sonialivinginchiapas

Day 36: Everything is going great. Its 9:48 am. It is a cold misty morning. The sun has not made its way out yet. It truly is beautiful here. I already went to the Mercado. I bought a beautiful tenderloin, beets, chard, huge sweet blackberries, carrots, peas and mandarins all for about 200 pesos. Try buying all these items at Whole foods. I just made breakfast for my guests. I made blackberry pancakes with ham, coffee and fresh pineapple juice. Last week I decided that I would rent two of my six bedrooms. I put up a sign and I already have two guests. They are a very nice older couple from Russia visiting for a month. It gives me something else to do. I have met several locals and have started making friends. The photos ... read more

Day 28:Very cold this morning about 47F. Made coffee and went up to my rooftop terrace. The impressive mountains were veiled in fog, it is very cold and humid this morning. Still I managed to put on some warm clothes a comfortable pair of walking shoes and walked to the Mercado. As I walked through, I could not help but notice how clean and well organized the vendor stalls were. The colors, smells and lanscape really are an attack on all your senses. The stalls have a variety of animal carcasses on display varying from pigs, cows and others that I did not recognize. Everything you can imagine is sold here. I purchased salt dried fish from the interior Mercado. The mountains of fish are packed 8 feet high in some stalls. They sell tiny smelts, ... read more