We took a trip from Panchan, Mexico to Flores,Guatemala visiting Yaxhilán and Bonampak on the way. Including all meals plus one nights accommodation before crossing the boarder it costed 1000 pesos each. Woke up in our robust cabana or hut (cabana feels more beachy) that was included in the price of our trip. The light
This place is soo far out in nowhere. We had to take two taxis and a boat for like one hour upriver to reach it. It’s Yaxchilan, another lost city that used to be great kingdom. The spot was awesome, the views over the river was beautiful, so amazing they found this perfect place to
After visiting the big old mayan city we went to a funky place along the road to find us a bed. In the jungle, in the middle of nowhere there was three or four different hostels, a bunch of “hippies” and backpackers, a few restaurants, one of them italian and famous in the whole of
Our main reason to take this detour threw the mountains was to see some maya sites, ancient cities of pyramids. This is Palenque, considered to be maybe the second greatest maya city in the world. Can you imagine that this city was home to a few hundred thousands of people? And that it’s still standing
We’ve had cravings for some wine drinking for quite some time, restaurant folks as we are. In San Cristobal there where small cozy winebars in every corner, we tried one of them out, they only had cheap mexican and a few south american wines on the list, not anything to cheer out loud for but
We acclimatized quick to the cold weather and it was kind of nice to be freezing again. We slept with two blankets each, but daytime when the sun came out it felt like Swedish spring! San Cristobal de la Casas is a beautiful town where you can walk around enjoying life and the nice surroundings
