Cañon del Sumidero

The Dissatisfaction of Aesthetic Pleasures

May 16th 2015
After we left Anisha's place in San Sebastian Rio Hondo we spent a couple of days at Hotel Zipolite in Oaxaca city before making our way down to San Cristobal de las Casas, the "cultural capital" of Chiapas. The city was first known to me as the core site of the Zapatista inssurection in 1994, when the EZLN marched into and liberated the city from the Chiapas government. They have since relinquish ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

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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Email: promethean dot atavist at gmail dot com Flickr: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/129365625@N07/ My partner and I have been travelling since early Dec 2014, so far having been through North India, Nepal, and the West Coast of the USA; now we will travel by land down through Mexico and Central America before heading into South America. This blog will attempt to capture as much of the planning, travel, and aftermath of adventure as possible. (The photo is from slightly less epic 25 mile journey to the Norfolk coast. We are sad. I hope this big journey will make us happy again.)... full info

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