del desierto a la selva// from the desert to the jungle

Ya estamos en Chiapas. Tenemos pocos días, pero casi todos los días hemos salido a conocer algún lugar de la ciudad. Hemos visitado el ZOOMAT, un zoológico precioso, que más bien es como una reserva ecológica; el parque "Convivencia Infantil" (que tiene además de columpios, subibajas y resbaladillas, juegos de feria); el parque "Caña Hueca", un parque recreativo y deportivo (ahí nos rentamos un cuadriciclo y Diego y yo pedaleamos y las niñas iban enfrente); y al Joyyo Mayu, otro parque recreativo pero más de descanso. Estos cuatro parques (incluyendo al zoológico), son bastante grandes y la vegetación es impresionante. También hemos ido varias veces al parque de la marimba, que es más bien una plaza con un kiosco en el centro donde todas las tardes tocan la marimba y mucha gente baila. Ahí nos sentamos a tomar café y comer raspados.

We are now in Chiapas. We just got here, but we've been going out almost every day to different places in the city. We've been to the zoo, which is located in an ecologic reserve area and only exhibits fauna from Chiapas. It's one of the best zoos I've ever been to. We've also been to the park "Convivencia Infantil" (which has playgrounds and rides); to the park "Caña Hueca" (that has playgrounds, picnic areas and several basketball and volleyball courts, and soccer fields. In this park, one can rent bikes for 3-4 people, we already did); and to the park Joyyo Mayu, which is a park to take strolls and relax. These four parks (including the zoo) are large parks and the fauna is amazing (well keep in mind that I'm from the desert.)

We have also gone to the park "La Marimba," which is a plaza with a kiosk where every afternoon they played the marimba and people go there to dance, to listen to the melodies or to watch people dancing. We usually go to a cafe to drink some coffee and have some snow cones.

La ciudad ha superado con mucho nuestras expectativas y la verdad es que estamos muy agusto. La gente es muy linda. El clima ha estado muy agradable. Yo esperaba un calor pegajoso pero no, ha estado bastante fresco y no hemos sentido calor como el que ya empezaba a sentirse en La Paz.

The city has exceeded our expectations and the truth is that we really like it here. The people are nice. The weather is great. I thought it was going to be very humid and hot but it isn't. It's cool in the mornings and in the evenings and just warm in the afternoon.

Nota: Las fotos sólo son del zoológico y del Joyyo Mayu.

Note: The pictures are from the zoo and the Joyyo Mayu park.