The kids playing and having fun at Poing Poing in Oaxaca
Like most people, we bought a couple of guidebooks before traveling to Oaxaca. However, as is typical, NONE of the guidebooks discuss anything helpful if you are looking for fun activities for kids. Fortunately, I had other resources. Riding home with the girls everyday from the girls school in Oaxaca on the bus, I met a man and his daughter coming from the same school. I asked them about the best activities and places to go for kids in Oaxaca. There answer was “Poing-Poing.” I took the kids to Poing-Poing on Friday, and I think that they agree with that assessment – they told me the afternoon they spent there was the best time they had in Oaxaca. The kids had a great time playing all afternoon.
Poing Poing is similar to indoor playgrounds I have seen in the states, with a large climbing gym about 3 stories tall, several “ball pits”, and a game area with foosball and air hockey tables. Mexico does not have the obsession with safety that we have in the U.S. – for better or for worse, so they also have large trampolines, and a bungy jumping game. Poing Poing is a very large venue, and had plenty of fun to keep the kids busy all afternoon. They played actively from 12 until 4 – at which time I had to leave to make my way to my 5 pm Spanish class. They were still having fun when I dragged them home.
The kids playing in the ball pit at Poing Poing in Oaxaca