Cheeky Chachalacas eating our lunch!

Settling into the rhythm - San Cristobal and environs

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September 12th 2007
San Cristobal de las Casas Famed for it's great colonial history and buildings, and very popular with the 'unconventional' tourists with it's herbal medicines, wholefood focused restaurants and alternative medicines, we didn't instantly warm to San Cristobal in the way Oaxaca wowed us (not helped by our dubious taxi driver/possible conman!) but the town gradually grew on us. One of th ... read more

North America » Mexico

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more