San Cristobal de las Casas

1.       After visitng the Sumidero Canyon and nice city of Chiapa de Corzo we hitchhiked about 1 hour way to San Cristobal de Las Casas, one of the most touristic city in Mexico. It was a bit overcrowded by tourists (mostly from US), also the infrastructure was develepod in a ‘western way’ which means, that a lot of restaurant, bars, cafes, etc only pretended to be in Mexican, Chiapas style beying in real just a fake, which fit to imaginations of Americans and European. There was a lot of vege bars, ‘hippie’ cafes, hipsters places. In real, most of the tourists seems to be delighted that they could  have found place like in Europe (or US). We could also have noticed this in Mazunte, at the Pacific coast. We didnt like the atmosphere so much, but kind of had to stay longer than we wanted to cause of our terrible mood. I mean the city is amazing, full of old churches, Indingenous people in traditional clothes, big markets and mountainous atmosphere, but because of its touristic vibe 2-3 days its enough for me. We stayed 4 or 5 days...Why? We got a salmonella. Dont really know why, almost for sure because of street food...A lot of local have these problems, tourists also.  Even if you wash your hands very often, watch carefully what you eat and never drink tap water you can get infected. You can minimalize the risk avoiding food from street vendors, but this food is the best and the cheapest option...So we have a salmonella and have to stay a bit longer in San Cristobal.