Month: November 2023

Benito’s Birthday March 21, 2022 The sun perfectly aligned at its celestial midpoint when Benito Juarez was born, in Guelatao, Oaxaca, thus beginning his rendezvous […]

Grutas de Mamut March 30, 2022 “The Zapatista Caracol 10 in Ocosingo has set up a road block calling for an end to the war […]

Huitepec April 6, 2022 All the Creatures at this Party. We arrive at Eugenio’s cabins just in time for dinner.  The collection of tiny bungalows […]

Semana Santa in San Cris April 12, 2022 This year Palm Sunday, the beginning of Semana Santa (Holy Week), is a bigger day than usual […]

Bloody Pageantry April 18, 2022  “I was just molested by a taxi driver named Jesus. I wish I had his car number and photo but […]

Bottom of the Country April 30, 2022 “San Cris has a very strong energy, it chooses you or not, either everything flows or you are […]

Feast of Santa Cruz de Almolonga May 3, 2022 According to lore, the patron saint of stonemasons is Santa Cruz—Saint Cross.  The name appears to […]

Fault in San Andres May 9, 2022 In the mid-’90’s, the small town of San Andres Larráinzar became famous.  It was, and remains, a Zapatista […]

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas May 10, 2022 So, why is this city called San Cristóbal de las Casas?  Of the Houses, really?  What are […]

Vagamundos May 13, 2022 Vanessa says that in another lifetime I might have been considered a Vagamundo.  Then our frequent moves would garner less suspicion.  […]