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This community is just about 11 km northwest of San Cristobal. Again here in this community, photos are forbidden. The only reasons we have these photos are because this is part of the tour and it is accpeted here. This group understands the need for tourism and allows it or at least that was what we were told.

Chamula y Zinacantan

August 3rd 2007
After recovering as much as I could, we finally went on the tour we had booked days before. They tour agency was very understanding in letting us postpone due to my illness. This tour was to the local villages of San Juan Chamula and San Lorenzo Zinacantan, both part of the Tzotzil group. Chamula is approx. 10km from San Cristobal and Zinacantan is approx. 11km. Chamula was our first stop foll ... read more

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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