We've been staying with a family in San Cristobol the last few days and will do so for a total of ten days.  Staying in a private home brings the cost of travel down considerably.  Our host's home is part of a cut up hacienda in the center of town.  It's not fancy but it feels comfortable enough.  She serves a vegetarian breakfast every morning that has been very good.  Everyday is different and has included spinach and mushroom burritos, roasted vegetables, warm cooked fruit, homemade beans, fresh tortillas, fried eggs, yogurt, and avocados.  She makes her own kombucha and a brew of pineapple rinds cooked with brown sugar and ginger.  The house is not heated and an extra blanket is needed for the night time temperatures in the fifties.  You don't drink the water out of the tap.  We pump our own water from a container in the kitchen and if we want to use the kitchen we clean up after ourselves.  We can walk to everything in town from this location.  Today was laundry day and we bagged up our stuff and took it to a lavenderia down the street.  Five pounds of laundry costs us about two bucks.  We pick it up tonight at seven.  I'm thinking about going to the dentist down the street to get my teeth cleaned.  About $25.  My dentist back in the Twin Cities won't like that.