Blogs from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 19

San Cristobal de Las Casas is a colonial town that is quite small and so perfect for walking. It also has a very pleasant micro-climat which means you don´t have to sweat anymore! Woohoo! Needless to say, we loved it straight away because we could finally breath some fresh air and walk around the town without constantly trying to find the shade. Other than the perfect temperature, San Cristobal is simply a beautiful place that has a very bohemian vibe to it. You can feel the European influence not only in the architecture but also in the abundance of foreign restaurants or lounge bars. They even have a jazz club! Not quite Mexico like shall we say. Most of San Cristobal´s shops are travel agents, restaurants, Internet cafes or amber stores. And that´s when we are ... read more

San Cristobal was a lot colder than we were expecting. Apparently the altitude is about 2100 metres. We spent 2 nights here. San Cristobal is the Amber capital of Mexico, with every 3rd shop selling amber. The next leg of our journey was the most hectic so far. In brief our transportation was as follows - quality Mexican bus to the last town in Mexico, taxi to the Mexican-Guatemalan border, get immmigration cards and passports stamped at border, Tuk-tuk from the border to the chicken bus stop, chicken bus to our hired van...then on to our accomodation for the night! Suffice to say were were exhausted after all that! The chicken buses were an experience. The buses are actually old US School buses that have been painted bright colours, have drivers that ensure the buses are ... read more

meine lieben.... also nachdem ich nun 3 wochen am strand geschlafen hab, konnte ich doch mal den entscheid faellen weiterzugehen.. aber he das war nur mit schwerem herzen moeglich... denn eigentlich koennte es doch ewig so weitergehen.. aufwachen mit der sonne.. baden.. essen.. tanzen.. feuer machen.. etc. etc. etc. aber ja.. bin vorgestern mal los.. und hab es sogar geschafft diesen weg (immerhin 600km) zu trampen.. somit bin ich jetzt erstmal hier.. aber he ihr denkt wohl ich habe meine hippiefamilie hinter mir gelassen.. weit gefehlt.. in palenque ist naemlich ein mega happening.. ne 3 taegige tranceparty... auf den mayaruinen.. da geh ich hin und verkauf cookies mit meinen neuen freunden was fuer ne aufgabe... somit bin ich jetzt erstmal hier.. geniess es mal wieder warm zu duschen und hoere mir guten jazz in einem leider ... read more

It seems like common sense in hindsight not to wear a red t-shirt to a small village of indigenous Tzotzil people when the locals are going to be antagonising bulls in middle of the village plaze. I'd been warned in advance that there would be drunk locals riding bulls in the village of San Juan Chamula as part of the final day of the 5 day carnival in the Catholic calendar that immediately precedes Ash Wednesday (the same Carnival in Brazil that is famous throughout the world), but for some reason I didn't assume it would be just in the middle of the main plaza, with nothing really protecting the watching people in case a bull should take a sudden detour towards the crowd. That said, there were two long ropes attached to the bull, and ... read more

Na Oaxaca ben ik naar San Cristóbal de las Casas gegaan. Dit stadje, dat op ruim 2100 meter hoogte ligt, wordt alom geroemd om de leuke sfeer enzo, maar ik had misschien al wat teveel Mexicaanse plaatsjes met een leuke sfeer gezien. Ik vond het namelijk niet heel speciaal en ben er daarom niet al te lang gebleven (twee nachtjes). Begin al echt de verwende reiziger te worden blijkbaar. Het wat sombere weer hielp ook niet mee, want er waren veel wolken, mist en regen, waarschijnlijk vanwege de grote hoogte. De attractie van het stadje is volgens de reisgids om er gewoon wat rond te kuieren en de sfeer te proeven, dus dat heb ik dan ook maar gedaan. Op zondag heb ik de markt bezocht; zoals te verwachten een enorm labyrint waar je álles kan ... read more