I could Write a Book About San Cristobal De Las Casas
My wife and I visited San Cristobal about 25 years ago. It's a totally unique place, not just in terms of Mexico, but a priceless cultural treasure to the world.
You must visit Casa Na Bolom and sit as we did at their table and share the remarkable story of the 2 European archeologists and ethnologists who made documented and preserved what they could of the ebbing lowland jungle culture of Chiapas' Lacandon aboriginals.
The highland villages around San Cristobal are also fascinating with their artwork and religious mix of Catholicism and Mayan spiritualistic animism.
The place was also an important focal point of the Zapatista rebellion that we heard so much about a number of years ago, and of course the ever charismatic Subcomandante Marcos.
![[image]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/SubMarcosHorseFromAfarEdited.jpg/220px-SubMarcosHorseFromAfarEdited.jpg)
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- Road Trip to Chiapas - topshelf, 2012-05-11, 17:43
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- Road Trip to Chiapas - Elena S, 2012-05-11, 22:14
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- I Much Prefer The Coast Route - wanderer, 2012-05-12, 19:12
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- I Much Prefer The Coast Route - zihuarana, 2012-05-12, 19:36
- I Much Prefer The Coast Route - wanderer, 2012-05-12, 19:12
- I could Write a Book About San Cristobal De Las Casas - Harry, 2012-05-12, 11:09
- Road Trip to Chiapas - Linda from Canada, 2012-05-12, 08:02
- Road Trip to Chiapas - topshelf, 2012-05-13, 10:29
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- Road Trip to Chiapas - Elena S, 2012-05-11, 22:14
