We finished up our trip in Oaxaca were we went to the rug village of Teotetlan de Valle. It is a small village were it seems everyone is in the rug business. We drove by house after house with thier wares in the window untill we picked one at random to visit. We met the Gutierez brothers and they showed us thier HUGE showroom! They have been making rugs for many generations and have established a family co-operative so that each of the brothers has thier own style and workshop but shares in the profits of all the sales. They use all natural dyes and the wool is from another co-operative of sheep farmers in the region. It seems to me that there is very little negative impact from the industry, no polution and all of the workers are in nice open airy conditions.
The weather in Oaxaca is great. Cool at night and warm in the day. We bought lots of rugs for the new shop in Norway! If you want rugs like these you can go to La Zapoteca rug store in Zihuatanejo.
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