On Friday we went to the Tec de Monterrey Chiapas campus to visit with Magda Jan. She is the owner of the finca (coffee plantation) and the professor of the class where we were supposed to form a team with a bunch of students to interview and work with the Guatemalan workers. Unfortunately, she has just 2 students. Thus, this part of our trip is a little fuzzy right now. We are going to go to the finca, no doubt about that, but we will not have a team to work with and we may not even have Magda there to smooth the way for us.
No worries – we are learning how to smooth our own way… In fact, it may work to our advantage. We have tracked down several new organizations working in the area and all of them are open to having us around.
After our time at the Tec Chiapas campus we headed out for San Cristobal. En route we detoured for a ride up river to see the Cañon de Sumidero. It was in spectacular form – the water was literally emerald green:
We passed by numerous Vultures sunning themselves, crocodiles doing much the same and a bunch of spider monkeys hanging out (literally) in the trees. Here you can see the vultures, crocodiles, and monkeys:
The view of the entrance to the canyon really takes one’s breath away. Take a look for yourself:
For more pictures from our trip up the Grijalva take a look at the album on Picasso:
We made it to San Cristobal by about 5:00 p.m. and found a place to stay for the weekend. We must have been tired because Carolina was asleep by 11:00 and I didn’t last much longer.
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