Day 8: Monte Alban at Oaxaca

The biggest pleasure you can get from traveling is always that something you don’t expect too much turns out amazes you the most.

more pictures are hereMonte Alban at Oaxaca, Mexico

Monte Alban, half hour away from downtown Oaxaca by bus, is located on a hilltop. When we reached the site, we just burst “wow”, it is really amazing, as it looks still pretty “complete” as an ancient city. The sign said it is the earliest urban “system” in America. The system consists not only religion places, but also government offices. Its urban planning was considered most sophisticated at its time.

Monte Alban is a place where, when you think you already have the best part of it, and you continue your walk in the site, it will show you an even more incredible view of it.

As it is in a hilltop, the entire site is covered by green grass and dotted by a lot of flowers and trees. You can rest at any place or sit on any stairway in the site, just let the wind flip through your face and smell the refreshment of grass. I personally like it better than Teotihuacan.

I lost my camera and can only show you the pictures taken by my phone.

You can take a bus in downtown Oaxaca, it will cost you 40 pesos for a round trip, and the return time is scheduled 3 hours post arriving time. Ticket to the site is 51 pesos. Instead of punching on the ticket, the security guy tear it into two pieces, my heart was broken as he did so, as I planned to make all the tickets we could obtain in Mexico a collection.