Last Leg of the flight - Mexico to Oaxaca

3:42 p.m. On the plane to Oaxaca

I couldn't see the northern part of Mexico on the first leg of the flight. They made us shut the window shades to watch the movie "Hidalgo," which kind of irritated me, especially because it looked to be a truly terrible movie.

But this flight I can look out and see the beautiful green of Mexico through the clouds.

Many areas are very rural with no habitation for miles. Other areas are completely deforested.

It was beautiful to see the volcano floating above Mexico City and the huge lake, a lot of which is dried out. I also saw a smaller volcano cone. Parts of the Mexico City, the nation's capital, have neighborhoods with dirt roads. That looks so strange to me, like something that ought to be out in the country, not something right there in the city.


A part of Oaxaca where little houses and businesses are built under an old Spanish aqueduct - "Los Arquitos"