Yesterday we took a boat ride through Sumidero Canyon. Only $12 per person for 2 hours, it was a 30 minute ride on a colectivo to Tuxtla Gutierrez, then a $7 ride to the embarcadero. Saw lots of birds and crocodiles.
At one point, we were passing through a huge mass of litter (mainly plastic bottles and wood) in which a huge chunk of wood must have gotten stuck in the propeller.
While the boat driver was cursing in Spanish trying to get the thing unstuck, we slowly drifted towards the shore where there was a crocodile sunbathing. Great photo opportunity until we realized the driver wasn´t paying attention to where we were drifting and we got pretty close to the croc. Not within biting distance, but we were pretty close and it was pretty funny to see everyone slightly panicked.
Afterwards, we wandered the town of Chiapas en Curzo. We followed some mariachis and came upon a church which was adorned in beautiful colors. We are so lucky to have stumbled upon a festival and we met Mario, who invited us to partake in some of the food and even took us to the choir level of the church to view them hoisting the traditional offerings of bread and flowers to the ceiling of the church. These pictures and video are on Eric´s camera so we´ll have to post them another time, but it was so nice to be welcomed and shown what the customs are. I think there is a festival for every saint in Catholocism, and there are a lot of saints...therefore there are a lot of festivals!
Tonight we´re heading out on a 12 hour bus ride to Oaxaca. We spent the remainder of our day in San Cristobal at the mercado. So much to see and buy!! We´re bringing souvenirs and Christmas gifts for everyone. We can´t wait to show you the handcrafts that we´ve bought. Today I played a game of pogs with some Mayan boys. I love to hear them speak and laugh.
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