Monday, September 29, 2008
Oaxaca Travel Guide
Oaxaca State is situated in the South-eastern part of the Mexico; the state of Oaxaca is bordered on the north by the states of Veracruz and Puebla, to the east by Chiapas, to the west by Guerrero, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca has an area of 95,364 km².
The large valleys of the state are placed between the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. Oaxaca is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. The name of the state in addition to the capital City, "Oaxaca" proceeds from the Nahuatl word "Huaxacac" (huaxin-a type of squash, yacatl-nose), meaning "in the nose of the squash." it borders on the North with Veracruz and Puebla, Chiapas on the East, Guerrero on the West and the Pacific Ocean on the South.
Oaxaca has a pleasing sub-tropical weather and the tranquillity of distant places catch the attention of most tourists to the Oaxaca Valley. It has peaks almost 10,000 feet (more than 3,000 metres) high, virgin beaches, caverns among the deepest in the world, hidden jungles, and luminous valleys that house populations where, people of all cultures who once lived in its middle come jointly.
The State of Oaxaca is the most varied state in Mexico and is the historic dwelling of the Zapotec and Mixtec peoples and the fourteen other ethnic groups still existent in its culture and traditions. Also Oaxaca is home of Mexico's most famous heroes, President Benito Juلrez, came from the Oaxacan village of San Pablo Guelatao. Other renowned Oaxacans include Rufino Tamayo, Porfirio Diaz, José Vasconcelos, Francisco Toledo, Marيa Sabina, J. Alberto Canseco Dيaz, Major League Baseball player Vinicio Castilla, chemical engineer Marco Rito-Palomares and several other writers, artists and statesmen.
The City of Oaxaca
The city of Oaxaca is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of the same name (formally: Oaxaca de Juلrez, in honor of 19th-century president and national hero Benito Juلrez, who was born nearby). It is located in the Oaxaca Valley in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains, at 17°05'N 96°45'W near the geographic center of the state, and at an altitude of about 1550 m (5000 feet).
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Research Study for Travelers' Diarrhea Looking for Volunteers
If we determine that this research study might be a good match for you, you may join a pre-paid tour program or may make your own tour plans with your own travel and hotel reservations. Details on pre-paid or reimbursed travel and specific study related expenses will be provided by the research study travel coordinator and may be up to $1,500 depending on the completion of study visits and procedures.
This clinical research study is being conducted at multiple sites in the US, with follow-up sites in Mexico, and Guatemala. The goal is to see if the research patch is better at reducing the symptoms of Travelers’ Diarrhea than a patch not containing the research material, called a placebo.
Study subjects will have a 50:50 chance, like flipping a coin, to get the research patch or the placebo patch. The research patch is placed on the upper arm for 6 hours, once at the start of the study and again 14 days later. After waiting at least 7 days from the last patch application, participants may depart from the US for their destination-country.
Participants must check-in at a destination-country study clinic within 1-2 days of arrival in the destination-country. Following check-in, they may continue vacation travel until a follow-up clinic visit about one week later. After the follow-up visit, and depending on their travel plans, travelers will take part in the surveillance or observation period for at least 7 and up to 17 days while in the destination-country.
If we find this research study might be a good match for you, you will be asked to visit a study doctor for the first of your two US clinic visits and will be able to get any additional study details you need at that time.
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