San Cristobal de las casas and Palenque.

Hello everyone!

So after the sunshine of Oaxaca, and its busy markets, we arrived in San Cristobal de Las

Casas... and it started to rain pretty much the next day, and didn´t stop until we left!
but the town is very very pretty... it is full of colonial houses and full of colors as well.
We also enjoyed very much going around the streets and looking at all the shops and markets...

On of the churches is of a beautiful deep yellow color, and another one has stone carvings and seems to be of a pale rose color.

The speciality in San Cristobal is amber, so we went around to see all the different kinds...

Other info: the area around San Cristobal, which is called Chiapas, is where you can find the zapatistas, which is a group fighting for the rights of indigenous people. This town is also the town they occupied in 1994 to make themselves known at the same time Mexico joined NAFTA. They dont only fight for indigenous rights, but also for womens rights in the indigenous villages and for the people who have lived here and are direct descendants of the old tribes(maya, tzotzil, toltecs and so on) to get some of the land they have the right to! to use Emiliano Zapatas catchfrase "Land and Freedom"! Go EZLN.

Finished with San Cristobal, we went to see one of the most impressive ancient Maya site in the world: the ruins of Palenque.

As soon as we arrived in the town of Palenque, we got attacked by the heat! No need to

move a finger or anything else here (no need to go to the gym), because you sweat just by standing! No doubt we were in the middle of the jungle area...

And that is what is absolutely amazing about the ruins is that the site is really in the middle of the jungle, surrounded by those tall trees, some of them are red, some have

the tarzan swinging things!! and a lot of it is very green and very dense!

All the temples, palace and tombs are very well preserved and it is unbelievable to imagine people living there... you can actually go up most of the pyramids (they build everything with plenty of stairs!and when it is so hot, it is HARD!) and admire the view from the top.

You can also go inside some of them and you realise how the rooms were and the corridors, and you also feel how humid and incredibly cold it is in those!!

Anyway, the whole site is absolutely beautiful, we really loved it a lot...

Next step of the trip will be with a little more relax times and adventure... but shhhh... you will know in a few days!!

LOADS OF LOVE TO ALL!!

Agnes and her beautiful amazing love, ola!

written by

agnesola on October 21, 2007 from San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

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