San Cristobal de las Casas

December 27th 2013
After a 5 hour bus ride climbing through winding mountain roads we arrived at the colonial town of San Cristobal de las Casas. We have ascended to 2,200m so have experienced a dramatic change in temperature. As it is Christmas I didn’t mind this as much but did not come prepared for it. The town is famous for an uprising of the Zapatista group in 1994 who took control of the city. They wer ... 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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Helen and Steve Tribbel

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Over the past ten years we have travelled to over 30 countries across 5 continents and we now now find ourselves in South America where we plan to settle for a time and work as English teachers. Where? We're not sure but we're enjoying ourselves as much as we can while we try and find out. This is our second blog using travelblog.org Our first one can be found at http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Stelen/ As with blog number one we take each entry in turn. We hope you find them useful or at least enjoyable. Steve & Helen x Our worldmap so far http://www.worldmapmaker.com/view-map.... full info

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