We did a whistle stop tour of the ruins in Copan, the ruin with the best stone carvings of the Maya and an amazing stairway of hieroglyphs. We also managed to get in the tunnels through the pyramids (for a small bribe which was 1/3 the normal price). It was cool seeing how they built them in layers on smaller pyramids with chambers until they became huge. The next day we headed towards the Carribean coast and La Ceiba, an ugly modern town, but we were there f...

Finally getting around to writing another blog! Still over a month behind and barely any pictures uploaded! Its just a bit to much effort really. Anyways palenque was a great set of ruins! definately the best so far and my favourite of all the ones i saw. They are set in the jungle and you can explore several internal corridors in the palace, which is really fun and makes you feel like an explorer rather than a tourist. Palenque town itself its an utter dive and...

Only one day in San Cristobel! Its very small and cute so that is all we need. Firstly it is cold here! This is due to the altitude as we are at about 2000 metres i think. We actually have use for our jumpers other than on the buses. Another bonus is there are no mossies and it makes a nice change from the humid heat in huatulco. We have done a lot of walking up small hills to see the views of the city and surrounding valleys. Pictures are slow in coming i know! ...

We survived the 6 hour minibus journey from Oaxaca to Huatulco. It was dirt cheap but we were crammed in a 6 person minibus with 12 mexicans. The trip took us through a winding dirt track across many mountains. We stopped in two villages on the way one of which was having a wedding where everyone attended. The trip was hot and intense but we saw a lot of the mexican outback so very rewarding. Upon arrival we were dead and let down by the guides lack of maps so ...

On Wednesday we took the coach for 6 hours and got to Oaxaca City, a pretty colonial style city with a nice relaxed vibe. The centre of town was a square surrounded my cafes where people chilled out and listened to live music which always seemed to be going on. Sometimes in several places simultaneously. We just relaxed and walked around. We saw the beautiful white and gold church of Santo Domingo and its monastery which was turned into a museum with endless ...