Kudos for Viva Oaxaca

Mother and Child, Oaxaca, 2011     Credit: REA

It's very gratifying when we hear that our insider's guide to Oaxaca, Viva Oaxaca, really added to someone's visit to our favorite city. Here's the most recent such comment:

I wanted to write and thank you for publishing Viva Oaxaca. My partner and I 
stayed 10 days in Oaxaca in the beginning of October, and used your book 
constantly. It was such a pleasure to read, and the recommendations for 
everything (meals, parks, shopping, markets) were accurate and clear. I think we 
had a better vacation than we would have had if we relied on Lonely Planet and 
Trip Advisor. Your love and enthusiasm for Oaxaca is contagious, and 
appreciated.

The things we enjoyed the most were the guided tour of the Botanical Garden, the 
Tamayo Museum, and eating lunch at Itanoni.  We might have missed out on the 
Botanical Garden and Itanoni if we didn't have your book compelling us to go 
there. We were last in Oaxaca in 1992 for the radish festival/Christmas holiday, 
and being there again felt both familiar and different. It was nice to be in 
Oaxaca during the off season (although we were the only guests at our hotel some 
nights). It is still charming and fun and cosmopolitan all at the same time.

I don't normally write fan letters, but it made me wish for a book like yours every 

time we travel.

Thanks again,

J.B and D.G., New York City