 Heading inland in Oaxaca, Mexico Look at those storm clouds! |
 Heading Northeast into Chiapas, Mexico
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 Chiapas, Mexico In memory of... |
 East of Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico Heading up into the mountains and seeing some of the most
spectacular valleys and vistas we have ever seen... |
 East of Tuxtla, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico We are up so high we are driving into the clouds... Wow! |
 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico We travel higher & higher, to our maximum elevation of over 10,000 feet!
These mountains are amazing, we really enjoyed our drive through this
area. Without a doubt, some of the grades are VERY steep and George
preformed wonderfully. |
 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico People selling their wares along the highway... near a
local town... Does anybody what to buy a flamingo? |
 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Los Altos, Chiapas, Mexico
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico We are now in the beautiful town of San Cristibol de las Casas
and after looking hard for a place to stay we chose this huge parking lot.
We shared it with big trucks that came and went with loads of goods to
sell at the markets... And, we shared it with this man, his horse
and his son! |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico This gentleman and his son would bring Mokuku to exercise
each day in the huge parking lot... |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico What a gentle loving creature... and the horse was nice too! |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Look at all the textiles and clothes heading to the
market! |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico The was the beautiful 'zócalo' in San Cristobal... |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Often the buildings around the Zócalo are some of the most
beautiful in town. In this case they were exceptional, take note of
the architecture in the next number of photos... |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Each day, you see city workers sweeping the zócalos all over Mexico.
Notice the specialized broom this lady is using. The Zócalos are a wonderful place to congregate,
people watch, get a bite to eat, etc. |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Barry was in dire need of some 'good' coffee beans, and he
sure wasn't disappointed in San Cristobal. He was able to buy a
total of 4 kilos of a
couple of different kinds of really good, freshly roasted coffee beans. Along with
being able to buy coffee, there was a small coffee museum to stroll through. |
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico We couldn't resist taking a picture of this photo that we
saw in the museum...
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 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Notice the name of this place... "El Zorro", The
Fox... |
 San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Narrow, steep cobblestone streets... |
 Sierra Norte De Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico We are now back on the road and continuing our travels
through the mountains of Chiapas. This flat area was unique in a
couple of ways. We start to see wood stick fences and wood homes.
In most parts of Mexico, homes are usually made of cement blocks or adobe and plaster... |
 Sierra Norte De Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Norte De Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico
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 Sierra Norte De Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico The fields are full of produce... |
 Sierra Norte De Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico Huge, gorgeous waterfall!! |
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 Foothills heading down to Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Heading towards Palenque... As we mentioned earlier,
our highest elevation through the mountains of Chiapas was over 10,000
feet. We have now been going downhill for a LONG time now, to arrive
at Palenque, at the base of this range of mountains. The elevation at Palenque
about 500 feet above sea level. |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico We arrive in Palenque, where we will get settled into the
RV park today and head up to the archeological site tomorrow... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico What a wonderful place, the ambiance here is just perfect.
RV Park, little cabins, palapas to hang your hammock in so you can sleep
outside in the jungle... And to top it off a pool and restaurant! |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Uh oh!!! Is it just us or does that look too narrow
for George, our motorhome... We hop out to survey the situation and
decide to go for it. We literally inch our way along this narrow
drive, scraping the branches, until it opens up to this magnificent place... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Tall strong bamboo... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico A meandering stream... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico We are all set up and look forward to going for a
longer walk and exploring our new home... After all, 'Home is where
the coach is" :) |
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 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Romantic little cabanas... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Wonderful palapas for the backpackers to hang their
hammocks for a few nights... |
 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Massive leaves and very curly hair! It is extremely
humid here in the lowlands! |
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 Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico A fresh and well deserved dip in the pool, before heading
back to the coach for Hora Feliz (Happy Hour)... |
| It is soooo good to be through the mountains
and nearing our final destination of this leg of our journey... Belize.
But before hightailing it to Belize we visit one of THE most scenic and
beautiful archeological sites, set right at the base of these mountains,
right in the jungle! It is breathtaking and it is Palenque!! Come
and explore with us...
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