Casa Mexicana San Cristobal de las Casas

... simply consisted of me laying there for 2 hrs. sweating...not sleeping. BUT apprently in San Cristobal this equation does not hold. After taking an interesting colectivo ride from Tuxla Gutierrez to S. Cristobal I immediately had to take out the one long sleeve shirt I brought on my trip. After the week in P. Escondido this temperture change was unwelcome as I spent the night huddled under blankets. Why ...

... but we would arrive there at about 11pm at night, so we decided to can the idea and stay another night in San Cristobal. We went down to Alice´s hotel and left a message that we were getting the bus tomorrow morning, and that we would meet her in the lobby for tea at 7:30, before heading back to write in our journals and have a shower. We meet up and walked around until we found a nice place to eat. Alot nicer than the places we had been eating when we ...

... 2nd town of Guatemala, I have unlimited free access to the WorldWide Web! What would I do without it, eh? But the point of this point is not to tell you about this. The theme of today is languages, and particularly, English. The date is February, 26th. PlaceÑ san Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. In the afternoon, I decide to go and ask for some information at a bike tour operator called Los Pinguinos. The Lonely Planet indicates they organise off-the-beaten-track ...

... He had a special interest in finding the &#8220;Rosetta Stone&#8221; of the Mayan language. It is something he worked on for many years thereby becoming an expert in the field. In the end he did not crack the code of the Mayan hieroglyphics and one is left to wonder whether the demons of alcoholism and a divorce (not from Gertrude Duby) in the 1930&#8217;s may also have played a part in that.<br><br>It was at this stage in ...

... paluuyhteytemme kohti Suomea 15. helmikuuta. Aika näyttää riittääkö häntä Mesoamerikan viimeiseen pötkylään eli Panamaan asti. Halvimmat lennot eivät meidän tapauksessa tarkoita kaikkein suorimpia. Siirtymiseen Helsingistä Mexico Cityyn ja San Josesta takaisin käsittää kaikkineen 7 vaihtoa ja kolme eri lentoyhtiötä. Positiivinen puoli on se, että tällä tavoin saa itselleen sumplittua matkan varrelle pitkän viikonlopun vaikka New Yorkiin ennen eksoottisempaan kieliympärist ...

... tablets before leaving - not taking any more risks there. The drive to Tuxtla was quite scenic, as we crossed a few other canyons on the way. Saw quite a few mielie fields planted on the side of the mountain. I realize people need to do what they must to stay alive but there are so many times where I'm saddened to see how we've overtaken and destroyed so much of our planet. There really isn't much of it that's been left unspoilt anymore. I really can't see it ...

... building and has 2 really pretty flowery courtyards and a rooftop terrace. OK so it doesn´t have the free breakfast, free coffee, free internet offered by some other places and is run by a 12 year old, but hey, you can´t have everything! San Cristobal de las Casas was as pretty as I had been hoping but definitely on the parky side! Quite similar to Antigua in Guatemala in it's setting, cosmopolitan nature and colonial buildings. Given my ...

... said it was dangerous, and that the locals didnt like us going that way unless with a guide. not at all what the guide books state... and he was wrong. we have people coming out and waving. kids squeeling, and running away after waving,... then running back. we cycle up hill through small villages, with `pigs tied up outside, free range chickens, a few eagles, and fantastic views back down...if we ...

... continue to play an unexpected role in my travels.<br><br>San Cristobal is in the Chiapas state in the south of Mexico. This state is home to the Zapatistas, and the area is thick with jungled mountains. The town is pretty prosperous and has a chill hippy vibe. It takes about 18 hours to get here from Mexico City, so visitors tend to be more ¨traveler¨ and less ¨tourist.¨<br><br>From Oaxaca, I caught an overnight bus to San Cristobal Monday evening. My guide-book warned that Mexican ...

... conversation about the recent and the not so recent history of Israel and middle eastern conflict. although alta lives in the northern region of israel, not far from nazareth for you biblical types, and 100kms from the border with lebanon, she'd felt safe after the recent conflict developed, until hostile fire fell upon her neighbourhood. her account of that first night wes a clear picture of what is wrong with the world. a small portion of humanity is corrupted and corrupting ...