Hotel Tierra y Cielo San Cristobal de las Casas

... the prize - the bottle of 1L Tequila that they were using.

Later in the arvo we all took the local bus to Market 28, a sprawling Mexican marketplace. It took us a little while to get our bartering skills up to speed and then there was no stopping us .....
We emerged a few hours later with all sorts of local goodies, clothes & trinkets. The people were very keen for us to view their goods as it seemed a little quiet.

In the ...

Durante de la mañana del séptimo día, monte un ATV en la selva. El fue muy divertido, y el paisaje fue fenomenal. Próximo, tome un paseo en un barco velocidad. Este fue muy divertido también. Luego, comí a él Salón de Thai. Esto restaurante es interesante porque es encima de una laguna. Finalmente, salí México por un avión en Cancún Aeropuerto Internacional.

... lots of Mayan crafts but again I was not able to buy anything. Although I almost purchased a hammock I decided I'd hold off until Brasil as I'd originally planned. After a good buffet lunch in air conditioned comfort we jumped in our stinking hot bus and continued on for 30 minutes to Chichen Itza which is famous because it is one of the largest pyramid's and twice a year during the equinox the way the sunlight moves over the pyramid causes an illusion of a great snake crawling down ...

... 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 an unwelcome change as I spent the night huddled under blankets. Why ...

... in an earlier blog, San Cristobal is calm, but Na-Bolom is even calmer. It is truly an oasis or a little Shangri-La that even reminds me of a Buddhist meditation center. It is truly a fitting tribute to these two remarkable people.

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Coming Soon: San Cristobal de Las Casas - The Market

... large families (contraception not exactly being put to any use) of about 7 children per family. Also the men occasionally have more than 1 wife. The sad thing is the number of people you see in town selling crafts and just chocolates or sweets to get by are mostly from these little villages. But worse though is that many of these sellers are kids no more than 4 years of age. So the families are actually struggling to get by, yet still continue having large ...

... for not even 6pesos...1st experience in collectivos and hopefully I knew the place coz I still had to walk for 5min to reach my hotel. Early enough, mexicanos not yet drunk so no danger but still, I'll try no to do that too often! Don't really know what Im gonna do today´coz it rained hard this morning, but I have to think of leaving Cancun soon. Need to do Chitzten Itza before going South, so I guess I'll try to get info on busses now.

... town called San Juan Chemula that is home to folks who practice unique religious rituals that mix Catholic and Mayan traditions...specifically imbibing and offering Coca-Cola as a way to rid oneself of evil spirits.

Walking into the church, there are no pews and the floor is covered with green hay. When folks come to worship, they make a clearing in the hay and place numerous (about 40) candles in front of themselves. Many just sit there and chant in Tzotzil (the local Mayan ...

... of all humanity who wish for peace. alta couldn't afford the beer she drank so i asked her if she'd like to cook her favourite dish for our staff and any friends she had from the hostel. we had a banquet of salmon, salad, potato chips and vodka served after work. a no cash compromise we all enjoyed. watching cnn the other morning, i witnessed to the united nations committee announce sanctions on the democratic peoples' republic of korea. each speaker highlighted the ...

... que se daban en la pelicula no dejaban de hacer comentarios al respecto, reirse y hasta suspirar fuerte como un "ahhhhhhhhh que bonitos!!!!! que lindo!!!!!!!!!!! " expresiones que les causaron mucha gracia a los ingleses por lo que se mataban de la risa cada vez que suspirabamos, nos reiamos, hablabamos. 10:30am llegamos a Tulum. Taxi, taxi nos cuanto nos cobra hasta "Don Diego de la Selva"? el cuanto nos cobra era indispensable antes de subirnos a un taxi ...