To San Cristobal I got couple of hours late because as the other people told me ( I was sleeping, like always) some people were robbing buses on a way from Palenque to San Cristobal. It happens a lot to night buses. Anyway we were lucky because the other buses let us know that something like that have a place so the bus driver decided to wait in Palenque until the sun goes up. For me there wasn’tany difference because I didn’t even wake up for a second. In a bus I met acouple of people and as soon as we got to San Cristobal, we decided to have a breakfast and then look for a hostel. From my first minutes in there I just felt in love with this city. It doesn’t matter which direction you look thereare mountains everywhere!! Everyone is playing on the street on every kind of instruments, the people are selling chocolates, bracelets, homemade food, marmalades and believe me…a lot more. But the most important there is music, the live music, it gets to your ears from everypart of the city. From every corner, house, bar and restaurant. People in there seem so happy and relaxed. For them there is no tomorrow. They live from day today. I met a lot of people who went there for a couple of nights and stayed acouple of years. The city is full of artists and it’s spirit is unique. I haven ever been to place like that.
If you ever go to Mexico, don’t miss San Cristobal de las Casas!!! Because it will be a really big mistake in your traveler life.
I went there for 3 nights, stayed 6 and wanted more and more.
There areso many places to visit.
The place that I liked the most in the city was a artesania Mercado called Santo Domingo market… this is a market with lots of homemade clothes, shoes, bracelets,shirst, leather bags and a lot more… Everything is homemade and unique. One dayin San Crsistobal I have spend only on this and the other, really big , greatfruit and vegetables market. I just loved this places. I wanted to buy everything...even the small insects htat THE PEOPLE IN THERE EAT. Finally I just bought so many colorfull vagetables that I could give it to all the people in the hostel. I just couldn't stop.
There are also many of other villages and places close to san Cristobal that the other people need to visit.
-San Juan Chemula….small but interesting village where the people have their own culture that are trying to protect so they do not allow the people to take pictures.Outside…when you take a picture…they will just look at you as they want to kill you and for sure they will tell you not to take a pictures but be careful in a church. Their holly church , completely different one , with lots of candles inside and people sitting on the floor praying to a god and offering him a pox(their local alcohol that is made from corn) so basically they are drinking it for god and getting wasted in a church. This is not the only drink that they offer to god. They offer everything that they like so I also saw the people drinking beer and a really exclusive drink for them….coca cola. Would you ever offer to god coca cola or beer?? So If you will ever take a picture there and they will see it, you can go to THEIR jail for 2 nights and NO ONE can take you out from there. I didn’t take that risk.
When I arrived there, the first thing I did was taking a picture because I didn’t knowit’s not allowed and then one woman came and said “don’t take a picturesbecause they will KILL YOU”. It was a little bit dramatic, but she was American(sorry my American friends, not all of you are like that) so her reaction didn’tsurprised me.
-Canon deSumidero. Beautifull, stunning, full of crocodiles and different kinds ofanimals, green canon. You can go there from San Cristobal by a colectivo. It’sabout 45 pesos one way ticket and later, in there the boat that takes you tothe canon costs 190 pesos. It’s a price worth to pay to see it. The boat takesyou to the heart of canon, shows you the places where the crocodiles and otheranimals are and explain the natural lifeof the canon. I really recommend goingthere and taking the sunscream and water with you.
Theconclusion is…. San Cristobal de las Casa is a magic place with great architecture, bars, people and aroasted chicken that I was eating every day.
If you willgo there…I recommend 2 hostels. “Posada Mexico” good hostel with economicprices in the city center and “déjà vu” a small but really cozy hostel alsosituated in a heart of San Cristobal in which you’re always welcome . Thepeople in there are relaxed and theywill make you feel like home.
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