Part II of our series of guest posts from San Francisco native Susan Coss as she returns to Mexico after a year-long hiatus.  Missives from Oaxaca documents her month-long stay in the southern Mexican town. You can read part I here.

Oh the time is passing too quickly!!!

I am happy to report that the GREAT OAXACAN REPAVING OF THE STREETS PROJECT is continuing at a furious pace. Apparently, The federal government gave the city a grant three years ago to do this project, with the stipulation that it must be complete by the end of 2009 or they have to return the money. There is round the clock working, streets that were re-paved three years ago are being dug up and re-paved, and conveniently, the brother in law of the governor is the owner of, you guessed it, a cement factory AND a quarry.

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Over the next few weeks the AirTreks blog will be bringing you guest posts from San Francisco native Susan Coss as she returns to Mexico after a year-long hiatus. Missives from Oaxaca, will document her month-long stay in the southern Mexican town. See Part II here.

Arriving

I’m back! That’s the big news. The not so big news (or not so surprising news) is that I still love this place—despite having to drive 5 times around the centro before getting dropped off at my apartment. The thing is, where I live is usually the first point of drop off in the colectivos from the airport (think Super Shuttle). Kind of akin to going from SFO over to North Beach, around to the Haight, over to the Castro, downtown and then doing it all again before heading to the Mission. Glass-is-half-full perspective: I got to see the city in its burst of Saturday morning activity and be reminded just how crazy the traffic is here.

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