The sites of San Cristóbal

Today was a lazy day wandering around the sights of San Cristóbal. We started off with a fresh, organic coffee drink at a coffee museum/cafe, then visited the locals market, an endless maze of stalls selling everything: bright chilies of every colour, juicy tomatoes and limes, glowing white onions, fresh meat and chickens, nuts, flowers, spices, maize dough, piñatas, and anything else you could want. It was a beautifully colourful place, and fun to watch the locals doing their normal shopping. It was packed full of people, probably because everyone was doing their last minute shopping for their Independence Day celebrations tomorrow. We saw the little Señora Jolaba ladies, a cooperative of indigenous weavers making and selling traditional clothing and other garments. Of course we passed many churchs and the cathedral on the plaza, lots of hustle and bustle there to set things up for tomorrow. After using the internet, we had a late lunch and spent some time relaxing at our hotel. For dinner we went to El Gato Gordo (The Fat Cat), lured inside by the live guitar music. We shared some enchiladas, rice and black beans and a huge beer, then stopped in a game hall for a few rounds of air hockey. Nigel schooled me, but it was fun and a great little arm workout.