Chilling in san cristobal

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San cristobal de las casas is the lonely planet vision of chiapas, with funny churches, cheap markets, expensive drugs and all that jazz. It is very nice city spoiled by tourism, another one. People have gotten used to the tourist and it is the first place i see people talk in their language (tzotzil), just so that tourists cannot understand. The market has become a bargaining heaven, if youve been to morocco (good for you coz i havent) youll love san cristobal. Also, for the lost bagpackers who arrive to San cristobal with hopes of true adventures, heterosxual sex and gastronomic excitement, just leave. really, this is not your place. On the other hand, if you arrive here to get fucked, meet foreigners and maybe see a zapatista mask (more on zapatistas the next issue) , this is your place.

The hostel we stayed in, casa babylon, was a mixture between the adams family house and chanquetes boat. full of weird people, the owner was even weirder: alessandro, the genovese earthquake. i cannot begin to explain the kind of stupid/crazy stuff going on in that place, so I wont even try, on the other hand, we did meet some very interesting people with whom we shared some parts of our journey later on.

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Photos

Girl from the streets
The true side of san cristobal, that one lonely planet doesnt speak about

Street girls
Eat this lonely planet!

Martaaaa
crazy girl. thats it

Fabio and rivka
A soap opera productor came right there and offered them a job, but their spanish sucks, so it didnt work out

EZLN
Ejercito Zapatista de liberacion nacional. Cool people with funny looking hats.

Market
Even i have to be a tourist sometimes. to prove it, here is the market pic

Alejandro, the boss
The owner is this little italian dude with more caracter than veins in his body. still a laugh

The blair witch hostel
and he is the witch obviously

the drunk and the toilet
A pic for you girls.... fabio drunk, pissing in the middle of the night. you might wonder what the fuck i was doing taking a picture of him at 5 in the morning. i did it for you :-)

tourism 2000
fabio enlightened, gets a bogus out of a statue, took him a while, but finally he managed.

stairway to heaven
heaven was a bit of an ugly church. Probably they decided to put it there just to laugh at tourists chocking their lungs out.

Fabio looking for a job
he didnt manage. the manager, a dude called jesus just wasnt very open to conversation. i guess getting nailed to a cross doesnt put you in the best of moods

Earthquake
disaster in the middle of san cristobal. anybody said ugly?

Comments

[SHANTANU]

MOVING MANDALA ORACLE
GRRRREAT!!! took you some time to let us know some... is it a volkswgn that´s getting you around after all? What was there before San Christopher of the Houses??? Don´t forget the ORACLE: sol, loco y emperatriz... SOL: yours is the golden Path, don´t deviate from your goal, which is the Heart... your ancestors dwell there... go there, to the Heart and roam... LOCO: remember to lead the dogs, the true and loyal... AND not to follow the ones that are not down the abyss... the begining is the final point... move, move, move, while in inner stillness and in awe contemplation... there´s no final attainment, you always have to refresh everything... EMPERATRIZ: so it´s good you got fucked... see with upside down vision, give yrself the chance to touch and be touched in new ways... tender, fragile, metamorphosisticals... so says the ORACLE... mmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhh...

[Jess Herman]

Casa Babylon
I stayed there too! He is well odd! But it ism cheap and that is what is important, as well as a kitchen. Keep having the fun and good luck to Fabio in his job hunting! Jess mess. xxx

[damiano]

jobs
dile a fabo que mejor venda su cuerpo... no le va a quedar de otra. orele!