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Chiapas, Mexico 2012 In 1995, we spent only three nights in San Cristóbal de Las Casas but it has lingered in our travel memory for years.  This colonial mountain town cast its spell on us. We vowed to return. Seventeen years later and we are back.  San Cristóbal has changed - more restaurants, shops and walking streets – but its appeal remains. We revisited San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán – just two of the many traditional Mayan villages that surround San Cristóbal.  But now we had more time to explore Chiapas' outlying regions.  Once again, we traveled - via the "road to hell” (See our blog - link below)- to Palenque; journeyed along the Guatemalan border to behold the Mayan ruins at Yaxchilán and Bonampak; stopped off at Agua Azul and Misol-Há on our way back to San Cristóbal (again on the "road to hell, part 2”); and finally headed south to spend a few nights in the colonial town of Comitán, and visit the nearby Lagunas de Montebello and El Chiflón.   Even after twelve days, we wanted more.  The State of Chiapas is still off the radar of many international travelers. Mexican tourists, though, are descending upon this region in record numbers: to soak up its culture, history and natural beauty.    Again, we vow to return.  We just hope it doesn’t take another seventeen years for it to happen. (For more detailed information on this trip - including hotel and restaurant recommendations, transportation information and the nitty-gritty of the costs of travel - check out our blog at: Chiapas Blog) Date(s): April 2012. Album by David Kohl. Photos by David Kohl & Ross Rosenberg. 1 - 105 of 105 Total. 4106 Visits.
1 Chiapas map 2 Real de Gaudalupe, San Cristobal 3 San Cristobal street view 4 Boy and dog along Real de Gaudalupe 5 Zocalo, San Cristobal 6 Zapatista store sign, Real de Gaudalupe 7 Street vendor in front of Santo Domingo 8 Street vendor 9 Street vendor 10 Front of Santo Domingo Church 11 Near the zocalo, San Cristobal 12 Cotton candy vendor 13 Quema de Judas - The Burning of Judas 14 Quema de Judas - The Burning of Judas 15 Cathedral, San Cristobal 16 Chiapas 2012 (24) 17 Museum of Mayan Medicine, San Cristobal 18 Mid-wide re-enactment, San Cristobal 19 Animal cures - Museum of Mayan Medicine 20 Statue - San Cristobal 21 Cross in front of the cathedral at San Cristobal 22 Caesar - Guide speaking before entry to Chamula 23 Chamula - Old Church and graveyard 24 Path down to Chamula 25 Chamula - 1995 - overview 26 Chamula woman 27 Chamula church on Good Friday 28 Chamula Church - 1995 29 Entry to Chamula Church 30 Entry to Chamula Church - 1995 31 Judas - hanging above the entry 32 Judas - unzipped 33 Civic Leaders of Chamula 34 Chamula man 35 Chamula sex education poster 36 Missionary pamphlet 37 Weaver - Zinacantan 38 Interior of Zinacantan home 39 Fire - tortillas and green beans 40 Zinacantan - Good Friday 41 Zinacantan church 42 Judas - suspended above Zinacantan church 43 Zinacantan - 1995 44 Leaving the Zinacantan church 45 Palenque - Temple of the Insciptions 46 Palenque - Temple of the Cross 47 Palenque Palacio 48 Palenque Palace Tower 49 In front of the Temple of the Inscriptions 50 Temple of the Inscriptions - 1995 51 Palace - 1995 52 Map of Chiapas and the Yucatan 53 Bonampak 54 Bonampak - acropolis building 55 Bonampak - Mural Building 56 Bonampak mural - Ceremony 57 Bonampak mural 58 Bonampak mural 59 Bonampak mural - from wall to ceiling 60 Bonampak door carving 61 Yaxchilan-Bonampak Map 62 Waterfront at Frontera Echeverria 63 Lanchas to Yaxchilan 64 Yaxchilan - rear of Temple 33 65 Front of Temple 33 66 Front of Temple 33 67 Cieba Tree at Yaxchilan 68 Ceiba Tree 69 Ceiba Tree 70 Inside the lancha 71 Misol-Ha - Waterfall (115 feet tall) 72 La Cortina (the curtain) at Misol-Ha 73 Misol-Ha 74 Agua Azul 75 Agua Azul 76 Tree Blossom - Agua Azul 77 Photographing a spider 78 Spider and wasp death duel 79 Boys and their homemade dragonfly catcher 80 Agua Azul 81 Agua Azul 82 Laguna Tziscao - the border post with Guatemala 83 Man of two countries - at the Guatemalan border post 84 Lago Pojoj 85 Lago Pojoj - part of the lagunas de Montebello 86 Cinco Lagunas 87 Cinco Lagunas 88 Cinco Lagunas 89 El Chiflon 90 El Chiflon 91 El Chiflon 92 El Chiflon 93 El Chiflon 94 Templo Santo Domingo - Comitan 95 Marimba Concert - In front of the Palacio Municipal, Comitan 96 Marimba Concert - Comitan 97 Zocalo - Comitan 98 Templo Santo Domingo - Comitan 99 Santo Domingo at night - Comitan 100 View from room at Rincon del Arco, San Cristobal 101 View of Templo Guadalupe - San Cristobal 102 Interior of Room 25 - Rincon del Arco 103 Towel art - Rincon del Arco 104 Roof Ornamentaion - Rincon del Arco 105 Lizard in garden at Rincon del Arco