The man of faith....

Minding our own business in the tv room yesterday, we stumbled upon a rather interesting man named Steve. With a book about the Bible in his hand we started discussing Mexico city and religion and soon realized that he was a Catholic. Not only that, he was a man of faith, real faith. You could see it in his zealous eyes. And so the evening went on with us playing Spades (totally kicked everyones arses, never played the game before). Anyway the thing is, we learned that in Mexico city, is located the "Virgin Mary of Guadalupe". A sacred painting in the christian faith and considered by many to be a miracle. The legend says that the Virgin Mary appeared to a profet and (you can read the rest of the story somewhere else if you're interested) voila, almost all of the Indian population in Mexico was converted into Christianity.
The stange thing about the painting is that noone know really who painted it, it does not decay (as normal painting do) and ultrasounds,X-rays and infrared reading have shown very strange results. Just the fact that the last 500 years hasn't destroyed it is a very odd thing but people say it actually is getting more bright and vivid.
Micke and I couldn't resist the urge to go and see what all of this is about (+ as I am Catholic it is considered one of those places a christian should visit in one's life). So off we went, travelling through the town and finally we arrived at the Basilica de Guadalupe. It was quite an experience. I mean, alot of people were there looking at it and it was something special. Could be my mind playing tricks. Maybe...
Well. After the visit at the Basilica de Guadalupe, we arranged our stay in Cancun for which we will be leaving of friday. The bus should take about 24 hours but at least we'll see a big part of Mexico. Expensive fare though. 1000 SKR...
After all the administrative thigns were done, there was not much left to do than going to the park and having a relaxing afternoon reading a good book.
Pretty calm day but it got me thinking about how many really cool and odd people you meet at the hostels. Always a good place for discussions.
Thats all for now.