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A deep brown carajillo cocktail with coffee beans floating in the pale froth on top, resting on a table at Casa Antonieta's rooftop cafe.

What is a carajillo?

by Mark
December 12, 2022December 27, 2022
Arts & Culture, Food

The carajillo was having a moment in Oaxaca this past summer when your Guide visited. It was the signature cocktail served at Criollo when our street food tour dropped by. It was one of the… Read More »What is a carajillo?

A lush interior courtyard garden at the Quinta Real Hotel in Oaxaca. There is a terrace of pink tile and pink clay walls on the second floor, with plants and pots of bright red carnations overlooking the courtyard garden on the lower floor. It is full of leafy green plants and two trees that rise up above the second floor spread their branches over that.

Hotel Review: The Quinta Real Oaxaca

by Mark
February 1, 2022June 5, 2022
Accommodation, Reviews, Travel

The first hotel your Guide stayed at after two years of pandemic lockdowns was the Hilton at the Mexico City airport. But that was a painful, stinky experience I’ve tried to block from my memory,… Read More »Hotel Review: The Quinta Real Oaxaca