The Mayan woman knees down holding some of her handmade crafts. Around her back wrapped in a blanket a child sleeps. She wears a black woolen skirt and and a colorful top with embroidered pattern of her indigenous tribe. She holds up her hands with some necklesses and looks towards me saying something like "It's beautiful, only for 10 pesos". That's a typical picture of streets life in San Cristobal de las Casas. A town in the middle of Chiapas that I embraced so much that instead of staying here two days I ended up staying here for two weeks! This place has got something, something special. Some people say it's the unique atmosphere, a mixture of indigenous culture, arts, tourists, caf'ês and the mexican music. The so called "Santa Semana" week is almost over and
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