Rolo on Tour

I spent the last couple of days in San Cristobal de las Casas. Unfortunately it was so „fucking freezing“, as Marcelo never got tired of mentioning, so we did not do much there. One big problem was, that inside the Hostel (Casa Babylon) we used to have the same temperature as outside..

One day, we met Mike, who was on a stopover in San Cristobal and was not really appropriately dressed, as you can see below. Mike’s plan is to travel around the world for 2-3 years and then open up a hostel in the place he liked most. As a consequence of him travelling for such a long time period, he watches his budget very closely. Now a friend had told him, that you could get tacos on a specific market of San Cristobal (that is where we met him) for 1,5 pesos a piece. It turns out we could only get them for 2 pesos (which is something like 11 cents), so Mike was very disappointed ;-).

Mike, very disappointed having to spend 2 pesos per taco

Later we climbed our way up to 2 churches, from which you had good views of the city.

Marcelo, Jeremias from Argentina, me and Mike

The city of San Cristobal seemed really beautiful, but it was just too cold to enjoy much of it. You probably should go there another time in the year.

One activity I did was to visit the Sumidero Canyon. There a boat would drive you around and show you some spots. I did not really like that trip, because the boat would go super fast and then stop for 5 or 6 times to point at some ape, bird or crocodile, of which you could then try to take pictures. I would have rather enjoyed for example canoeing, so that the surrounding landscape does not fade away so quickly.

Some lazy crocodiles – maybe tired of too many visitors?

Finally this morning I got onto a bus to Guatemala. I have spent nearly 3 weeks in Mexico and have had a great time there.

One thing I want to mention is that you should not take the warnings about mexican food too seriously! The food I had was great without exception, my highlights being the Chilaquiles breakfast in Playa and a caldo (that is a soup with all kinds of stuff in it) I had in San Cristobal. Let’s see which other delicacies there will be on my future way :-).

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