Diego De Mazariegos Hotel San Cristobel San Cristobal de las Casas

... young population.
Met Elias at the hostel (Hi !) who was very kind and showed me around. Too bad I was too tired to really enjoy the nightclubs...

Next day, my plane for Bogota took off at 3:50pm. I accidentally broke a piece inside the -cheap-plane, and was kindly asked to not destroy it during the flight ^^.

... m on the same altitude as Mexico City again so it´s few hours that aren´t rainy and cold.

San Cristobal was in the center when the Zapatista (EZLN) occupide the city for 30h 1 Jan 1994 in there fight for the rights of the indigenous people, with anti-leader and balaclava-outfitted Subcommendante Marcos as spokesman. I remember those days, I was young and ideologic and run around town putting up pro-EZLN sticker without really knowing what it was. Zaptista are still fighting ...

... then got a little lost. I walked for a while down a busy city street. They were all busy, always. Every street corner had a few local police, they are the friendly ones who you can talk to without having to pay a bribe, and they pointed me back to my hostel.
When I reached it I had a sleep. Even though you kind of sleep on night buses, they are never proper sleeps. In the afternoon I woke up and went exploring the main plaza (I don’t know why they ...

Even een nieuwe in de rubriek aanrestauraders! Casa del Pan in San Cristobal de las Casas, zeg maar de Betty´s van San Cristobal. We hadden er al over gelezen in de ¨trotter¨ (voor Heleen de Planet) en hadden besloten om er maar eens te gaan eten. En het werd ETEN.....alles was zo lekker en ook puur vegetarisch. Het brood, een soort Feta tappanade, de salade ...

... during its religious observances but that is a domain into which the tourist is not invited. In fact none of the family members were visible during our visit.

Raul in his calm voice and manner spends about half an hour detailing the various items and procedures that make up this sacred part, found in one shape or another, in every home in this village. The Tzotzil are a religious people and therein lays the mystery – the manner in which they mix Catholicism and ancient ...

... Put all this together and we were ready to be taken in by this wonderful region.

The bus ride from Oaxaca to San Cristobal was about seven hours meaning it was perfect for an overnight bus ride. I use the word “perfect” tongue in cheek because an overnight bus right is anything but perfect especially if, as is the case with me, you are unable to sleep in a bus.

Let it be said one more time, the Mexican first-class long-distance buses are only ...

... place in 68 and when the Army opened fired on protesting students from an helicopter - you gotta love Latin America. Those girls were astoundingly nice and it was very interesting to learn about the event fron the museum and their own niews on it as young Mexican adults. Also, I have to be extremely thamkful to them for bearing with my Spanish during long hours... I´ll add some pictures later. Bon les jeunes, Ca commence a etre un peu relou d ecrire en deux ...

... spend most of your church time in the rectory with Father Feely (eh em....Donny) Then you should know the story and how its the second biggest pilgramage site in the world. Mexico city was built on a lake that dryed out but the ground underneath is giving way so the church is slowly sinking. It looked pretty cool and the paintings were awsome. Moving on. We then headed north east ( I think) to Teotihucan. We stopped just ...

... climbing across her folded legs, her beauty kept inside, behind the heavy hard wood doors, salon mundial is dimly lit yet warm and welcoming. on the original colonial ceramic tiles connected by an earthy geometry, five untreated wood tables, each with four red vinyl chairs, are situated up the spine of the high room. at any time of the day, the metre high wooden stage is cluttered with musical instruments, microphones, and more often than not, musical souls, past and ...

Hey oui, me voila de retour au Mexique, et pas n importe ou, dans le DF, une ville de plus de 28 millions d habitants qui ne cesse jamais de bourdonner d activite. C est vraiment preferable de ne pas avoir une vue d ensemble de la ville pour supporter son ...