OAXACA CITY,RUINS,PROTESTERS AND CAR SALES

Oaxaca city is wonderful and so is our host miguel,(thanx champ).The inner city has cobble stoned streets and extremely old buildings.At this time i was lucky enough to experience a huge protest.The teachers of oaxaca are protesting obviously there rights,pay and the totally corrupt goverment in charge,apparently teachers have been murdered by this same govermnt recently.There are five thousand people camping on the streets of the inner city blocking it off completely.It makes for a hard time ducking all of their ropes but is definately and exciting vibe and experience.Power to the people i say.But the other thing is there is a federal election on in two weeks and the streets are abuzz with that aswell,it could go either way and im told it could erupt into violent protests,i hope not but keep an eye on it as it could be interesting.
One day we did a trip to some ancient mayan ruins which was to be my first.It was really to take in all the history and the high concentration of energy,all was so quite there and people moved peacfully as if respecting those who once walked and practiced a mysterious religion here.I think even the least of spiritual beleivers would in someway be effected by this place´s energy.At one ruins built into the side of a hill i sat and took it in (the spot where the picture taken looking down on the ruins).It was so nice to just stop and admire,it also reminded me greatly of a spot in central australia atop of a mountain range which i visited several times.In both places there was silence apart from a soft drone of traffic below.In front of you you have ancient spiritual lands that visually are so beautiful and serene with balso a ghostly feel as if someone is watching or around you.But at the same time there is the apparant sights and sounds of the new world,our world, and although they operate in totally opposite ways you cant help but admire the cross of both and feel happy to be in a time where all can be accessed and experienced.
These ruins were surely special and it hit me that i will be seeing even more intense and larger ruins in the trip in front of me,can´t wait.
So as a few days had past, the car had been cleaned,a few tours of the city,some great meals and beer alike.Oh yeah and the soccer,go you good aussies in the world cup,this was the game that we beat japan 3 to 1.So now we were ready to rid ourselfs of the car.
Early on a sunday morning we hit the local car market,i allready had a good feeling about unloading this blue bitch of a car.Entering the gates we were hit straight up and offered $2500 for the car, which is what we had paid for it.Excited we bumped up the price and were stoked knowing its definately going to sell and that we may have time to watch mexico play in the world cup at eleven o´clock.We parked and were the most looked at car in the market,probably because of the low price and everyone wants to burn a gringo.I shifted in to car salesmen mode and was all over the locals looking,starting it up,telling them how good it was and so on.That lasted about an hour until i was over everyone offering the same price as when we arrived.A few good men told us that it was worth much more and that we should wait out the day for a better price.There was no way that was happening as it was getting hotter and i was tired of being hassled to sell cheap,i got a little short with one guy and realised i will never be a car salesman,thank christ.
By 12 it was all over and we took the best price,definately not what it was worth but at least we made our money back and a little extra,apart from what it cost to get it going forward.
The guys who brought it ran a car yard and asked if i would bring more cars down from the states and sell to them,so for me and anyone travelling through mexico there is allways a buiseness here,only i basically told them to stick it unless they give me more money next time.
That day we watched the soccer and i spewed twice from drinking beer and not eating,not well.
The next day i searched for a new camera as mine has broken,found one after many hot hours of missioning and burnt soles from the hot concrete and road,nearly even purchased some thongs to stop the pain.On arrival back to the good hosts residence a decision was made to leave mexico that night by bus to guatemala,and a short meal and goodbye´s with the boys we were on our way out of mexico.
Thankyou mexico its been fun,but im so ready to get on the road as i have lots more in front of me and have done some serious damage to my bank account thanx to the big beers of mexico.Adios