Mexico City - San Cristobal de las casas-Guatemala

We left Mexico City last monday, the day after the bullfights, and the same day as Kristian and Martine left too. Found a night bus, so after a long night and 14 hours on the bus we arrived in San Cristobal, a small town south in Mexico. We decided to stay one day, as we both were struggling with a cold. Might have been the cold weather in Mexico City and the pollution..
San Cristobal was an amazing place, lots to see and do, but we only spent one night, and relaxed mostly. I think this is the kind of place you can end up staying for a lot longer than you planned, great vide, cafees and restaurants, and happy people:)
But the morning after we left for the Guatemalan border, took a bus 3 hours, walked into immigration on one side of the border, got our stamp, took a taxi for 10 minutes and walked into the Guatemalan office, got our stamp there to, and then we walked out on the street and crossed under a (vei bom anyone?), you know this thing that closes the road for traffic, black and yellow, oh well, we walked under it and then we were in Guatemala. After a meal and finding a bank we found a chicken bus, who promised to take us to San Pedro la laguna, up in the mountains. So they threw our luggage on the roof and tucked us inside this old school bus from the states and off we went. After a few really bumpy hours they told us to change bus, so they helped us with the luggage and put us on the next bus, he even paid our next fare for us, since he had told us we would get all the way for one sum. And then it was more hours of bumpy roads, till we had to change bus again! We got help this time too, but had to pay a bit more. Doesn´t matter, still cheaper than the tourist bus:) And this bus took us all the way till San Pedro la laguna, we thought we had to take a boat to get there, but turns out we didnt´t:) So after 3 changes of bus and 8 hours on the road we arrived in San Pedro, and that was last Wednesday, and we are still here, tomorrow we will start taking spanish lessons and all, hihi, interesting:)
We have met friends from Norway here too, Ragnhild from filosofi and her sister Kjersti, so we are a gang of 4 more or less totally crazy norwegians ruling the streets of San Pedro! The two sisters are from Vik so no question about the ruling, hehehe;) Good times in Guatemala!
We have tried some of the food here too, and bbq chicken bought at the streets, together with tacos mexican style are so far the favourites:) It is also a place with a lot of backpackers, which sets its colour, but it means good cafees and restaurants, and really good spanish schools, so that is why we are here:) It is really interesting for the coffee nerd Kristoffer too, cause the coffee factories are close here, and we walk past them on the streets every day, easily recognised by the smell of rotten coffeefruits laying outside in heaps and heaps:) It is the rest they don´t use, ok, here we go, first they pick the coffeefruit, then dry it a bit(I think) then they wash it in long canals, and gets out the coffee bean, and the rest of the fruit is what they leave beside the streets in heaps, and it smells really strange.. Then they dry the coffebeans on the streets(yes, right on the asphalt..) and pack it in bags and send it away:)
So much about the coffee, he can tell you more, I guess you will find pictures of the process on flickr soon too:)
Just have to tell about Valentines Day, which we celebrated in a hot tub under the stars(oh well, was really cloudy) with 5 others, haha, so much for romance! But it was great, those sisters from Vik know how to entertain, hehe, they even rap, hehehehe!
Now, lunchtime.
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