We're woken up by a call to Alicia's cell at 5:30 am, excited that we're going to be told to come along this morning. False alarm, it's someone else asking her a favour. Later on, she tries to call Dionisio and then his wife Esperanza...
We have been worrying about the weather, looking at different meteorological sources before coming over, since, if it rains, it will be hard or impossible to film in the mines again. As it turns out, even though we're in the dry season, there should be...
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Paul getting some welding done in Simojovel[/caption] Today we met one of the infamous "Chinese" amber buyers. We found out there was one renting a room in Simojovel for a few months and went investigating. Ah, the joys of a small town...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Paul with Juanita with her fruit trees[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1404" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Their chicken-turkey-duck coop[/caption] We decided not to stay for the celebrations when we arranged the visit, partly because we didn't want to compromise these people into inviting us, since when we come...
You can get from anywhere to anywhere in Mexico, in a combination of road transport: big buses, half buses, pick-up trucks and my favourite, the combis, old Volkswagen vans. Outside the main bus depot in San Cristobal, groups of combis organised by destination gather on...