Category: Chiapas
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Off at 9 this morning. Cold and early-morning fog lingering; we all wrapped well but still a brisk chill in the air. First stop Zinacantán. Clothing and design so different here as compared to yesterday that it’s hard to imagine that the groups have ever met each other, and unlike yesterday’s market, which straggled along…
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Breakfasted and Chip Morris came by at 10 to start our day’s exploration of Mayan Indian villages. Had awakened early with a dreadful sore throat and all the signs of a wicked cold coming on so was hoping not to crash during the day while we were miles from home. We took a taxi to…
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Really enjoying Casa Felipe Flores. Great breakfast at the B&B and then off to meet Chip Morris, the Mayan textile expert with whom we are going to spend tomorrow and Sunday in some outlying Mayan Indian villages. Wanted to get a chance to meet him before we set out tomorrow so that we can get…
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After fighting with phone systems to connect with various credit card companies to report my lost cards, we set out. San Cristobal is a charming, relatively small (pop. about 150,000), colonial city. As an outsider one of its virtues is that it is not the easiest place to access since it requires a flight from…
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