Blogs from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 10

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So, I missed posting yesterday because I completely forgot that the Netbook shuts off at 25 mins and it was too late to ask my housemate if I could borrow his surge protector (and adaptor. Failed to mention earlier that in Mexico, few places, if any, are grounded. So instead of 3 prongs, pretty much every socket is two pronged). I started the day with being pretty much ditched by my long-legged housemate on the way to the HQ (apparently he did that on purpose. Pfffft...). While we were waiting for everyone else to arrive, one of my classmates came in with a mark on her forehead area. Apparently, she didn't watch where she was going and rammed her head off a plank that some woman was carrying (ouch!). If I remember correctly, she was ... read more
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The morning began with me feeling a bit funny in the stomach and having um... how should I put this... bladder issues. For the first time this trip, I had to use pepto-bismols; hopefully it helps. I had a nice cold shower, as apparently they don't have hot water running all the time so we have to ask for it. After me, my housemate went in for his shower, and after he came out, I asked him how was his "nice cold shower". He said it was "refreshing" and then... *WHAM!* his foot went out from under him as he was exiting and he wiped out, one arm hitting against the door of the room to my left slamming it into the wall (because it wasn't fully closed), his other arm scraping on the footstep of ... read more


So... tired... I was rudely woken this morning by what sounded like cannon fire. Well, I imagine it was just fireworks but I would think I would have heard the crackling sound after the deep boom if that was the case. Wonder what it was... After breakfast, I found myself in the lead, as my housemate decided to make me lead for a change. Great. So we headed off on what I knew for sure was the route we take until we came to a fork in the road; Straight or left? Well, he wouldn't tell me. Great choice pal... So I took a left and found myself taking a nice scenic route to the HQ, bumping into another pair that were just leaving their place. Guess I was off by a mile (from home we ... read more


Today was an interesting day, though it didn't really start off that way. Today was when the other half of the group was going to Monte Sion, and the rest of us got the day off (yes!). Since I still couldn't go wandering the streets alone, I got up earlier than I'd like to go the meeting spot in front of our old hotel. Why did I have to get up earlier? Well, my teachers figured we should split up the only two male members into the two different groups (security thing) and so J was going today while I had gone last week. On top of that, my housemate also wanted to get a newspaper so we left earlier for the downtown than we needed to. Along the way we bumped into one of ... read more


Hey everyone, didn't make a post yesterday because it would have been a bit of a filler as no 'Mexican experience' happened except for one little bit I initiated but I'll just put that in my 'Odds 'n Ends' section at the end. On another note... the night before yesterday, I had the embarassing moment of being woken by the sound of boards clattering. Oh snap... apparently displacing just one board was more than enough to result in the consequent result of a number of other boards either half falling down or completely falling down. Great... I hope it didn't wake anyone else up. I proceeded to make a makeshaft bed on the floor as I rather not displace any more boards in such a noisy manner. However... the following morning on the way out ... read more
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. . . . Bleh... what a horrible night. The music was blaring well into the night, and there wasn't a thing I could do about it. It was so loud I buried my head under my pillow and could still hear the music loud and clear. Back in Canada there'd no doubt be warnings over sound levels from police but here? No restriction that I'm aware of (either that, or nobody cares to do anything about it). The worst was when the music stalls, or something, so I hear a single note blaring for like 5 minutes which drove me batty. Ugh... and apparently my classmate didn't have a single problem going to sleep and staying asleep... and his room's just to the right of mine. What's with that? Anyhow, at least I got -some- ... read more
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Here I am writing about my first of two days since I came to the homestay. You heard me right. I put the entry date as the 29th but I'm writing the post on the 30th. Last night I forgot to click 'auto-connect' with the wireless internet and I completely forgot about that, closing my Netbook temporary when I wasn't using it. I felt too embarassed to ask for the password again so soon after getting it, so I waited until this morning to ask again. Yesterday morning started off well enough, making it to breakfast on time and finding out there that two of my classmates were out of commission ('violently sick' as they put it) so they'd be staying at the hotel until they're well enough to move to their homestays. After breakfast we ... read more


Greetings from San Cristobal! Today we started off with what I called 'Scavenger Hunt: Site Location Edition'. Now why would I call it that? Well I suppose I don't have much of a good reason to, as it's not quite a scavenger hunt. The only thing relevant is that we're out searching for things, though in this case, we were looking for specific places. You would maybe think, how hard can that be? Just grab a map and go search them out. Well, try finding locations with a badly hand drawn map given by your coordinator. Also, try doing it while broken up into trios and without communicating with any of the other groups, let alone come into close proximity (we were told that if we do come into proximity, to cross the street and whatnot. ... read more


Once again, you get one blog for 2 days as I stayed in the same place for a couple of nights. Also, I am being told that there is too much blog to read and people can't keep up! As I'm typing this, I have just arrived at my next location (it's 1pm on the 26th), so you'll hear all about that in the next blog, but let me just say that a bit of rain never hurt anyone and living in Manchester, I can cope with it. But this isn't rain, this is more like “I might as well go out in my bikini and flip flops because they will dry quicker” kind of weather... So... Can I remember 2 days back? Oh, yes, I'd got on the night bus from Oaxaca to San Cristobal ... read more
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Holaaa, San Cristobal! It's awesome to be here :) It's strange to finally be settled here in Mexico and yet... I still don't feel a single emotion of any sort. Perhaps it was hearing (and seeing) so much about Mexico that I expect everything under the sun, thus nothing amazed me anymore. Is there something wrong with me? The bus ride here from Tuxtla was quite long, tedious, and... (dramatic music) my camera screen broke. Yes everyone, I had not even been here a full day and my camera screen broke already. Seems odd that mine is the only one that broke and nobody else's did. Refund por favor... and if you are wondering; No, I couldn't get it fixed in San Cristobal, not sure about maybe Mexico City. I did ask... Some thought I ... read more
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