San Cristobal de Las Casas Travel Blogs

  The alarm clock I had bought in Uruapan, I still hated it when it started beeping at 6 o'clock the next morning. At 6:30 we were dressed, packed and ready, standing outside in the freezing cold, about to embark on a very long day trip. Five minutes later a minivan stopped. Some other froz…

Some of you guys may have heard of the town of Oaxaca because of the political unrest that has occurred in recent years. Actually, if you type “Oaxaca” into google images you get a few pictures of decapitated bodies. But in reality Oaxaca is a gorgeous little town with a friendly feel, despite …

Este día planeamos ir al museo de la medicina maya; fuímos pero Alex y yo decidimos no entrar y nos quedamos en un bar que está frente al museo. Nos tomamos unas cervezas y conocimos a un chiapaneco llamado Gerardo con el que estuvimos departiendo, en eso llegan Mich y Rose y les molestó un com…

The southermost state of  México, it is named Chiapas one of the most amazing and beautiful states definitely from all México. In general Chiapas has a humid, tropical climate so it contains a rainforest area called "Selva Lacandona" unfortunately in late years has been reduce…

A perfect combination of sun, beaches, cenote diving, Maya tempels and hill tribe culture. All on one peninsula!

BUS JOURNEYWell I was dreading this after our last one but it turned out not so bad. Basically slept the whole way, waking up 3 times. The first time I woke up was when the bus driver carried out an emergency stop to avoid a massive fallen boulder bloacking the road. The second time was another eme…

We did a day trip from San Cristobal to this canyon which I thought was really awesome. I whole heartedly recommend this to anyone visiting Chiapas. Beautiful canyon, 35km boat ride, crocodiles, canyon is up to 1000m deep at some point, lots of birds everywhere, really enjoyed it.

On Friday, I started in northeast Guatemala in the little Indian (indigenous) town, where I took the local “colectivo” to the nearby city, Flores. Then, after taking the overnight bus to the West, I arrived in Guatemala City and took a local bus to Antigua thinking that I could get a tourist sh…

Our trip to San Cristobal was pretty uneventful.  We drove pretty much straight through from Berkeley, CA to San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.Crossing the border at Laredo on Sunday May 11 was surprisingly uneventful.  We were prepared to spend half a day getting thing sorted.  How…

3 weeks traveling from Mexico City to Cancun (feb 2007).

I visited Mexico in the summer of 2005. I flew into Oaxaca, almost drowned in Zipolite, traveled through Chiapas, to Villahermosa, and Veracruz. I loved Mexico! A place in the evening where people drink Coca-Cola, eat ice cream, and make-out!

My trip to Mexico, Guatemala and Belize in 2004! Started in Mexico City, ended in Playa del Carmen.

Travelling the "Maya route" through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize with a group

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