Korachi Hotel and Cabins Creel

... with his bare hands. Apparently it's good for the joints, so I had to try one! I think it was Mescal liquor.

We were not on the typical gringo trail so we stuck out like dogs balls. Everyone was very friendly though, and I even helped cafe shop keeper sweep the footpath out front of their shop, just like Maplin! I felt like I needed to do some work as it's been a while!

Back on the road we climbed into a different land. Entering the foothills of the Serria ...

... being offered an array of deep fried goodies through the barred windows of the crummy 3rd class sleeping carriages. Delicious vegetable and meat samosas, pakoras, trays of lamb biryani, all washed down with cone shaped clay cups full of sweet, milky chai. All passed through the window from smily locals for a few rupees. It made the journey all the more special tasting those goodies, and temporarily took the mind off the hard seats and stinking toilets.
Luckily Mexico was no ...

Hung with a couple of young European girls for a while on the train & we all got hustled off to the one hostel on arrival. Bumped into Anna there, a German who had lived in Bath for the last 8 years & had first met last year in Puerto Escondido. The hostel was great value & my room even had heating (much needed as at 2500m - the town - my room only one storey up!) and a good breakfast & dinner were included. Found a bar with a ...

... of the men and some of the women will be conducting rituals. There is a fear of the Mother Moon not being visible in the night sky. Many children will not go to school today because of this. The Tarahumara are very shy people. They usually will not ask you to purchase their crafts, but will stand silently with their products in their hands waiting for you to inquire. You will also see them at all the train stops, walking up onto the tracks and standing silently ...

... one of the weirdest days of both our lives. We decided to go snorkelling, so off we headed, however we probably shouldn´t of been in the water as massive waves were crashing down on our heads making Nicole freak out and not be able to participate. So Kez and Laura continued snorkelling for another half an hour but soon had to finish up as it became to dangerous. Then as we are heading into the beach, some crazy woman had clearly ...

... a blast! After the lads returned to the US and I was able to get some sleep, I hit the Teotihuacan pyramids, sampling some Mezcal along the way. An incredible place, and amazing to walk down the old streets that were bustling with 250,000 people a thousand years ago. Another amazing place, just a few kms from the Historical Centre of town is Plaza of 3 Cultures. Here remnants of the pyramids of the Aztec period can be ...

[b]A Perfect Storm [/b][/color][color=#FF0000] [/color][color=#000099]Current mood: enthralled[/color] In my opinion the most perfect time to visit the ruins at Palenque is when the rains move in, for a couple of reasons. First, for those who have been in Palenque during late July know well how oppressively hot the days are. On a day that we visited the mercado in the city, Huitzilopochtli threatened that if I inadvertently brushed up against he may just melt leaving me ...

... was the last port of call for the tour bus we said that we would make our own way back to our hotel, which gave us more time to spend there. As it transpired we didn't actually spend much more time there as we were both quite tired and left with probably a quarter unvisited. Leave it for another trip we told ourselves. Only disappointment was an 'official' museum taxi rank driver trying to rip us off with the fare back to the hotel. Chris soon put him in his place and ...

... mesmo antes do descobrimento. Descobrimento ? Nunca mais ousarei em dizer isso...Posso dizer: chegada de Colombo, colonizacao, destruicao, usurpacao e aproveitamento. Nao diferente do Brasil, a chegada dos Europeus (inicialmente amigavel)e o interesse pela materia prima impulsionaram a colonizacao que, ate certo ponto aceitava os povos locais tentando catequisa-los. Mas...sempre tem um malandrinho que tenta abocanhar tudo Os imperios aqui existentes foram dizimados e hoje ...