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November 15, 2002
having a good time in
having a good time in san cristobal, last night walked up to the top of this very tall staircase with a chileña and an aussie, the sun had just set and the light was so amazing. you always read about the ¨beautiful clear light¨ of places like this, and it sounds trite in a way, but looking out over the valley surrounded by green mountains and the pastel tinted clouds ringing the highest peak, the way the spectrum of the blue of the sky changed as you looked higher into the sky, and the fact that the moon was as bright as i´ve ever seen it ever in my entire life, well, i guess what they say about places having good light can be pretty right on.
my hopes are very up as i am in contact with several people about going to cuba for free, with luck i´ll know before i leave here. anthony eileen and i are planning a trip to some remote lakes and ruins on the border of guatemala before we hitch rides on cargo boats up the river usumacinta which borders guatemala, towards the yaxchilan ruins, which are some of the most remote ruins on the yucatan peninsula. after that i´ll continue on towards the palenque ruins then to chichen itza if i have time, otherwise i´ll overnight bus it to cancun and with any luck catch my free flight to havana. high adventure, eh?
the lady who owns the hostel is an expert in natural medicine, i spoke with her at length this morning, she was talking about how horrible it is that the poor people are getting away from the staple diet of corn and beans that they´ve lived on for ages, that have helped sustain them, in exchange for the ´porquerias´ of white bread sandwiches with ham. she´s quite fun, i think her son is gonna take some of us tomorrow on a long hike to some arch where a river has carved a hole through the rock, we´re gonna jump into the freezing water and then jump out real fast and feel invigorates, at least that´s what i hear.
finished the book el alquimista this afternoon, starting gabriel garcia marquez´s el coronel no tiene quien le escriba (no one writes to the coronel), a bit harder vocab but i´m excited to read it.
ok off to the cultural museum, i still haven´t found anyone to talk to about all the zapatista stuff that happened here 8 years ago or so, still it´s a tension you can feel and there are judicial police they call them all around.
Posted by bendan at November 15, 2002 01:35 PM
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