San Cristobal and palenque, Chiapas

We arrived in San Cristobal de las Casas at 6 in the morning and checked in to our dungeon of a hotel in the main street. It was freeeeezing! After a little nap we went to the indian market that surrounds a grand church. I was in heaven! J Leather, wool, figurines, JEWELERY! Happyyyyy!

BEAUTIFUL!!

WTF??

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We didn’t have much time left as we needed to be in Xalapa by Saturday. So after some discussion and bus schedule checking we had the next 2 days planned down to the minute.

The Sumidero Canyon is a must when in San Cristobal. You need to get in to Tuxtla Gutierrez to get to the boats, but as we didn’t know this we hired a driver from the hotel which was crazy expensive.

The Canyon is a 90 minute experience on a fast speedboat with some stops underways to explain what were seeing. It was gorgeous and so nice and fresh to drive with the wind in ur hair.

There are also big crocodiles resting on the sides of the river that we got pretty close to. Super!! :D

The next morning we moved on to Palenque to see the grand mayan ruins. Which are the most amazing ruins I have seen yet in my life. AND you can walk on them, inside of them, under them. So beautiful! (Btw: These are the ruins that are photographed on the front of the latest lonely planet for mexico, and a MUST see:)

My mom is cool :)

Mandatory bridge picture on the ruins ;)

A manifestation on the road where they put out planks with nails so people had to pay to be able to pass.

Since we had to be in Xalapa the following morning and we were still a days trip away we didn’t have much time and had to jump on a bus to Villa Hermosa where we had time for dinner and then the nightbus to Xalapa. The supreme highclass nightbus to Xalapa I must add J Ur own tv, reclining seats, eyecovers, pillows and blankets. None of us had sleept this good in weeks J

We got to Xalapa at 6 in the morning as my family checked in to this gorgeous posada in the centre and I went home to my apartment for a little nap. I was pretty excited for my family to see the town I have been living in for the past 8 months and for them to meet some of the people I have been talking to them about for months.

And as I also expected, they loved Xalapa. 

Then the time came to say goodbye :( 

<3 <3 Thank you for an amazing vacation! <3 <3