Day 10 - San Cristobal, horse riding to San Juan de Chamula

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Today we went on a horse riding trip to the village of San Juan de Chamula which is famous for it's church which combines Catholic and Mayan practices.

We got up at 9am for a quick trip in a collectivo out of town to the stables. We went on the trip with 3 Italian guys who spoke a bizarre mix of Spanish and Italian all day, except to myself who didn't understand a word anyway.

We rode for about an hour through the beautiful countryside, the weather was lovely and warm. When I say 'we rode' what I mean is the horses led us, it was like being on a fairground ride connected to a rail, the horses knew exactly where they were going!

Louisa felt like a cowgirl or a conquistador or just a cool person on a horse, maybe! (That's straight from her diary :p)

Apart from the horses being attacked by dogs on the way back to the stables, and myself feeling very saddle sore, it was a fantastic day trip and only cost the equivalent of 6 english pounds for 4 hours!

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