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North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas November 25th 2011

I woke up on my make-shift bed, having driven up 'route 1' the previous night from LA back to the Bay area. Something was really bugging during the whole journey....I had come all this way across the Atlantic Ocean. Had spent a lot of time (and money) enjoying the California lifestyle, and during the past 3 days, had revisited places that I had seen 3 years ago when I first came to the West Coast of the USA. Something dawned on me, the feeling that I was simply reliving what I had seen before, and the second time around, none of what I saw really interested me that much. My feelings were not new, I had been keeping them hidden for some reason (which I still do not understand why) and when I really looked into ... read more


We took an overnight bus from Merida to Palenque. Not a "first class" bus with fully reclinable seats, but comfy nonetheless as it was fairly empty and easy to stretch out. Palenque isnt too far from Merida but the journey was slowed due to very bad roads, and these crazy speed bumps everywhere which slows vehicles down considerably. On arrival in Palenque we tried to book a hotel but to no avail. I had emailed them and called them and I should have known from this the service wouldnt be great! However Maya Bell got a great write up in Lonely Planet, so we took a taxi there and checked into a room. Thankfully once again it was empty so checking in at 11am was fine. The hotel is set in the jungle and not far ... read more
Pool at Maya Bell
Checking out the jungle
Palenque ruins

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas September 25th 2011

Arrived late at night, high in the hills of San Cristobal. Could not be dealing with big hairy spiders another night. San Cristobal is a small colonial town, where lots of the locals all wear their traditional outfits (they are really cute...helps that they are all really midget like too). Decided it would be a good idea to go for a horse ride in the hills. We went to some small village just out of the center, and jumped on a horse and went for a ride. A group was just coming in as i was to do my tour, so i used one of their horses... poor thing was grunting away all tired and sad. Thought it might collapse or something, but with a crack of the whip (not by me) the horse got second ... read more
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David here... We got up early and headed straight to the bus station in Corozal to jump on a bus to Chetumal in Mexico. We arrived at the border after about 30 minutes and got through the Belize departure very quickly, paying B$37.50 each to leave the country. We then got back on the same bus that had waited for us and got taken to the Mexico border. The queue here was massive. We got our FMM form from an official at the front of the queue and then walked round to the back of the building and the end of the queue. We filled out our arrival cards and waited...and waited...and waited. In all, it took about 90 minutes to get through into Mexico and by that time, our bus had already left. We jumped ... read more
San Cristobal cathedral
San Cristobal coffee and chocolates at Kakao Natura
San Cristobal church


Dias Quattro The first day in San Cristobal that we had we decided to explore the town. We headed up a long hill and raced up a lot of steps to a church. From the church we could see the whole of San Cristobal nestled in the forested mountains. All the church had was a few weird Jesus mannequins so we soon left. We went to a museum called ´Na Bolom´meaning the house of the Jaguar. This museum was set up by a German couple to showcase the cultures of the indigenous Mayan people who lived in the rainforest around San Cristobal. This couple made very good friends with an elder from the Lacandon tribe called Chankin Viejo. By the time Chankin died at the age of 104 years old he had fathered 25 children by ... read more
San Cristobal
Elle, steps and a Church
San Cristobal


Hey guys! So first things first, no one has the runs anymore, wooooooop!! Back to normal eating and normal toilet trips but still playing it safe! anyhoo, back to three days ago, we arrived in San Cristobal. it was nice and hot when we arrived in the morning and booked in to a hostel where we found a few of our fellow travellers from Peurto Esondido- pretty sure that a pool of travellers at each time just books the same hostels off hostel world and ends up seeing each other along the way! First dorm we stayed in that was full, 14 bed mixed, so pretty lively. So went into town to get some cash out only to find that my card had been blocked (Alas it was a matter of time) so after confirming it ... read more


The bus ride from Palenque was quite interesting with some very hairy tight turns through the mountains of Central Mexico. We eventually made it to a rainy night in San Cristobal de las Casas. After checking into our accommdation a few blocks from the zocalo we headed out for a look around and something to eat. Being a Friday night the zocalo and the markets were buzzing with folk out for a night. This city would have to be the most lively we have been to up to date. Plenty of bars with music blaring and plenty of people on the sidewalks enjoying a few drinks. As we were a little tired after a long bus journey we started to head back to our hotel. Now we love restaurants that don't try to be something that ... read more
Happy Dan and Bon- 3 bottles of red wine
Mi amigos - more drinks
Sunday afternoon recovery


Da ich diese Woche nach Guatemala fahre, gibts im Hostel eine kleine Abschiedsfeier.... read more
Betty in der Kueche
Lidia in der Kueche
Beim Kuchenanschneiden


Ausflug nach Bochil und Simojovel. Simojovel ist fuer seine Ambar-Minen bekannt.... read more


Sooo...a months goes by. Wow. OK, I think I´ve analyzed my latent aversion to blogging and have come to these conclusions: a. obviously, given my previous entry, I should post something about my experience in Antigua, and, honestly, in this I am beyond words. It was such a fragrant, somber, slightly eerie experience that I that the post would be a shadow of its possible glory without pictues. But yes, yes, I´ll get to it. B) I have been ridiculously busy recently. I started working at an English school for a little extra money (and the emphasis on "little" cannot be overstated, but still...), and my volunteer work continues at full speed at the school. But anyways, I´m here to write about my recent duck into Mexico, to wander about what many call Mexico´s version of ... read more




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