Villas Vanessa San Cristobal de las Casas

... ist mir selb** unklar.

Ich bin jetzt **stmal fu** eine Woche in San Christobal - und geniesse den "Luxus", den ein Hostal einem bieten kann, **freue mich den vielen Bars und Cafes die d** Ort bietet und denke gleichzeitig fleissig nach, ueb** das **lebte und das was noch kommt.

Ich v**bleibe mit einem "Tschibathundoooot" (fu** die aelt**en Maenn**) und einem "Tschibathunmeeee" (fu** die aelt**en Frauen) od** einem Taclikelto (hasta luego).

Vatan (adios)

Felipe

... on inside the local church!
To try and explain it simply, we walked in and the first thing that you notice is the candles as there must be thousands alight along with pine needeles covering the floor. There was a band playing in the corner and the tune consisted of two chords being played very slowly over and over again. As we walked in there were small huddles of people in various parts of the church. They had set up shrines on the floor which consisted of candles and then ...

... cvetja, na tjeh so posute iglice (tistih prej omenjenih iglavcev)...da ljudje ne klecijo na kamnu. Pred oltarjem so svecniki v obliki zivali in kelih za aromaticna olja.

Vas ki je sledila, je veliko bolj pomembna in zanimiva. San Juan Chamula je vas s 70 000 prebivalci. Tu zivi najbolj cisto majevsko prebivalstvo na svetu, saj je kar 75 % prebivalcev cistih potomcev Majev. Te vasi niso nikoli zavzeli Spanci. Bili so zelo dobri bojevniki ...

... for the night but we weren't so far from Parque Central and LP noted that the Hotel Central would have doubles available for 80 quetzels. True enough, the Hotel Central is a rough and tumbly sort of a place but quite charming in its own way. The sheets were cleanly laundered, bathrooms had toilet paper and the manager only charged 60 quetzels for a double, what else could we ask for? Cheaper than LP? That never happens! The best part yet, we were finally, firmly in Guatemala!!!

... indigenous tribes and groups. It was pretty noticable from the climate as it was alot cooler, especially in the mornings and at night, so it was a pretty welcome relief from the heat of everywhere else we have been. We walked around town and had something to eat. First impressions were that it was a pretty small town, but very beautiful, surrounded by mountains, small narrow cobbled streets, and more of a country or rural type feel. We booked a trip for the ...

... sent us to Posada San Cristobal just off the square we'd just left. Huge bright room (2 doubles and a single bed), furniture, cable TV, en suite, balcony overlooking the street. Slept so well we decided to stay instead of moving to Los Morales. Spent the day checking out the town, churches, museums, markets and lookout points. Really quite chilly when the sun doesn't shine. Mayan villages tomorrow.

... get to the temple at the top. Subí estas escaleras para llegar al templo al final.  Volkswagen, the car of choice in Chiapas. If only I had a picture of the man I saw out the window of my bus, driving a Volkswagen, thick Mexican moustache and a cowboy hat. Volkswagen, el coche típico de Chiapas. Si sólo tuviera una foto del hombre que vi por la ventana de mi bus ...

... non-indigenous people in the town that made it difficult to keep a low profile.

We found the typical white church but again it was mostly empty which considerably lowered the visual impact. What was very evident in this town was the assembled groups of “mayordomos” or religious leaders who seemed to be, for lack of a better expression, “just hanging around”. Most fascinating but in no way was I tempted to pull out a camera to take a photo ...

Apologies to those eagerly awaiting my latest update, the internet around these parts is either extremely slow or doesn't work. Similar to when Katie Amber "broke the internet", maybe Katies been down around here lately? It makes updating the blog tedious and uploading photos next to impossible. Wednesday, arrived in San Cristobal two hours ahead of schedule on the night bus. (I am beginning to think the bus ...

I thought Oaxaca was beautiful but San Cristobal immediately won me over tenfold, with a high altitude and lower mountain temperatures inviting us to a change from the more hot central plains. Our first contact with a town home to a large population of Mayan people. I wanted to learn more about this town and the Zapatistas who have fought here relatively recently (since ...