(MEXICO) San Cristobal de Las Casas

San Cristobal de Las Casas is the cultural capital of Chiapas in southern Mexico while. A beautiful colonial city. A place you are stuck. There Mayan culture is still alive, like the Zapatista movement. This city is also the active center of an interesting class backpackeurs. Travelers makers and artists meet here to mix their talents ...

SAN CRISTOBAL THE MEETING POINT OF "BACKPACKEURS MAKERS"

The magical attraction of San Cristobal :

San Cristobal is a particularly cheap city is the cultural capital of Chiapas, and probably one of the prettiest town in Mexico. As it is more than two thousand feet there is a comfortable temperature. Many say it cold there, I would say simply that transpires not there.

And his alter-globalization side with Zapistas in the region is probably the final touch that eventually attract nonconformists of all backgrounds who decide to stay often blocked.

A creative explosion :

I stayed there for three euros a night in a small hotel that looked like a collocation or everyone sleeps in the same room, eat at the same table and sharing a drink before going to see the show of one either in a bar or on the street. My roommates: a liseurs tarot, a singer clarinet player of hip hop, the artisans who made macramé jewelry, guitarists, a professional photographer, a painter ...

And as the whole city is in the image of my hotel, talents easily meet and mix. Often groups form and rent a house together for a few weeks or months. In San Cristobal a room in a house in shared costs less than 1,000 pesos per month or 60 euros.

This ultimately not surprising if every night you can see concerts, theater or circus, and sometimes meet an Argentine clown, a Spanish acrobat, a German guitarist, bassist or a Mexican California ukuleliste play together in an unlikely show.

San Cristobal school macramé

Around San Cristobal there are many semi precious stones at great prices and tremendous craftsmen come here to provide raw material. Travelers artisans especially specialists macramé are so numerous that the city is too concurencielle m to be a good "spot" for sale. The prices are too low. By cons is the ideal place to train, learn new techniques and share with other artisans or discover a traveler artisan vocation.

source : "www.voyageautourdumonde.fr"