March 25th to April 8th
Still with my cousin Isadora, from Calakmul’s archeological site we went to Palenque in Chiapas. The town does’nt have much to offer and we found a tour that took us to the beautiful falls of Misol Ha and, and then took us all the way to San Cristobal de las Casas, where we arrived on the saturday 25th in the evening.
Cascada de Misol-Ha
Cascada de Misol-Ha
Agua azul
Agua azul
Agua azul
Agua azul
Agua azul
We stayed several days in San Cristobal, a beautiful colonial city, and visited the nearby villages, especially San Juan Chamula where the locals, wearing beautiful outfits, practice some typical religious rituals between catholicism and mayas rituals, but photos are not allowed in the church.
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Juan Chamula
San Juan Chamula
San Juan Chamula
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Cristobal de las Casas
We also visited the impressive Cañon del sumidero, close to San Cristobal, home to a lot of birds and animals, as well as the nice city of Chiapa de Corzo, right next to it.
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero – Crocodile in the trash
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero
Cañon del Sumidero
Chiapa de Corzo
Chiapa de Corzo
On thusday the 30th and friday the 31st, we rented a car and explored the natural beauties of Chiapas: The Chiflón falls, the las Nubes falls (where we camped), and the Montebello lakes, close to Guatemala.
Cascada El Chiflón
Cascada El Chiflón – Velo de Novia, 120 meters fall!
Cascada El Chiflón
In the car 🙂
Las Nubes
Las Nubes
Las Nubes
Lagunas de Montebello – Border Lake
Lagunas de Montebello
Lagunas de Montebello
Lagunas de Montebello
We left San Cristobal on sunday april the 2nd, to get to Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of the Chiapas state, where I could go to the french consulate, and do a “procuration” = give a familiar the power to vote in my name in the next presidential elections. Thiw city doesn’t have much to offer, I didn’t take any pictures. On monday the 3rd we went and camped at the Sima de las Cotorras, a giant hole in the ground, home to thousands of small green parrots, which we were able to witness going out of the hole on the next day at sunrise. Taking pictures was difficult due to their size and their speed… But I tried.
Sima de las Cotorras
Sima de las Cotorras
Sima de las Cotorras
Sima de las Cotorras
Sima de las Cotorras
On that tuesday april 4th, we then went to the falls “El Aguacero”, not far away from la Sima de las Cotorras.
El Aguacero
El Aguacero
El Aguacero
El Aguacero
On the same day, we went to Puerto Arista by bus, where I saw the Pacific ocean againand its sunsets. We stayed 3 days, and enjoyed the beach despite the heat, before leaving Mexico and North America to get to Guatemala, Which will be the subject for a future post.
Puerto Arista
Puerto Arista
Boca del Cielo (nearby village)