Our very final day in Mexico! (I hope it's for real this time! :p) Visited two villages just outside San Cristobal this morning; Zinacantan and San Juan Chamula. Went with the Belgian, Fanny. In Zinacantan we went into this place where they make typical Mayan clothes and textiles. Saw this woman weaving something, not sure what it was meant to be lol! They gave out some kind of alcohol in shot glasses which wasn't very nice after a few sips! Then went to anoth...

What. A. Day. You wouldn't believe this! Still in Mexico unfortunately. Left at 8.30am and didn't get back to San Cristobal until 6pm having achieved nothing! It took us about 3 hours to get to the Mexico-Guatemala border. Went by minibus. Paid our departure tax and got stamped out no problem. Drove on for about 10 minutes reaching the Guatemala border where the minibus dropped us off and left to head back into Mexico. We then found out that the Guatemala immig...

Last day in Mexico today. Had a nice lie in until half 8. I know many of you may be thinking "What?! You call that a lie in?!" Usually wake up around 6/7am every day. Spent today exploring San Cristobal. A beautiful place full of culture. Visited two churches which were at the top of many many steps! Decided to ditch the map and just wander about and get lost. More fun that way for sure (because I'm hopeless with maps :p)! And my sense of direction is definitel...

Another long journey to San Cristobal. Visited two waterfalls not far from Palenque on the way, Misol-Ha and Agua Azul. Didn't get to swim in the waterfalls unfortunately :( it was raining so the current was too strong so we weren't allowed to :( Went behind the waterfall at Misol-Ha. Luckily we had raincoats as we got soaked! At Agua Azul it was bigger. Lovely too. We had some mango Mexican style. See cover photo. It was basically mango with paprika (I think)...

A good day in Palenque. Felt so much better after a good night's sleep, 7 hours, the longest since I've arrived in Mexico! It didn't rain, yay! Visited the Palenque ruins. Walked up so many steps which showed how unfit I am! Some people say it's better than Chichen Itza. We were able to walk up the steps of some of the ruins so had lovely views. Went back to the jungle lodge for lunch before heading out to the lake. The water was freezing! Got used to it after ...