12/10/21

It seems Chiapa de Corzo has become a resting point for some sort of religious pilgrimage. From what I can gather, the pilgrims have come from the mountains around San Cristobal and intend to walk to the nearby state of Oaxaca to visit the Virgen de Juquila, a 16th century figure of Mary which survived a big fire unscathed. There are currently around two hundred people camped out in tents and trucks in the courtyard outside the big cathedral, playing music and eating lots of corn on the cob.

In other news, the local grocery store has starting bundling random items together as a “special deal”. My favorite is the single serving bag of Doritos with five packets of hot sauce scotch-taped across the front. I was admiring this ingenuity when I noticed that Mexico has an additional flavor of Doritos, called Incognito, which I had no choice but to immediately purchase and try, whereupon I learned that the mystery flavor was Worcestershire sauce. This was a pretty disappointing mystery, so I went back to the store to get some regular Doritos instead, and in doing so discovered that the standard Nacho Cheese Doritos in Mexico are slightly spicier and have a nice jalepeño flavor which is lacking in their American counterpart. This pleasant surprise balanced out my earlier disappointment, and I am now completely satisfied.