Today was another day of exploring the city of Oaxaca and its’ neighborhoods. After yesterday’s long tour, we just wanted to take it easy and walk around the other attractions we wanted to see. Walking past vendors of crickets is not unusual, as these are eaten as a snack by vendors. They have different flavors,…
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Oaxaca – The Prehispanic Side
The next morning we were picked up by our tour bus to embark on a 10-hour tour around the main pre-hispanic archeological sites and other handcraft towns in between. We tried to find half day tours but they didn’t really exist. We weren’t sure how the all day tour would go with Ariela, but actually…
Oaxaca Centro
Our next adventure was divided into 2 parts, a four days with the Wolfs for lots of fun and relaxing in Puerto Vallarta, and then just us three for a trip to Oaxaca at the end. We spent 4 full days in the state of Oaxaca, making Oaxaca City our base to explore the surrounding…
The Mayans – Palenque Chapter
On the last day of our Chiapas adventure, we visited the Mayan ruins of Palenque. Our hotel was a short car ride to the entrance of the ruins. Our driver, Abel, dropped us off and waited on the parking lot until we were done. A prime example of a Mayan sanctuary of the classical period,…
The Mayans – Tonina Chapter
There are dozens of Mayan archaeological sites in Chiapas, some are still undiscovered and some have just been recently opened to the public (and tourists do not visit them much). One of these hidden gems is the Mayan city of Tonina, about 13 Km east of the town of Ocosingo. The site includes several temple-pyramids…
The Waterfalls: Misol Ha & Agua Azul
Close to the Lacandon jungle and the Usumacinta River, which divides Mexico and Guatemala, dozens of waterfalls are part of the landscape. The drive from San Cristobal de Las Casas to Palenque takes about 5 hours of very windy roads through the jungle. Every single person, we talked to recommended that we do not drive…
San Juan Chamula y Zinacantan
We continue our adventure in Chiapas with a day trip to the indigenous communities of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan. Our driver Abel picked us up from the hotel and we drove for about an hour to the town of Zinacantan. The town was once full of these mud houses, but slowly they have been…
Sumidero Canyon
On the second day, our driver Abel picked us up at 4:00 am from our hotel to drive us for 2.5 hours to our first stop of the day, the Sima De Las Cotorras. This place is a sinkhole located in the El Ocote Biosphere Reserve. It is one of a number of sinkholes in…
San Cristobal De Las Casas: Part 2
We continue our Chiapas adventure with the second part of San Cristobal De Las Casas Sightseeing. We had a delicious breakfast at the hotel before embarking on our last day at this beautiful town. We walked to the main church in the town. The Guadalupe Church was built on top of the hill in 1834….
San Cristobal De Las Casas: Part 1
Hello our dear 3 readers, we took a break from the blog but now we are back with full force ready to report on trips to Iceland, Mexico, and Nashville. Let’s start with our most recent trip to the state of Chiapas in the south-east part of Mexico. We needed to go to Mexico City…
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