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Blog: Mazunte -> San Cristobal Dela Casas -> Tonina -> Palenque
Date: July 31st 2006

San Cristobal De Las Casas

This is an affluent settlement, about 12 hours by bus from Pochutle (near Mazunte). I took an overnighter and arrived at about 8am. This town has the typical Zocalo layout (town centre) with lots of shops and so on and plenty of tourists (too many for my liking). I managed to take a look a the local live music scene which was a mix of Samba and Rock and R ... read more







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