If a tree falls in the swamp?

Crocs and canoes in a mangrove swamp

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December 6th 2006
Glad to descend back to the coast out of the 2000m weather in San Cristobal. Puerto Arista may sound to you like a port, but the best part of it is the bird rich estuary that backs onto the camping/cabañas. I stayed at Amazonia Camping Cabañas which is 200m west from the Lonely Planet trailed Jose Camping Cabañas. However, even with some assistance on directions, my taxi driver only manage ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Puerto Arista

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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