Blogs from Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 6

Vandaag was nog een reisdag. Ik had nog een vlucht van bijna 2 uur voor de boeg tussen cancun en Tuxtla Gutierrez, het vliegveld dat het dichtste bij San Cristóbal de las casas ligt. Maar voordat ik vertrok naar het vliegveld heb ik heerlijk uitgerust in een hotelbed. Al werd ik wel om 4 uur wakker door de jetlag. Gelukkig kon ik weer in slaap komen daarna en werd ik om half 7 nog eens wakker. Tegen die tijd waren Pieter en Danielle ook wakker dus gingen we op pad voor een ontbijtje. Uiteindelijk ploften we zo'n 500 meter van het hotel neer in een nog leeg restaurant (tja, welke idioot gaat er dan ook om 7 uur buiten de deur ontbijten) wat als enige eettentje al open was. Toen kwam ik erachter dat Mexicanen hun ... read more

HE SAID... Today we were travelling southwest from Palenque to San Cristobal de las Casas. We woke early, as we had a 7:20am bus to San Cristobal. Depending on the activity of the Zapatistas, the trip was going to take between six to nine hours. We were more than happy to contribute to the movement’s support for indigenous Mexicans, but the decision was out of our hands. The bus company makes a daily decision on the safest route from Palenque to San Cristobal. We checked out of Hotel Xibalba, walked to the nearby bus station, had a quick coffee, loaded our packs into the baggage compartment and settled in our comfy seats. We were once again travelling on a luxurious ADO bus, this time with complimentary ear plugs for the movies (a welcome change from the ... read more

img=https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTA6-jl_3-wx4lp7grV7KHGLgNXHQnHZD2BdgTkk6EMCg89Kr2r img=http://vacacionesalavista.com/eng/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/7-day-trip-chiapas-tours-package.jpg img=https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1eNRkACgnE4Yx_7YbrWG3E9SBQWg2q2RBvB2QLhUB582V_If1iQ Great places I've been because I've been to Veracruz in Mexico and Tabasco in Mexico! Wahoo! :)... read more

This morning was the most facinating part of the trip so far when we visited the communities of San Juan Chamula and San Lorenzo Zinacantan in the highlands of Chiapas, near San Cristobal. While both are Maya descendants they have very different mystic traditions and are immediately identifiable by the colour and style of their traditional clothing. Chamulans wear black & white while Zinacantans wear multi-coloured dress with intricate flower motifs. Zinacantans work as a collective selling arts & crafts, fruit & vegetables for 10% with the rest goes into a pool with the seller also getting a share of the pool whereas Chamulans don't share. The churches & customs are another point of difference but unfortunately no photos allowed. While the outsides are the same Spanish style construction & the inside include alters & statue's ... read more

South of the Border It was a hard couple of days ring in the heat after leaving String in Fort Pierce to get the repair sorted on his BMW as it turned out to be a faulty fuel pump, but the guys at Treasure Coast Motorcycles fitted a get you to Texas pump off a Buick car. I was chased out of Florida by a huge thunderstorm that forced me to put on my wet riding gear for the second time since I left home. It was all over in ten minutes and I had to take it off again. The run down to Curtis and Janet's was a uneventful apart from dodging all the bloody trucks going or coming from Mexico. I arrived at Curtis and Janet's to find Trevor and Kim already settled in. ... read more