Category Archives: Mexico

San Cristóbal de las Casas

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After two and half weeks of indolence at the beach we were about as rested and ready to move on as we were likely to get. So we put our traveling clothes back on and got an overnight bus into Mexico’s southern mountains, to the town of San Cristóbal de las Casas,  in the state of Chiapas. Now that we’re here, we’re thinking we should have come sooner (though I can’t say I regret any of those days of swinging in a hammock, reading and listening to the ocean.) The last time we were in San Cristóbal was nearly 14 … Continue reading →

A Book and a Hammock

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Sun, sand, sea breezes–this part of our trip is easier to explain to those who ask, “What do you do down there anyway?” For the past week or so I’ve done little else but hang in a hammock and read a book, with the occasional walk on the beach and nightly sunset supervision. A couple weeks, ago as we were spending another night in the chilly highlands of Guatemala, we decided we needed to go someplace to warm up and relax. The beaches of Guatemala are nothing to brag about, so we decided to make the trek up the coast … Continue reading →