Grito de Dolores!

Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! ¡Viva Fernando VII! ¡Abajo el mal gobierno!

It's Mexican independence day tomorrow, which means all kinds of partying tonight. As if an excuse were needed :)

I've been making my way down through mexico over the last few weeks. Most of it's been great fun (day trips to Tequila, anyone?), very occasionally it's been tourist hell (puerto villarta, I'm looking at you), often it's been super-chilled (Guanajuato is the best town in the world, and Oaxaca and San Christobal rank pretty high), and everywhere in the last week or so has been fiesta-central (don't believe anyone who tells you mexico city isn't awesome, though I may be biased by turning up just before independence day).

As far as I can tell, Mexicans don't really need much of an excuse to party, and one of their biggest excuses is tomorrow, so everywhere's decked out in bunting and good to go this evening. I'm in a little town called San Christobal, which is in the mountains quite near the guatamalan border, and also very pretty. It's probably a bigger party up in mexico city, but after the weekend I want to hot-foot down to a small town in Guatamala to go learn some spanish for a few weeks so being close to the border is good, and anyway - judging from last night, I don't think finding a party is going to be too difficult.

Still having fun,

Will.
(San Christóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas, México)