Timber!

Devoted readers of this blog know that I'm not one for blogging random tourist sights, although I do get dragged to them from time to time. But this one has to be seen to be believed.

A few miles outside Oaxaca is what is claimed to be the world's largest tree. And, yes, it's a very big tree:



This cypress tree is also claimed to be more than 2,000 years old. And given its size, it just might be.

Which leads to a thought: if the claim is true, it implies that the climate in this part of Mexico must not have changed much in all that time.

Wonder how much longer that can last?