"Colors x Tastes x Sounds" — 5 reasons to visit Oaxaca and stimulate your senses 🇲🇽✈️🌏

"What if you fell in love with the colors, tastes, and sounds of the destination you're traveling to?" Oaxaca in Mexico is the place where such a magic happens. Colorful streets, delicious spicy food, cheerful music, and deep traditional culture... It's like a "magical city that will drive travelers crazy with their senses." There are many tourist spots in Mexico, but Oaxaca is a little different. It has a "charm that you can feel with your skin, not something you can experience in a guidebook." Here are five reasons why you should go to Oaxaca. 1. The world's most colorful streets, it's not just Instagram-worthy! Walking through the streets of Oaxaca, you'll be engulfed in a "flood of color." Pastel-colored buildings, street art covering the walls, cheerful food stalls... You can't help but take photos. But it's not just a "photogenic spot." The charm of Oaxaca is the "atmosphere" that flows there. Mariachi music plays in the square, and men dance on the street with mezcal (local alcohol) in hand. Wherever you look, Oaxaca is a living art. ② Mexico's leading "food capital" will steal your stomach If you like Mexican food, Oaxaca is a "holy land". First, the specialty "mole". A complex sauce made from spices and cocoa, the first bite makes you think, "What, is this curry? Chocolate?" But as you continue to eat, you'll be hooked, thinking, "It's too deep...!" Then there are a variety of local delicacies that you can't find in other Mexican cities, such as "tamales" (steamed corn flour dishes) and "tejate" (a cold drink made from corn and cocoa). Be careful. If you go to Oaxaca, you may experience withdrawal symptoms, thinking, "Other Mexican food just doesn't cut it..." ③ So delicious it's hallucinating! ? Home of Mezcal If you only know tequila, open the door to adulthood in Oaxaca. Oaxaca is the home of mezcal (a distilled liquor that is a relative of tequila). Moreover, the local mezcal has a unique taste that combines "intense smokiness" and "deep sweetness". Locals say, "Tequila is drunk to party. Mezcal is drunk to think about life." After one sip, you might think, "Isn't this more of a philosophy than a drink...?" ④ Immerse yourself in the mysteries of ancient civilizations at the gigantic ruins of Monte Alban A 30-minute drive from Oaxaca. There you will find "ruins floating in the sky." Monte Alban is the center of a former civilization, spread out on top of a mountain at an altitude of about 2,000m. The contrast between the land as far as the eye can see and the ruins is too "breathtaking views x historical romance." In particular, the Dancer's Monument, whose purpose in ancient times remains a mystery, continues to puzzle archaeologists. Walking around here, you'll definitely be hooked on a history trip that makes you wonder, "What were ancient people thinking?" ⑤ Connect with the afterlife at the biggest annual festival, the Day of the Dead!? The day that Oaxaca is "most Oaxaca-like." That's the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos). From November 1st to 2nd, Oaxaca becomes a completely different world. During this festival, which is said to be "the day when the dead return to this world," the city is filled with colorful skeletons. People welcome the dead, give them flowers and offerings, and celebrate with music and dance. Normally, celebrating "death" is unthinkable. But in Oaxaca, it is "the most vital moment." If you participate in this festival, you too may be overcome with a mysterious feeling, wondering, "Is there really a boundary between life and death?" Oaxaca is a place where you can have an "experience that goes beyond travel". Colorful streets, deep cuisine, philosophical alcohol, historical romance, and a festival where life and death intersect. Oaxaca is not "just a tourist spot". It is a place that "changes your outlook on life". So, your next trip should be to Oaxaca, the "magical city that stimulates the five senses"! #Spring0yentrip #Mexico #Oaxaca