Authentic Mexican street markets and a central commercial and transport hub: San Pedro Pochutla (or short: Pochutla) is certainly not a tourist hot spot. The town of 14.000 inhabitants and the municipality of the same name lie a half-hour drive from Oaxaca’s southern coastline, at the crossing of federal highways 200 and 175. Tourists mainly pass through Pochutla to get a bus to Oaxaca from the beach towns of Mazunte and Zipolite. But Pochutla’s narrow and busy streets have more to offer: Walk over its crowded markets where street vendors sell fresh produce from the region, buy artisanal leather sandals at its indoor market, or admire the Municipal Palace’s murals.…