A little girl

Chomula & Zincantan

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December 20th 2005
Having been informed that the security situation and openess to visitors can be a little suspect in the villages surrounding San Cristobal, I booked on a tour. First up, was Zinacantan, and a indigenous house where one women was weaving away and our guide expained how their clothes, traditionally with limited colours due to the natural dyes available and later with more colours from synthetics, we ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

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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