Misol Ha, Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly. part of a day trip i took to misol-ha, agua clara and agua azul during my stay in palenque town. only $10 (from multiple agencies - i used to one next to the bus station in palenque town) and

Agua Azul, Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly. Agua Azul was one of the many amazing places i visited in Chiapas. when one first arrives there the strand of tourist stands and restaurants can be a bit of a let-down, but after climbing to

En Tenejapa op.JPG, originally uploaded by Enrique Escalona. A picture taken by Enrique Escalona. Follow the pic's link to his other great photos of MX. It was too tricky for me to get a pic of the majordomos (religious, ceremonial leaders) but

The decent from san cristobal to the palenque area is beautiful.  Chiapas continued to enchant me.  One can see a change of style in the woman’s dress – still square necked tops and belted skirts, but the skirts are of a lighter-weight fabric and de

san cristobal, originally uploaded by peggydaly. view from my hotel. goodbye for now, san cristobal!!!

So I had my loungy-day in san cristobal and found a $20, all-day tour of the gruta de san cristobal (big cave!), las cascadas de chiflon and lagunas de Montebello. These are south and southeast of san cristobal and at the lagunas one looks right across t

San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly. During the procession from the church to the cemetery up the hill, where new crosses were placed on graves and soda pops were given to the deceased.

Chiapas’s grand canyon.  It’s outside of Chiapa do Corzo, on the way to Tuxla and driving there one realizes just how high San Cristobal is when coming down out of the mountains.  It’s also plenty warmer in the valley, where Tuxla is as well.  Th

Ok – probably bad Spanish but I have a moment to reflect on the bullfight and i wanted a rhyme.  As I indicated in an earlier post I wondered if it was best to go.  While I understand that life is brutal for many a man and animal, I don’t want to pe

Chiapas, originally uploaded by peggydaly. Tortilla-making

In the morning I hopped the collectivo (80 cents) to San Juan Chamula for their Sunday market.  Armed with a little information after the tour I wanted to look around more and try to get some pics on-the-sly with my telephoto lens.  Actually, this is th

San Juan Chamula, originally uploaded by peggydaly.

Lonely planet notes a tour to san juan chamula and san lorenzo zinacantan that leaves from the large cross in front of the san cristobal cathedral at 9:30 am.  All one needs to do is show up – my kinda tour.  It’s generally small (less than 10 peopl

Yesterday was market day in Tenejapa, a TzoTzil pueblo about 25 km NE of San Cristobal.  After some yummy cochinita tacos for breakfast (slow-roasted, seasoned, pulled-pork) I found my way thru the San Cristobal Mercado to the street where the Tenejapa c

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