Chiapas - the state where the mountains meet the jungle
After a few days relaxing on the beach we had another long night bus journey (17 hours this time!) to reach Chipas. We spent 10 nights here in total - 6 staying in the town of San Cristóbal de la Casas, and 4 in Palenque. Chiapas is our favourite state in Mexico so far - it has lots of beautiful nature; waterfalls, moutains, lakes, jungle. It’s also the region of Mexico which grows the most (and best!) coffee! San Cristóbal de las Casas The town of San Cristóbal is small, quaint and picturesque - it’s surrounded by lovely green mountains. The streets here are all bright and colourful, and there’s a huge, busy local market. We enjoyed wandering the streets, sampling the food (and coffee!), and climbing the two viewpoints. Canon de Sumidero On our first day in Chiapas, we took a day trip to visit the nearby Canon de Sumidero, which was really beautiful. We visited some viewpoints in the mountains to look down on the river below, and then went on a two hour boat ride on the riv...