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By frequentflyer
November 14th 2008

Comitan, Lagos de Colon, Ciudad Cuauhtemoc

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Lagos de Colon

06:30 hr start this morning took us to Comitan for breakfast at the main plaza. I had some sort of chicken tortilla soaked in Mexicano tomato sauce with scrambled eggs. Tasty, but somewhat salty. We stopped by a mega-mart like Costco to pick up some stuff to make lunch on the way to Guatemala. Lagos de Colon was the only touristy stop before we left Mexico today. At first glance it looked like a large artificial pool, but as we got farther in it got bigger and the crystal clear and calm water made for some beautiful reflection photographs. There was [View Full Entry]

By BL2d
July 8th 2007

Comitan

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As I said in my last journal, I wanted to have my chest checked out to make sure everything was allright, so I went to the doctor when I arrived in Comitan from San Cristobal. After checking it, she said everything was fine and it was probably a muscle strain (as I had suspected). She then suggested I take a painkiller similar to Advil. The total cost, $1.50 for the visit, $2.00 for the medicine. I started feeling better that afternoon and went out to listen to music in the plaza and play pool at a billiards hall right across the [View Full Entry]

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