Yutanduchi de Guerrero

Yutanduchi lies south of Asunción Nochixtlán, in the Mixteca Alta. The stretch to Nochixtlán is about 80 km and roughly 3.5 hours on the most recent figures we found; Oaxaca city is about 145 km and around 4.5 hours. From Oaxaca, reach Nochixtlán first by federal highway 190 or the 135D toll road (Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca); from there take the road toward Jaltepec, Morelos, Guadalupe Victoria and the Santiago and Santa Cruz Mitlatongo turn-offs, to Yutanduchi. The section between Guadalupe Victoria and Yutanduchi is dirt and gets bad in the rains.

By public transport: take a bus from Oaxaca to Nochixtlán (Oaxaca's first-class terminal is on Calzada Niños Héroes de Chapultepec). From there, the town has a passenger and freight service in private pickups that leaves Yutanduchi for Nochixtlán before dawn, between 4:00 and 5:00, and returns in the afternoon; times may have changed, so confirm with the town hall or in Nochixtlán the day before. Given the distance and the road, going in your own vehicle is the practical option. Teposcolula is about 57 km away as the crow flies, with no direct link.

Step into the church, with its white facade and stone stairway above the plaza.
Watch palm petates, tenates and sopladores being woven in the houses.
Walk the Graciano Sosa municipal market to see what sells day to day.
Come 13 to 16 August for the Asunción fiesta.
Look for the Mascaritas dance at All Saints.
If you have time, ask about the springs honoured to San Marcos on 24 and 25 May.