Arrecife de Coral San Cristobal de las Casas

... ein Vermoegen kostet! Ich habe fast gekotzt bei diesem Anblick. Jungle-Camp ist ja ganz witzig, aber wenn man das selber sieht und fast dazu genoetigt wird diese Made zu schlucken, dann ist da nichts lustiges mehr dran!
Auf jeden Fall war dieser Abend ziemlich witzig und ich konnte ein wenig spanisch mit Einheimischen sprechen - auch wenn ich laengst nicht alles verstehen konnte - und dann die uebliche Frage aufkam: "Wir findest du als deutscher Hitler ...

... The walls of the church are lined with display cases in which statues represent various Christian saints, and it is mainly in front of these that the families pray. The entire floor of the church is covered in fresh pine needles (dry pine needles combined with candles being quite the fire hazard - frequent ritual changing is required), and scattered around the chapel are stacks of crates full of soft drinks. According to the guide ...

Hi all We are finally back in Mexico. Yesterday we left Lake Atilan (which, in contrast to the day before, looked like a mill pond - the views as we climbed away from it were pretty spectacular) and had a big driving day to get us across the border to San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Given that it was our one really long day in the van, the drive wasn´t too bad. We left the lake at 7.30am ish, and got here - having gained an hour ...

... we gezellig naar een DVD zitten kijken over de wijze waarop Maya vrouwen bevallen (wel even anders als bij ons!!)..ondanks dat hadden we toch nog trek in eten en zijn 's avonds voor het eerst ' uit eten' geweest. Inmiddels zijn we beide weer boven Jan en besloten we in plaats van het bed te verschonen een ander bed aan de andere kant van de stad te gaan huren. Voor minder dan de prijs van de kamer in de ...

... started to chat and it turns out she was Italian, and could speak english, which is a plus seen as I cant speak Italian or Spanish! we found out she is an assistant film director back in Italy, and had worked on some pretty big films Brendan and I had both heard about. Once we got back to San Cristobal the three of us walked around town for abit, before Brendan decided to head back to the hostel. I think he could sense that I liked our new Italian friend ...

... dit, pas de probleme. Le truc, c'est que moi, je m adresse a lui en anglais depuis le debut ... Et soudain, 2eme flash dans ma tête: il est en fait de parler de quelque chose de complètement différent, et m explique que j aurais du demander au debut de la conversation, s´il parle anglais. Au lieu de cela, j´ai demarre tout de suite dans cette maudite langue (mes prpres mots!). Et c´est pas poli,ça! Bla bla bla ... Il continue sur le même sujet. Intarisabe, apparemment ...

... thereby becoming experts in their chosen fields. They not only discovered but became an integral part of that new world.

I put the anthropologists Gertrude Duby and her husband Franz Blom in the same category for what they did for the discovery and preservation of the Mayan culture.

Their origins were Swiss and Danish respectively and they could have easily lived their lives in these wonderful countries ...

... Das ganze Hostel feierte gemeinsam, es wurden erstmal 20 Kilo Guacamole verspeist (was wohl in Mexiko gerne passiert, wenn jeder was mitbringen soll ohne sich vorher abzusprechen :)). Dazu gabs fiese Sangria und den nicht viel besseren Bacardi Razz und dann ging es geschlossen auf den neuentdeckten Plaza zum Feiern. Die beiden Quoten-Italiener Luigi und Mario hatten auch ein paar grandiose mexikanische Boeller dabei. Typisch Latino ...

... is an important day, and we do see a few cars loaded with locals singing and playing instruments. its great, and welcomes us into the town. we feel so happy when we see the hostel we have booked ahead. for one thing, it is clean. in fact as we arrive they are changing the sheets on our beds, and cleaning the bathrooms... i feel like i will sleep well tonight! we unload, and have a quick breakfast of ...

... to walk around and take pictures of things also to try to organise some things. Buy some medicine to replace the stuff I had used or given away out of my first aid kit. Check my flights and accomodation etc. I drank some coffee, went online. And towards the end of the day sat and practised spanish. You would think I would be getting good by now. But not yet. Soon though. I then took the ngiht bus back to Mexico DF.