Blogs from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 17

We left the jungle and headed for the mountains, taking the bus to San Cristobal de las Casas. After the long, straight roads since Cancun, this definitely wasnt a book reading ride. We were twisting and turning up and down all the way. The ride was long enough to watch 2 ¾ movies, all based on the same theme - anacondas. In fact, I think they were even called Anaconda I, II and III, and all involved mutant anacondas devouring people, either in the jungle or suburban USA. San Cristobal is at 2120m, much cooler than the coast or jungle, and much less humid. We were looking forward to sweating a bit less, and also to a few days without ruins. We spent the first afternoon wandering around the town centre. San Cristobal is a lovely ... read more

Twelve hours on three different buses from Guatemala City and I finally arrived in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico. I had planned to meet up with Stephanie, a friend of mine from New Zealand that I met in Rio Dulce, so I headed straight for the Posada Ganesha, the hostal she was staying in. Even from that first stroll through the town I could see it was amazingly beautiful everywhere and I knew I was going to like it. For anyone that doesn't know, Chiapas is the south westerly state of Mexico that has been fighting for independance or at least human rights for the native Mayans, since 1994 when the EZLN (Ejército Zapatista para la Liberación Nacional, The Zapatista Army for National Liberation) was formed and came to light rather violently. Since ... read more

We finally got an internet connection that didnt refuse our mass of photos in El Salvador...so here you go. Barra de la Cruz - Part uno http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65716&l=e656f&id=609417068 Barra de la Cruz - Part dos http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69801&l=92739&id=609417068 San Cristobal and Palenque http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=69972&l=5fab5&id=609417068 ... read more

In Mexico, and the actually have more beer than just Sol and Corona (actually i havent seen a Corona yet). ... read more

San Cristobal de las Casas I tell you what these long bus trips are becoming a bit old. We thought we had it all worked out choosing the first row so we wouldnt have to spend the whole trip with our shirts over our noses because the toilet reeeeeeeked so bad. Not so. There is nothing worse when you have to listen to 10hrs of LOUD traditonal mexican mariachai and freezing to death by AC. I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. When we finally made it to San Cristobal we thought we were still frozen from the AC, but it was just cold and foggy. Seeing we were only going to be there for 2 nights we wanted to make the most of it, so we thought it would be a good idea ... read more