点评:The guided tours I saw tho San Antonio Arrazola included Monte Alban -- which is on the way here from Oaxaca. I'd already been there. A Google map showed that this place is small. So I took a cab.
It is easy to get around on foot. I asked the driver to drop me at El Tallador de Sueños. It has a little museum and was a great introduction -- but it didn't have the simple charm of other places I visited west of the main street. I really enjoyed talking with the artists. (I don't know if any of them speak English.)
The main street was more "touristy". One place I avoided was HUGE, covered with murals; it had room after room filled with sections of similar alebrijes. You could go there if you want a big selection and have little time... I preferred buying from simpler places, especially if I was talking with the artist. There was also a mercadito, a small market with maybe ten places, that was a nice alternative to the huge store.
Colectivos leave every 15 minutes or so for Oaxaca, they told me. The ride cost only 15 pesos, but there was no room for my alebrijes, except on my lap, because six people were crammed into a small car. I'm guessing you can catch your own cab back to your hotel; I'm sure artists can tell you how, or you might wait near where the highway enters town and flag one down. My alebrijes were only wrapped in heavy paper, so take care with yours!
One artist told me that two other places around Oaxaca also make alebrijes. But Arrazola was plenty for me.
翻译:我在圣安东尼奥阿拉索拉看到的导游包括蒙特阿尔班——它位于从瓦哈卡来的路上。我已经去过那里了。谷歌地图显示这个地方很小。所以我打车去了。
步行很容易。我让司机把我送到 El Tallador de Sueños。那里有一个小博物馆,是一个很好的介绍——但它没有我在主街以西参观过的其他地方的朴素魅力。我真的很喜欢和艺术家们交谈。(我不知道他们中是否有人会说英语。)
主街更“旅游化”。我避开的一个地方非常大,到处都是壁画;它有一个又一个房间,里面摆满了类似的 alebrijes。如果你想要很多选择,但时间又不多,你可以去那里……我更喜欢从简单的地方买东西,尤其是当我和艺术家交谈的时候。那里还有一个 mercadito,一个可能有十个摊位的小市场,是大型商店的一个不错的替代品。
他们告诉我,Colectivos 大约每 15 分钟就有一班前往瓦哈卡的巴士。车费只有 15 比索,但一辆小车里挤了六个人,我的 alebrijes 只能放在我的膝盖上。我猜你可以自己打车回酒店;我相信艺术家们会告诉你怎么做,或者你也可以在高速公路进入城镇的地方等着,拦下一辆。我的 alebrijes 只用厚纸包着,所以要小心你的!
一位艺术家告诉我,瓦哈卡周围还有另外两个地方也制作 alebrijes。但 Arrazola 对我来说已经足够了。