WEATHER: clear, hot. TOTAL MILEAGE: 197.8 miles I took an early walk and stopped inside the church (which I found was dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi). Very beautiful statues, including a glass coffin containing a figure of the body of Christ. Later, I took a second walk to buy cameras- 160Q for two, VERY expensive. Who knew I'd go through so...

I went to Gracias a Dios to talk with Customs to see what I could do with the van. The Customs official told me to cancel my permission and after that just to keep my certificate of cancellation, and then I could sell it, give it away, burn it, or do whatever I wanted to do with it, so that´s what I did. But I had to go to Ciudad Cuahutémoc (La ...

We stopped for the internet here. Before this we stopped at Cuauhtémoc, the border with Guatemala, to ask questions about the van. Customs told me that if I sell the van in Mexico they will fine me and put me in jail. We crossed the border and Galación bought a stove.

This is where we said goodbye to Bolívar, we said goodbye to Mario, the Guatemalan, in Hixtla right before Tapachula. Now Bolívar was a character. He´s a coyote and he likes to run his mouth, saying he makes $60,000 a year pushing beaners across the border. But he says that he doesn´t have enough money and he still lives in the jungle. He said h...

Hola a Todos! Bueno como la mayoria sabe hoy es mi cumple y lo celebre en una enramada aqui en Puerto Madero, llegue como a la 1pm y ya para las 2 estaba comiendo en la playita, de hecho me quede ahi como hasta las 6pm, por que despues de comerme esa docena de ostiones y la mojarra frita, pues la hamaca me llamo y me tome mi siesta de una hora, ...

Without going into too much detail on Zapatistas, they are a militant group that is at odds with the Mexican govt. over indigenous people's rights. They don't like eco-tourism, and aren't crazy about tourists in general. In 2002, they had a bit of an uprising and the government had to send the army in to stop them. The state of Chiapas is the ho...

[b]Good Music and Passed Out Mexicans: a brief interlude in this writing process. [/b][/color][color=#FF0000] [/color]Current mood: drunk[color=#000099] *point at which the author wishes to break the time space continuum in the telling of said travels and interject some tidbits of interest -- well at least interest to me* One would think that th...