Cathedral de San Cristobal

It gets cold in Mexico!!

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December 7th 2008
After a 12 hour bus ride, that I think we managed to get some sleep on, we arrived in San Cristobal. It was gray and drizzly when we arrived at about 8:30am - bit of a shock after the heat of Mexico City! We found our hostel and dumped our bags, had a shower and some breakfast and headed out to explore. By this time the sun had come out, but we still had our jeans and fleece jackets on! Saw ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more