Todays forecast was for rain from about midday on. Having experienced yesterday what San Cristobal rain can be like we decided to get moving early. After a really good breakfast at a small cafe we started making tracks to the Medicine Museum and after that the Coffee Museum. The walk to the Medicine Museum took us through a very busy area of town. Lots of a streets stalls selling all kinds of things from plumbing fittings to clothes to electronics, a large covered market and a shopping plaza. Mixed into all this confusion were taxis and collectivos, basically mini buses that take paying passengers. All a bit chaotic. The medicine museum is a collective of 600 indigenous families who grow plants for use in natural medicines. They also follow traditional medical practices. A 10 minute video gave us an overview of their beliefs especially the role of the midwife when a women is about to give birth. I had never realised how important it was to wave a live chicken over a women who had just given birth to ensure the health of her and her child. But there you go, learn something new everyday. Candles and herbs also play a significant role in their medical practices. To prevent or cure seizures, diarrhea, vomiting, anxiety, fever or headaches then simply burn 13 small white candles, or yellow or gold or red. These can be purchased 3 for 10 pesos. I think in the west we have made medicine too complex. Found our way back to the coffee museum and whilst it is normally open on Sundays a neighbouring shopkeeper told us they had decided not to open today. Ah, the simplicity of business in Mexico. So the only alternative was to find a spot for lunch and we did that on a rooftop cafe overlooking the plaza. Which gave us a box office seat when a parade made its way through town. No idea what it was in aid of but it was very colourful and had the obligatory music playing. That night we headed off to a small Mexican cafe/bar. The food was good and when a solo female singer started to set up we were quite pleased. And then we were taken by surprise when she announced she had grown up in Australia but had been living in Mexico for the last 15 years. Her style of jazz made for a great evening. Sadly it all came to an end and we headed back to the hotel ready for our trip to Palenque the next day.