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To write a book that's exciting, I want to set the book in the trouble spot of
Mexico. That would be Chiapas, the area of Mexico with the higher
percentage of Indians and sort of a cold civil war going on. I had thought
that I could learn something about Chiapas by visiting Merida and
Oaxaca. But it turns out that Mexico is a very diverse country. These
regions are very different from the area of civil uprising I want to
write about. So the next day, Amy stayed in Oaxaca, and I went to
Chiapas. First a plane to Tuxtla, then a bus up to San Cristobal,
which is on the frontier of the region the government controls. This
is as remote as it gets in Mexico, except for the jungles ruled by the
Zapatista I suppose. But that's way too dangerous for me.
Here I am posing with my very own Mormon missionary. He failed to convert me. Although I'm smiling for the camera, actually I very extremely motion sick on the bus, which banked constantly going up the winding mountain trails. I had to sit for a half-hour before I could really move again. |
The merimba was invented here in Chiapas. These guys are each holding four mallets! I tipped these guys to get a photo. |
Dinner always involves a Sprite. I don't dare drink the water. On the left is a spy book based in Mexico I've been reading. Good insights. |
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