Our Final Days in San Cristobal
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Well our tour of duty has come to an end. Last night Kate and I went to the French Restaurant for our final dinner out. We had starters of ratatouille niçoise and potatoes in a mouth watering cream sauce followed by blue cheese linguine and the most delicious raviolis I have ever eaten bar none. […]
Cañon sumidero, one wild ride
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Neil and I have been meaning to hit this touristy spot since we came to San Cristobal in May, and we finally made the voyage. They canyon was only made accessible in the 1970s when a dam flooded the Grajalva river and made it passable by boat. At the highest point the canyon walls are […]
Protests and Painted Walls
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007[Show as slideshow]
San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico has a long history of political graffiti. In 1994 the Zapatista Army of National Liberation used San Cristobal as a starting city for their revolution. From the jungle they released their six “Declarations of the Lacandon Jungle” calling Mexicans to take up arms against the government, […]
Amazing Yesterday: Crapy Yoga and a Movie!
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007I guess there are about 40+ types of yoga and after two months of searching Kate and I finally found 1 yoga shop that does 1 type of yoga. Hatha Yoga is, according to the above linked site, “The discipline of the force exercised by asanas (poses), the physiological […]
Man You’d Think With All These Earthquakes Something was Out to Get Us
Thursday, July 5th, 2007As I am sure you have not heard, another earthquake hit Mesoamerica and once again we found ourselves caught in the backlash. This time we were in the middle of watching “Ocean’s 13″ of as they called it in Mexico, “Now There Are 13,” when the screen started to bounce up and down and the […]
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