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Travel Blogs from Chiapas
The Road to San Cristobal
The road to San Cristobal De Las Casas, our next destination, is a long and winding one. Ed and I boarded a combi at about 12:45 after sleeping in and spending the morning on some necessities. A combi is something like a Ford Econoline minivan converted to accomodate ten or more passengers. The journey of 130 miles took about five hours, mostly in the first 80 or so miles. The chief advantages of a ...
In the deep Mexico...
... este tema sempre que ando num colectivo e sempre que não sou o primeiro a saír;
Quantos anos tens? 15? E o que é que está a fazer esse miudo dentro desse roupão? Com esta idade já faz estas coisas? Educação no campo precisa-se! Com 15 anos estava eu a começar a jogar ao bate pé com as meninas. E nunca me passou pela cabeça pedir um “25” com esta idade!
Basta afastar-me um bocadinho do circuito ...
Fireworks and Roosters in Chiapas
... town that offers a lovely summer setting for backpackers and travelers who want to get to know real aspects of Mexico. You won't be surrounded in picturesque jungles, just colonial life that's centered around tiny, hole-in-the-wall businesses, street markets, families, quaint restaurants, beautiful churches, and peace and quite in your days. This is a piece of heaven for the travelers and exhausted tourists who are just seeking the simple charms of Southern Mexican life.
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The Ex-Convent of Santa de Mingo
... and two sitting benches, where I could plant my butt and imagine the past, staring at the fountain before me. I decided to sit for a little while, right on the hard metal, and I peeked down to see that it was a ketchup red paint that was wearing off to a black skeleton frame.
People wandered outside, passing a gated entrance to my left. Mexican music from the market on the other side of a tiny street floated in. Shadows of the trees glimmered and shook ...
Cruztón - La Otra Campaña
Ein abgebrochener Einsatz, ein paar vergossene Traenen, dazu Bauchkraempfe - und trotzdem bin ich froh, in Cruztón gewesen zu sein.
Am 2. Dezember sind Asa, Anika und Ich schon um 7:45Uhr in Richtung Einsatzort aufgebrochen. Beladen mit unseren Einkaeufen vom Vortag, den Rucksaecken und guter Laune. Wir haben am Pan-Amerikanischen Highway ein Taxi bis nach Teopisca genommen, einer Ortschaft etwa 45Minuten suedlich von San Cristóbal. Von Dort ging es per ...