These images are from just outside the City of Oaxaca, including at Monte Albán, the amazing pre-Columbian archaeological site (6-miles west of the City of Oaxaca), and several traditional palenque - palenque’s are artisan mezcal production sites where the agave hearts, a.k.a. ‘piñas’, are roasted, then volcanic stone crushed, then barrel fermented, then double distilled, in the Tiacolula Valley and San Juan del Rio. As well as some landscapes in between. March 2022.
Monte Albán, from the peak
Monte Albán, stone, agave, sky & cloud
Monte Albán, pyramid, tree, sky & cloud
Agave field, Parque Nacional Benito Huárez
Workers roasting the piñas
The roasting tools
Cactus
Agave field and mountains
Agave, close up
Amaris mezcal distillery
Moonrise over Tiacolula Oaxaca
Palm, close up