was a warrior king. In this monument he is seen grabbing his defeated oponents by the hair and above them are the emblem glyphs of where they were from.....
Ulmecatl -Olmecatl-The people from the rubber world were one of the gran ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica.... mainly in the gulf of Mexico in the states of Veracruz & Tabasco.....this is a 20 Ton colossal head found in La Venta; one of their ancient cities they built and lived in from aprox 1,200- 600 BCE
Every year our valley of Oaxaca is dressed with Marigolds, Cockscombs, Black eued susans and many flowers that are used in our homes to make altars, cemeteries and many public areas
Oaxaca's cuisine is so vast that special dishes are created, some of which are known as Moles.....this is a delicious Mole Estofado...made with kidney tomatoes, capers, chiles and more......
Today 10/8, 2022 is the anniversary of our grand Tule tree....the thickest tree on earth, measuring 58 meters in perimeter, 42 meters in height and over 2,000 years of age; which is why the town of Santa Maria celebrates every second monday of October another year of life!
My three treasures.....José, Len & Jose Carlos.....yesterday in a family lunch with Tlayudas
Santa Prisca of one of Mexico's colonial jewels, nestled in the mountain city of Taxco, Guerrero; once a wealthy silver city. Don Jose de la Borda, the toens most successful silver miner built it with his own money in the 1750's hirering the best qualified teams in the New Spain...today this is one of the city's main highlights!
Once barroque style arrived and began in the New Spain, it was broadened and/or Mexicanized....one of these new fashions of Mexican Barroque is known as Talavera Barroque...and an excellent example is the church of San Francisco Acatepec outside the colonial city of Puebla.
In Mexico, one of our emblematic dishes of September are "Chiles en Nogada", which is a dish that falls into our Independance month - Mes Patrio as it presents a stuffed poblano pepper with a rich pecan sauce, palme granite & parcely that make the colors of our Mexican Flag.....created post the Revolution of Independance of 1810....as a new Republic
The first Wednesday of every July, Zapotecs of Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca celebrate their grand fiesta in honor of the Precious Blood of the Lord....special food is prepared as these "Xsnixins Xin" which is a special Mole cooked within Totomoxtle leaves....a special Zapotec treat once a year!
Breakfast of Champions! In Mexico we normally eat a full breakfast and then "comida-supper".....and skip eating at night. And every once in a while, we have "Almuerzo", like brunch style meal like this morning in Oaxaca.....Moronga, pork ribb in black chile salsa & entomatada(corn tortilla stuffed with chicken and covered in a red kidney tomato salsa with parsley, cheese & cream on top!
Cuetzalan, Puebla, Mexico is a Nahuatl community nestled in the Sierra Madre Oriental....every sunday, there is a Tianguis(market day), where locals from all the foothills bring their fruits, vegetables, textiles and more....special Tlayoyos are made as snacks....Tlayoyos are corn based tarts stuffed with ground dried peas & avocado leaves....to dye for!
Xanath in Totonac language is what the world knows as Vanilla....this is a creeper orchid that was first cultivated in the northern gulf of Mexico in the region of Papantla, Veracruz. Totonacs at El Tajin traded with other Mesoamerican nations that used it to mix with Cacao for their chocolate drink that was a royal beverage.....locals in Papantla still call it by its original name Xanath....
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Every year with the first rains appear Queen ants called CHICATANAS....today 5/26/22 in Putla, Oaxaca, with my buddy Carlos, we prepared special pork rib dish with Chicatans & a great salsa!
This summer, after two years returns our festival of the Oaxacan Guelaguetza 2022.... This is Mexico's grandest Ethnic celebrations, bringing together most of Oaxaca's 14 Ancestral Pueblans(Indian Nations), with unique dance performances, Special Food Festival, Tlayuda Festival, Mezcal Festival....and many more activities in a two week Fiesta!
Private group concert with Patricia Alcaraz, one of Oaxaca's great singers!
Oaxaca's special foodie yearly event called "Cocineras Tradicionales de Oaxaca", meaning traditional ethnic cooks of Oaxaca, which brings together over 50 cooks from the Central Valleys, Cloud Forest, Rain Forest, Coastal area, Isthmus...etc...this year from today thru Monday 25th of April, 22.
A Oaxacan Easter Sunday shrimp & Octopus special "zarandeado" preparation with guajillo peppers, garlic, potatos & arugula
Curtidos are fruits "seasoned" in vinager, chiles & special herbs.....some with alcohol....In Oaxaca, this is the season of: Nanche, Mango, green endemic plumbs & Yuca.....
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Taco of octopus wrapped in bacon in a chile de agua....only in Oaxaca!
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Tostadas, blue corn nixtamal, water crest, suckling pig.....Oaxacan cuisine
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We're in 2022 already and Oaxaca has still 15 living Native Nations that speak the same number of languages & multiple dialetcs.....this is the entry to a Mixe Native village called Tlahuitoltepec in the Zempoaltpetl Mountains.
Morning Street Food in Mexico has so many choices, such as these suckling pig tacos....
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Barrio Xochimilco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mexican cuisine is praised as an authentic mix of Ethnic & European blends.....these are morning "guisado" "dish" made tacos to enjoy
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Hochob is a unique ancient Maya Chen style site with special designed palaces where ancient Maya kings made special conections with ancestry & liniage rights.....
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Zapotec girls dressed to vist the Child Christ on his birth in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca......Christmas 2021
¡Aparta las fechas 1, 2 y 3 de diciembre!
El , a través de la Zona Arqueológica de Mitla, invitan al Ciclo de conferencias virtuales “Mitla Recóndita” con transmisión en vivo por el canal de YouTube .
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Tonight many Mexicans returm home, as the dear tradition of Thanksgiving.....it's a time to be with the most important parts of your existance: your family!
Day of the Dead 2021, Covid or whatever life brings us in the future
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