Forever infamous Mexican experiences

Latin America is the place to be for Easter week; Semana Santa is celebrated for 9 days straight- most cities spending thousands and thousands of quetzales (or pesos) to have huge processions every night for the pleasure of the public. San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico, only a short bus ride away, was rumored to have a spectacular crucifixion re-enactment. Naturally, I was on that bus. My terrible fate was only hours away. As soon as we set our packs down at the hostel, we set off looking for 2 things: an ATM and an authentically Mexican margarita. Upon return to the hostel we discovered one small problem...our luggage filled with all of our belongings: passport, ipod, cameras, books, clothing...everything, had been stolen due to the carelessness of the (druggie) hostel owners- who left the front door unattended for an hour after we left. Currently, I am working on getting an emergency passport so I can return to Guatemala. For all of those who were warned and feel apprehensive about Mexico- I want to solidify all of the pre-conceived dangers occuring here. More updates to come...