09 Jan Day 26: over and out
[caption id="attachment_1464" align="aligncenter" width="600"] For those who are blind to children working in the amber business and in Mexico[/caption] It's almost 8pm on our last day of filming in Chiapas. We...
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07 Jan Days 24 & 25: some forced rest and more waiting
[caption id="attachment_1429" align="aligncenter" width="600"] San Cristobal from the Guadalupe Virgin's church[/caption] Well, I thought I was going to escape Moctezuma's vengeance this time, we're almost at the end of the trip,...
05 Jan Day 23: A last minute contributor
Before we head back to San Cristobal we organise a visit to meet one more possible contributor, a Simojovel native who's an artisan and merchant and has shops both in...
04 Jan Day 22: a ray of light
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...
03 Jan Day 21: A frustrating day
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...
02 Jan Day 20: The Chinese
[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...