Blogs from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 28

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11hrs and some puke later, I arrive in San Cristobal as sick as a dog. Vomiting all over myself half way through the longest bus ride I've taken yet was only the beginning. Not much fun trying to stop yourself from puking for 6hrs whilst still covered in the 1st lot of puke, but I managed. Had to catch up with myself for an hour before I could cross the road from the bus station to the nearest hotel, where I lay all day and puked some more. The next day was similar, I don't know if it's a good thing that I enjoyed the meal so much that did this to me. Even in my deepest darkest illest moments (they were to come), I still had to say, 'damn that was a tasty meal', perhaps ... read more
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Break out 3
Break out 4


Arrived in San Cristobal on 7th July.. stepped off the bus after 14 hours at 6am into clean, fresh mountain air (quite chilly though as at 2300m altitude - but great after the sticky heat of the coast). The 1st class buses are comfortable and air conditioned (freezing!) but the windy mountain roads do make you feel sick, and they all seem to show random kung foo movies in Spanish! San Cristobal is beautiful.. Lots of low rise, colourful houses set around a central zocolo and market.. quiet and laid back atmosphere.. Signed up for 2 weeks of Spanish lessons at Instituto de Languas Jovel, and moved in with a Mexican family for a week.. We lived with separate families, to make sure we DID practice our Spanish.. and they were really friendly and welcoming, but ... read more
San Cristobal
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Buying our daily ration of toms!


Ok so only a month behind with our blog!! After our bad bus trip to the beach we opted for the 1st class option for the 12 hour trip to San Cristobal, which was so comfortable we slept pretty much all the way there! We stayed in a nice little hostel, with a good mix of friendly people from all over the world; the hostel had a nice leafy courtyard that was good for socialising and for sitting round a camp fire in the evening. A couple of American guys had bought a guitar and were trying to find some songs that everyone in the international crowd would know to sing along: the only one that everyone seemed to really know was Leaving On A Jet Plane, funny eh!! The Americans had also bought a Djembe ... read more


On our last day in Mazunte The Tijuana trio turned up..unfortunatly we had to embark on a 12hr bus ride to San Cristobal de las casas..but we said farewell with a couple of beers and a sandy sunset. Due to the heat on the beach we were in shorts and t shirts for the night bus...another schoolboy error..they have arctic air con in these buses = very cold and tired brace of Henry´s. After arriving in San Cristobal in Chiapas we headed to Casa Bablyon. It turned out to be more of a hang-out for Mexican hippies intent on sitting around on mushroom comedowns watching dvds all day...not what we were here for and its not the most welcoming when the only conversation was a glare from a face full of hair and metal...we were gringos ... read more
El Canyon 2
El Croc
El Parque Nacional


Our timings on our trip with Louise had gone so well that we had time then to bus down to San Christobal Las Casa for our last few days with her. The bus journey was one of the most stunning I have ever been on - from jungle covered hills, rising steadily through green valleys until we had vistas for miles, the vegetation started to change to conifers and pines, and the air got noticeably colder. Then we arrived in San Christobal De Las Casas. People had told me that San Christobal was a good place to come and it surely didn´t disappoint. Old colonial buildings set around some large plazas, with nice churches dotted about in the centre and on the surrounding hillside. It was well developed for tourists but didn't feel like it existed ... read more
Church of San Christobal
Lou in front of San Christobal Church
Inside of a shop in san Christobal


Hi all, here is a quick rundown of what we have done in Mexico and of course our photos so far - more to follow. Arriving from Cuba on 1st June, sad to have left our home for three months, we were very much cheered by the thought of meeting our friend Louise in Cancun that same day. We met her from her plane and decided to go straight to Playa Del Carmen because we heard that Cancun was nasty. Playa del carmen was mildly better than cancun (we hope) but still was a package tourists' dream. Lots of shops, bars, restaurants and hotels. Still, was a nice transition - a bit of pampering before heading off for some proper Mexico. The next day we headed onto Tulum where we stayed in the town and went ... read more
One of the huge temples at Chichenitza
Serpent in Ballcourt
Louise dwarfed by big columns


Did I say the rains had arrived? Yesterday (31st) it rained for just one hour in the middle of the day. But city roads all flooded to 6 inches depth, sweeping away children and grandmothers with them and the Hostel's courtyard drain started to back fire such that we started planning for the time when the water rose to above the level of the doorways and would have to move everything onto the top bunks. Serious. Then it stopped, and within one hour knowone would know it had rained, far less dropped an entire ocean on one unsuspecting town. Evidently the Mexican drainage system was expecting that, but we weren't. Back tracking. We decided, after our mildly dissapointing and expensive experience with Belize, to stick a few assorted fingers up to the Yucatan and instead check ... read more


Today is my last day in San Cristobal. The week here has been one of the most enjoyable yet. Last thursday we were on our way back to the hostel after a Zapatista protest and decided to have a couple a beers the Revolution bar. As it turned out a authentic indigenous folk band was setting up to perform. There were seven guitar players a violinist and one percussionist. Their songs were very rhythmic. Each song had a verse and chorse that would repeat over and over. As the song went on each member would take a turn singing chorus. There was no order to who would sing next. The percussionist was one of the highlights of the show because of the unique instrument he played. It was a Horse Jaw with origional teeth that he ... read more


Hello out there, Well we made it to San Cristobal de las casas. After a ten hour bus ride through the Guatemalan Mountains we passed the Mexican border without trouble. Mexico definitely has a different pace of life. This city has a modern culture behind its 17th century Colonial archetecture. The streets are crowded with teens wearing Iron Maiden t-shirts and Von Dutch Caps with Puma sneakers. Actually Puma shoes are the most popular shoes in all Central America! Yesterday we went to the Nabolom Museam/Hotel. The famous painter Frida Kahlo stayed in one of the rooms at the hotel. The museam displayed select photos dating from the forties to seventies of indigenous people from Mexico and San Cristobal. The pics were selected from some 55,000 photos taken by one woman who origionally owned the property ... read more
Cross at Central Square with mothers day figure and Zapatista Poster
Pottery Heads-Get It!
Good Cheers from El Diablo




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