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San Cristobal de las Casas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
On the hunt for Amber
This is a top pick! ... you're getting desensitised when you sit in a canoe and say "oh, another crocodile. Meh". We couldnt resist staying in San Cristobal another night, so we spent the third day exploring the town properly, taking in lots of museums on Mayan medicine, ...
Viva Zapatista
This is a top pick! We are currently in San Cristobal de las Casas, in Chiapas. It is an interesting time to be here. Last week, there was a protest over the expulsion of flower vendors in a town near Mexico City, Atenco. The Zapatista (leader? spokesman?) Subcommandante ...
Colonial Mexico at its best
This is a top pick! ... to be aware of it and really want to make things change. At this point, my time is counted as I need to be in Yucatan in a few days. After 3 days in San Cristobal de las Casas, I am now heading east to Ocosingo. Talk to you later ...
This country is big!
This is a top pick! ... England? Didn't do much writing lately. Had a bit of a difficult week. First the crazy bus transfer from Ometepe, Nicaragua to San Christobal de las casas, Mexico. Two days and a half and two nights (one in a bus) it took me to go to Mexico. Four ...
San Cristobal de las Casas
This is a top pick! Alex: San Cristobal de las Casas is a very pretty town with lots of nice churches, pretty streets and plazas. It is also home to lots of indigenous people who still wear their traditional dress (or at least the women) which is interesting to see, each ...
Rain in Mexico... surely not!!!
This is a top pick! After our overnight coach journey from Oaxaca we made it to San Cristobal. San Cristobal is in the highlands of Mexico and 1700m above sea level so its a little cooler and 'damper' than the rest of Meixco. We spent 3 days at Rossco's Backpackers Hostel ...
A grand finale to Mexico
This is a top pick! ... use plants and animals for cures and it showed the traditional birthing practices, including a very graphic movie on birthing. Very interesting. San Cristobal is a very cool and beautiful town, and the locals were nice and helpful. Next stop, ...
In the mountains again
This is a top pick! ... last couple of weeks Ive gone up and down, at least I know now that I dont get altitude sickness. We arrived late in San Cristobel, checked the email and went to meet James in a hostel. Unfortunatley that hostel was full therefore I left the bags there ...
Into the hills
This is a top pick! ... mild hangover as he introduced me to the delights of vodka and pineapple which somehow over the years have avoided but pretty keen on now. San cristobal has really grown on me too and glad I didn't skip it, today though I just got back from Oventic, which ...
Zapatista Territory
This is a top pick! ... water and freezing outside! We couldn't check-in until 3pm, very odd, so we wandered off into town to see the sights. San Cristobal was a pretty cool little colonial town. Built in 1528 and its cathedrals are still standing today. Not that we could see ...
Ocosingo??
This is a top pick! ... and very limited hotels... so overall (staying and food) are quite expensive. I did pay 4 times the price I have paid in San Cristobal for my first night (27$) and was able to find a cheaper place the second day (13$). As a vegetarian, ...
Dia de los Muertos y mucho mas
This is a top pick! ... are from the ancient civilizations of the Mayans and other indigenous peoples. There is plenty of decoration and celebrating in San Cristobal for Day of the Dead, but most people choose to visit the indigenous villages on the outskirts in order ...
Mayans Ruins of Tonina
This is a top pick! Tonina ruins were the main reason of my trip to Ocosingo and I have been extremely pleased with this site. Mainly a ceremonial site used by the Mayans throughout the different Mayan ages, I found this site magnificient from the way it was ...
San Cristobal de las Casas
This is a top pick! We survived our 12 hour, overnight journey to San Cristobal de las Casas with neither of us managing to get much sleep. Arriving at 6.30am, we stumbled, like a couple of zombies, into the town where we found our hotel - La Noria. Unfortunately the front ...
I Just Can´t Get Enough: San Cristobal
This is a top pick! ... well and our driver was really good, so we had a good ride despite the uncomfortable seats!! The area around San Cristobal (elevation 2100m) is absolutely stunning. It is mountainous and lush and green. The rolling hills near ...
Mayan Villages and Colonial buildings
This is a top pick! ... that we would be going over the edge! Soon the road flattened out and we both relaxed! We are now in San Cristobal De Las Casas, a small city located in the mountains in the state of Chiapas. Maybe, more famously known for the freedom fighting ...
Nothing much to report!
This is a top pick! San Cristobal was less of a destination and more of stop over on our min circuit of central America. It was a quaint little mountain town with charming architecture and cobble stone streets. I did very little here besides watch the NFL playoffs. I know ...
Not Pretty!
This is a top pick! After a 5 hour bus journey up to San Cristobal de Las Casas at a height of 2000 metres, the temperature dropped from dripping hot to a cool 20 degrees. This was about the time London was experiencing their hottest ever October temperatures ever. Go ...
Just a Quick Visit!
This is a top pick! ... , there´s much to be seen on the way. So, today was another quick visit, this time to the town of San Cristobal de las Casas. In addition to being a nice highland town in itself, this is also a common base for exploring some of the indigenous ...
Cultural Crossroads
This is a top pick! ... the southernmost state of Mexico. Only about 50,000 colourfully-clad Tzotzil Mayans live there. A ten peso VW combi ride from San Cristobal de las Casas gets you there in just 20 minutes. Time seemed to stand still as we sat and stared, taking in all ...
Fruitgasms and Virgin Mary Chargers
This is a top pick! ... well, I tried. With those 50 minutes of my life lost forever we moved on towards Chiflon which is 3 hours outside of San Cristobal. Of course enroute we had to make the obligatory stop at some tourist market with natively dressed women selling ...
Rode on a Trashbreaker
This is a top pick! San Cristobal de las Casas really has all I need to keep my interest for a few days…great food, beautiful colonial city center, nice people to hang with and most importantly of all I am not sweating to death. In fact, it is in the upper 40s at ...
Head to the Border
This is a top pick! ... water if you don’t dare get out and mix with the locals? The area behind Palenque on the way to San Cristobal de las Casas is a scenic wonder with mountains and waterfalls and I couldn’t leave without taking in a few, and cheap organized ...
Ambar
... for some Carribbean time. Consequently a 12 hour overnight bus ride delivered us to the colonial town of San Cristobal de las Casas, another popular place for foreigners to live or hang out. Located in the state of Chiapas, bordering ...
San Cristobal de las Casas
San Christobal de las Casas hit the world headlines in 1994 when it was taken over by the revolutionary Zapatista movement, who held the city for thirty hours. It's mellow now, but recent history and the fact that it's now very much a backpacker's haunt ...
Grungy Euro Backpackers' Mecca
Could there be any more grungy Euro backpackers' here? We arrived in San Cristobal de Las Casas in Chiapas Monday morning after an almost 10 hour night bus ride from Veracruz. The ride woud not have been bad, had it not been for the air conditioning ...
AVOCADOS PRODUCE LARGE TESTICLES
... had an amazing time and learned that Peter Pan loved Vanilla ice cream and that vanilla originally came from Mexico. From here we went on to the Museo de la Medicina Maya. A raw but fascinating introduction to the traditional medicines used in the ...
The highlands of Chiapas
San Cristobal de las Casas is positioned in the highlands of Chiapas. It is a community that is very colorful and is surrounded by lush, green mountains. Its elevation reaches approximately 2100 m (6890 ft) above sea level. San Cristobal is ...
Chiapas, Zapatistas and the new year
... , but fortunatly has only one-to-two story buildings and therefore could preserve much of its colonial charcater. Chiapas and San Cristobal are probably best know for the Zapatista uprising in 1994 under Subcomandate Marcos, fighting for the rights of ...