Oaxaca

Arrived to Oaxaca with the nightly bus.

After having a shower we set off to discover the city: ate at the market place; visited some of the churches, the catedral and the museum and drank chocholate (of course).

It just came into my mind that I did not write about food and drinks. So here it is:

The main spice is the chili. They can eat everything with chily. Even the mango. Seriously.

The second most important spice is the sugar. If something is sweet than that is usually really-really sweet. I can easily consume my weakly supar portion in a single day. I hope I will not. Or at least not too often.

I really enjoy the lots of fruite and fresh juice here. Easy to make an ice cream: just fruit and water and sugar (of course:)).

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Sumidero Canyon

Big, lazy crocodiles. They might be over them daily portion of tourists for today.:)

Numerous different birds.

A new type of iguana: a yellow and black one. Zuzmoka said that he wanted to be a iguana when he grew up.

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Zinacatán & San Juan Chamula

In these two villages of Mayas around San Cristobal people are still practicing them old customs, wearing traditional dresses making clothes, toys and other things by hand. Women are carrying them child in a huge textile as a special big package.

The church of Chamula is a Mayan church from the time before Christof Columbus and the catholicism arrived.

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San Cristóbal de las Casas

San Cristobal is a real box of jewelries. Shiny houses, elaborately decorated churches, vivid market with colorful fruits and vegetables, handicraft market with carvings and textiles in all colors of the rainbow made by the locals, traditional costumes. Colors, colors, colors everywhere. Bright and saturated and vibrant and jolly. Jolly spiffing.:)

Ate corns, mango and tamales.

Bet is so talented in choosing hostels. The one in San Cristóbal is a rustic one with big places and special atmosphere. Ah, and did I mention that in Palenque our bungalow resided practically in the jungle. I think I will keep Bet as my travel mate.;)

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Palenque

Real rainforest with real rain. Ruins of Palenque are remained in quite a good shape. Mystic-foggy rainforest surrounded the buildings and make the scene even more spectacular.

The waterfalls of Aqua Azul flow through huge natural dams (mésztufagát) that I have never seen before.

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Chetumal & around

Fresh guanabana juice, eating at the local market, watching the tortilla manufacture in work, visiting a quite quiet archeological place (Oxtancah) with a great guide explaining the building and the trees, tiny cenote in the jungle with even tinier turtle, footprints of 'tigrillas'.

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Bacalar & around

Today I took part in a yoga session that was organised only for me. I felt to be special. It took a little time to realize that not I am the special but the people here.

After some breakfast(?) in a local restaurant with the yoga team Bet and the two Nayeli (mother and daughter) and myself went to Backalar visiting the beautiful and peaceful leagues and the deep blue and unbelievably deep cenote. And snacking all the time, that said to be typical Mexican.:)

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