September 16th, 2014
San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
I never been to a military parade.
Seriously.
You might think that it is weird with the fact that I was a soldier and the fact that I do live in Israel, a pretty militarist country, but still.
To be honest military parades are not so common in Israel. Yes there is the Air parade, that I have first seen last year and only a bit of it. But no ground marches
as far as I know.
Here I am, on the second side of the globes, watching another country army walks in front of me =).
They take the all thing very seriously. It starts with the kinder garden kids, then the elementary school, after them the high school teenagers. Then the government officials. Then all parts of municipality (yes, even the street cleaners walking with brooms in the their hands like the were firearms =). Then all the
volunteers in town…
Only then, when it is noon and the streets are impossible to pass (tried it with a mochila and a suitcase…. =/ ) the army appears.
All the army… =)
Take Care
Gad
Girls elementary school
Boy elementary school orchestra
Middle school
The high school orchestra.
Girl high school.
The civilian guard.
The police.
The army got to town (even when the EZLN took over town, the revolt ended peacefully and there was not need for the army).
Jungle soldiers?
The desert soldiers? (no that I know of any desert near it…)
The Yeti soldiers?
The dogs unit.
Military Police
Rescue units
The Naval rescue units
The Naval orchestra
The Naval Units
Military vehicles
Artillery
Anti-aircraft units
Town hall in the evening of the Independence day.
Independence day stands – So many candies and sweets! I had to taste some of it!
Independence day stands – Churro stand! Atzva really likes it =)
Independence day stands – One of the spiciest things…. it might be one of the ugliest too, if you take a closer look.
A look over the food stands and the cathedral of San Cristobal de Las Casas from the roof of Casa de Yagil (the local Israelida run by (no surprise) Yagil and his wife =) in the evening of Independence day.
The Fireworks! Boy, I had never been so close to fireworks. Even in the army we had to keep a larger distance.
The streets of the town of San Cristobal de Las Casas when are not packed with people (it is raining…)
One of the mountains circling the town.
Casa de Yagil, from inside.
Casa de Yagil – and advertisement for Falafel and an invitation for the Independence day fiesta on the roof of the house.
We were just asking for nice place to eat… but I could have eaten a whole chicken! Polloaria Lena.
The panorama from the La Iglesia
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