Kukurutz Residencia San Cristobal de las Casas

... with a twig and then take a chicken from a bag and break it´s neck over the sick person. Then they drink some more Coca-cola or Pepsi and go and bury the chicken where the sick person got sick to give that to mother earth. You weren´t allowed ro take photos in there so you´ll have to fantisize.<br><br>The best thing with Chamulla is that it´s a social rule that women have to have long hair, I´m waiting for that to spread over the whole world.<br><br>Take care friends! <br><br>Ted<br>

At 7 a.m., our bus stopped at Tuxla Gutierrez to drop off the majority of the passengers. San Cristobal is a quaint place with narrow stone paved streets, elevated sidewalks and churches at every corner. The town was still in the middle of its morning wake up ritual when we arrived at 8:30 to the OCC terminal at the extreme end of Insurgentes. Taxi drivers and authorized tour guides hawked their offerings and as we exited we were told that the two waterfalls on the way ...

... all the Mexican towns we had stayed in, we found the people in San Cristobal and friendliest, and we felt completely safe the entire time. All the streets are paved with large stones, the buildings and churches were colourful. We were told that there are over 150 churches in S.C. I explored the streets and bought food from the local mercado and found a Spanish School on a hill overlooking the town. We booked ourselves in to do a five day Spanish course in ...

It was our first stop inland and it surprised us how chilly it was. Made for a nice change to be able to wear socks and shoes, pants and even a jacket and for the babies, a toque (Tyler,Josh). San Cristobal is definitely worth the stop, with lots of artisan and food markets, good places to ...

... 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. <br><br>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 &#8211; the manner in which they mix Catholicism and ancient ...

... their unique designs and deep colors we were eager to see the region that produced such beauty.<br><br>Not only were the handicrafts beautiful but also the Chiapen indigenous people selling them. They had a distinguished calm look about them that must have been rooted in their Mayan ancestry.<br><br>The clincher for me personally was that Chiapas was also one of the three great coffee growing regions of Mexico. Like a wine region, a coffee region is something to ...

... of gold (yet) despite lots of trying and that having more than a few words of Spanish is a definite advantage... Also enjoying having the time to read, sleep, and, well, it's amazing how quickly the days go when you have a full agenda of reading a sleeping. We started off in Playa Del Carmen on Mexico's Caribbean coast, we'd thought it would be a Spanish style Barbados but it's more of a Costa-Del-Yucatan stretching from Cancun all the way down to Tulum. Concrete creeping ...

... a bus out of Palenque all the way to San Cristobal de las Casas, in the mountains with a stop on the way at the Misol Ha and Agua Azul waterfalls. Misol Ha consists of one 35m drop waterfall, but unfortunately it had too much current for me to swim there. Nevertheless, I was able to swim at Agua Azul, which as its name indicates is normally deep blue water. During rainy season, the water tends to be chocolaty but it did not prevent me from going ...

... to Miami. Last night was excellent, and we were out until midnight which we hadnt done since Argentina quite a few months back. We tried a restaurant called "El Jardin de Coba" owned by a French or Belgian guy. Its an old colonial house with a house patio converted into a grass garden. At the end of the garden awaits "Coba", which is no other than a huge young San Bernardo dog. He loves playing, with the main problem that he weighs a tonne ...

... foreigners who want to have fun güey. like the table of people downs stairs in your restaurant. i already made good money from them. every day, people like this want it but you already have a business and i can help you take more in. two fresh lines of high grade coke sat staring at me like cat's eyes in the dark, willing me to retreat or attack, ready to strike with a swift claw. i waited for roman to continue. i will bring you into the business, he whispered - if ...