Cañón del Sumidero

Over an hour away from San Cristobal lies a very well known tourist attraction: some nice canyon in which you take a boat ride to enjoy seeing the water, some birds and an occasional crocodile. One great thing about a crocodile here is that the Spani word is cocodrilo, which I personally like a lot :)

One cocodrilo lazing in the sun

The trip itself is quite nice but not too exciting. Perhaps I've been to too many boat rides and many of them had a much nicer background. Allowing swimming in the river to cool down from the heat and cleaning the huge loads of trash from the river bank could definitely have raised the bar here. Amazing that something designated as a national park (or whatever the term is - they charge money for entrance) is so horribly dirty with trash that has obviously been there for a long while.

Not much current in the river but the life jackets make it look adventurous

One Frognector appreciating the view

One pelican who couldn't care less

San Cristobal de Las Casa, Chiapas, Mexico

Feel good to be back on the road. Chiapas seems to emerge as my favorite state in Mexico. San Cristobal de Las Casas is very colorful, relaxed and has lotsa different faces with less European genes in them than other parts in Mexico. Only downside was the weather is so much colder than on the coast due to the elevation. Next time I'll come here at summer.

Mangoes

Shampoo and Conditioner

Much colder than before

God's light enters the church

Breastfeeding in public is quite common in SanCris

Quite a good falafel, considering we're far from the middle east

Gotta keep in shape, now that I don't have the ocean so near

Many pro women rights graffiti around.

Not many vegan-friendly items in the bakery but these were good

Random Hebrew eatery expressions all over the sun