From Mexico City we took a 6 and a half hour bus ride with beautiful views of volcanos and mountains covered in catci. We stayed in a hostel called {El Quijote} with ... double beds... so comfy!
In the morning a comioneta picked us up from our hostel and dropped us at Monte Alban, which is an ancient Maya city in the mountains. We scrambled over steep stoney stair cases that dated back to 500ad and lookd at buildings from 100bc. It was incredible and the views from the mountain were brath taking.
Climbing back down old men and women, their skin all wrinkled from the sun and backs all hunched approached us and beckoned us to stalls shouting 'amiga, amiga' We all bought jewellry from them.
After getting back we explored the town and it's massive markets, artisan craft shops and chocolate factorys! we stopped in Hotel Chocolate which had a factory on the ground floor and hotel rooms above, causing the whole place to smell delicious. The women offered us spoonfulls of dark melted chocolate and chillie chocolate, it was so amazing that we decided to stay and have a hot choc in their cafe- the best we've ever tasted.
We spent the evening drinking red wine in the plaza where lots of children came to us begging for money- after giving one boy some change, we were surronded, but at the end of the day afew pesos is nothing to us so we didn't mind. One girl even sat down next to us, held hands with llegra and tried to hug us... she was so sweet.
In the morning a comioneta picked us up from our hostel and dropped us at Monte Alban, which is an ancient Maya city in the mountains. We scrambled over steep stoney stair cases that dated back to 500ad and lookd at buildings from 100bc. It was incredible and the views from the mountain were brath taking.
Climbing back down old men and women, their skin all wrinkled from the sun and backs all hunched approached us and beckoned us to stalls shouting 'amiga, amiga' We all bought jewellry from them.
After getting back we explored the town and it's massive markets, artisan craft shops and chocolate factorys! we stopped in Hotel Chocolate which had a factory on the ground floor and hotel rooms above, causing the whole place to smell delicious. The women offered us spoonfulls of dark melted chocolate and chillie chocolate, it was so amazing that we decided to stay and have a hot choc in their cafe- the best we've ever tasted.
We spent the evening drinking red wine in the plaza where lots of children came to us begging for money- after giving one boy some change, we were surronded, but at the end of the day afew pesos is nothing to us so we didn't mind. One girl even sat down next to us, held hands with llegra and tried to hug us... she was so sweet.
That reminds me of the tiny old men and women who used to climb up the mountain paths to the monastery in Chengdu, China. We were huffing and puffing during the hour trek up and they had to carry sacks of bricks and wood up and down all day.
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate hotel sounds amazing!