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En Tenejapa

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

En Tenejapa op.JPG, originally uploaded by Enrique Escalona.

A picture taken by Enrique Escalona. Follow the pic’s link to his other great photos of MX. It was too tricky for me to get a pic of the majordomos (religious, ceremonial leaders) but Enrique took this wonderful pic and i’ve asked him if i could share it. Gracias y salut!

San Juan Chamula, Chiapas

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

During the procession from the church to the cemetery up the hill, where new crosses were placed on graves and soda pops were given to the deceased.

Cañon de Sumidero

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Chiapas’s grand canyon.  It’s outside of Chiapa do Corzo, on the way to Tuxla and driving there one realizes just how high San Cristobal is when coming down out of the mountains.  It’s also plenty warmer in the valley, where ... [Continue reading this entry]

Corrida por Vida

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Ok – probably bad Spanish but I have a moment to reflect on the bullfight and i wanted a rhyme.  As I indicated in an earlier post I wondered if it was best to go.  While I understand that life ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chamula Market and a Corrida

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
In the morning I hopped the collectivo (80 cents) to San Juan Chamula for their Sunday market.  Armed with a little information after the tour I wanted to look around more and try to get some pics on-the-sly with my ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cemetery at San Juan Chamula

Sunday, March 30th, 2008
San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

Don’t Want to be a Chicken in Chamula

Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Lonely planet notes a tour to san juan chamula and san lorenzo zinacantan that leaves from the large cross in front of the san cristobal cathedral at 9:30 am.  All one needs to do is show up – my kinda ... [Continue reading this entry]

Tenejapa, Chiapas

Friday, March 28th, 2008
Yesterday was market day in Tenejapa, a TzoTzil pueblo about 25 km NE of San Cristobal.  After some yummy cochinita tacos for breakfast (slow-roasted, seasoned, pulled-pork) I found my way thru the San Cristobal Mercado to the street where the ... [Continue reading this entry]

San Cristobal – me gusto mucho

Friday, March 28th, 2008
My suspicions are confirmed – I like this city better than Antigua.  Of course that’s a personal opinion so save yourself the argument.  Serendipitously the annual “Feria de la Primavera y de la Paz” (festival of spring and peace) is ... [Continue reading this entry]

Adios Antigua

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
All together I spent about 2 weeks in Antigua.  I am glad I spent a day there after semana santa celebrations ended so I was reminded of what it’s like during mellower times.  It is a bit of a Spanish ... [Continue reading this entry]