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Chiapas

monoloco - 11-24-2015 at 02:22 PM


The bustling mercado of San Cristobal de las Casas










Cañon Sumidero near Tuxtla Gutierrez


The plaza in San Cristobal




Ancient Ford in an ancient neighborhood.


There's a wide variety of produce, meats, herbs, flowers, and textiles in the Mercado Viejo de San Cristobal


Haggling over a gallina in the mercado.


San Cristobal skyline.


Former "free range" chickens.


In La Selva near Palenque


Only 5% of the ruins at Palenque are excavated. This is near the top of an un-excavated pyramid.



These are 1500 year old murals at the ruins of Banampak on the Rio Usumacinto which forms part of the border between Mexico and Guatemala.

woody with a view - 11-24-2015 at 02:25 PM

awesome! those chickens sure look like they'd be generating some salmonella, especially during the summer!

BigBearRider - 11-24-2015 at 02:29 PM

Beautiful pics. San Cristobal de las Casas is a beautiful city, and Chiapas is a beautiful state.

Where are the murals from?

monoloco - 11-24-2015 at 02:44 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BigBearRider  
Beautiful pics. San Cristobal de las Casas is a beautiful city, and Chiapas is a beautiful state.

Where are the murals from?
They are original, 1500 year old Mayan murals in the ruins of Bonampak. Some of very few remaining.

monoloco - 11-24-2015 at 02:53 PM

Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  
awesome! those chickens sure look like they'd be generating some salmonella, especially during the summer!
They kill them fresh right there and they sell out quickly. San Cristobal is 6000+ ft., it never got much over 70-75º when we were there and dipping down into the low 60's at night. We ate those chickens a lot because there was also a rotisseria about a 100 yards away cooking them on a spit over leña. They were absolutely delicious, and 100 pesos for a big one with all the fixuns'.



[Edited on 11-24-2015 by monoloco]

woody with a view - 11-24-2015 at 03:07 PM

WOW! that looks pretty good.

Maron - 11-24-2015 at 03:40 PM

Super photos, thanks for sharing.

motoged - 11-24-2015 at 06:06 PM

Thanks for the pics.

Chiapas and Guatemala are very special places....Mayan influence is still so evident in the indigenous .

25 years ago I spent several months in the area and found it to be a life-changing experience...

Ateo - 11-24-2015 at 07:39 PM

Yeah, Want to go bad! Thanks for making me think about buying a ticket soon.

BornFisher - 11-24-2015 at 07:50 PM

I`ll be smelling those chickens in my dreams tonight! Thanks, very colorful!!

gsbotanico - 11-24-2015 at 07:55 PM

Chiapas -- So much to see and so different from Baja California. I have made several trips there. The heron on the snag looks like Cañon del Sumidero. Did you get get to the Maya ruins at Yaxchilán? It's an hour's boat ride down the river which forms the border with Guatemala.

San Cristóbal de las Casas can get very cold at night during the winter, close to freezing. I remember the clerk in our small hotel sitting with his parka and shivering in the early morning.

Thanks for the beautiful photos. They brought back a lot of memories.

monoloco - 11-24-2015 at 10:37 PM

Quote: Originally posted by gsbotanico  
Chiapas -- So much to see and so different from Baja California. I have made several trips there. The heron on the snag looks like Cañon del Sumidero. Did you get get to the Maya ruins at Yaxchilán? It's an hour's boat ride down the river which forms the border with Guatemala.

San Cristóbal de las Casas can get very cold at night during the winter, close to freezing. I remember the clerk in our small hotel sitting with his parka and shivering in the early morning.

Thanks for the beautiful photos. They brought back a lot of memories.
Yaxchilán:







BajaBlanca - 11-25-2015 at 02:41 PM

Thanks so much for sharing! Took me right back to the plaza and the Mercado. I bought a pair of woolen socks that I love to wear in the winter.

woody with a view - 11-25-2015 at 02:49 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  
Yeah, Want to go bad! Thanks for making me think about buying a ticket soon.


Jon, i've got a total of 3 going end of next summer. wanna go?
http://surflaspalmeras.com/surfing/

[Edited on 11-25-2015 by woody with a view]

Udo - 11-25-2015 at 03:12 PM

I LOVED the old truck.

Thanks for sharing the photos, Loco!