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I thought San Cristobal was a little funky, but that was because I hadn’t been to Palenque yet. We had heard from other travelers that a place called the Mayabell was the place to stay. In our camping bible it said that you will find more VW Campers there than anywhere, so we knew we had to stay there. We were actually the only VW Camper there which was a little surprising since this is hippie central.
We ended up in Huehue and it was quite a bit different than we were expecting. It was a very raw, real Guatemalan city, with not too much to see and enjoy. Maybe it was just our anticipation about returning to Mexico, but we high-tailed it out of Huehue the next morning and headed straight to San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico.
Our first stop in San Cristobal was the campsite. We picked up a book on our way down to Central America that one could refer to as a bible. The title of this book is “Mexican Camping,” it is written by a couple whose last name is Church and all the vagabonders follow it religiously when camping in Mexico. Now that we have our traveling sea legs, we’ve decided to mostly camp in Mexico. We’ve gotten used to the temperatures, our money is running out, and we have no more excuse to spend big bucks on expensive Mexican hotel rooms.
We are back in Guatemala and it was such a great feeling to be back in the Guatemalan highlands. This area of the country is so spectacular. Most of the places we have been lately have been dusty, ... [Continue reading this entry]
