Hola amigos Hope all's well with everyone and the Londoners amonst you avoided the tornado. Tornados in London - what's going on? When it became time to leave Mexico City, I had a choice of venues. Normally, I would have gone to Oaxaca City, a historic market town 4 hours'drive away which is highly recommended by most guides. For the last few months, there has been a teachers´strike there. When I was at school, a teachers´strike was usually a cause for celebration as we might have got an afternoon away from school. In Oaxaca, the teachers´strike has led to serious rioting, petrol bombs and, sadly, a number of deaths. Let's not go there then ey? So, I decided to head for San Cristobal de las Casas. A mere 16 hours by coach. Now, I had a
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