Tagged With "Chiapas"

Glad you ended the trip in style, but sorry that your journey has ended. I really enjoyed this series -- a model for how all of us should share our travel stories. Thanks!

I'm curious if you'd return to either of the Airbnb rooms you used during this stay? And why?

I think I'd have to say, probably not. Neither was perfect and we're always looking for some sort of perfection, aren't we? I am certainly, not a member of the "it's only a place to sleep" club. It's my home for the time I'm there & even on a paltry budget, I'm fussy. I liked the 1st place, in part because I had it to myself nearly the entire 2 weeks. But the bed wasn't great. The 2nd place (located on booking.com, my other favorite site) was very comfortable but the noise would rule it...

A change of plans takes PortMoresby down the mountain to explore one more town before heading home from Chiapas.

After 2 visits to Oaxaca, PortMoresby moves on for a long anticipated stay farther south in Chiapas, Mexico.

PortMoresby is a walker and discovers immediately on arrival that San Cristóbal de las Casas is a delightful place to do just that.

With a month to discover what Chiapas has to offer, PortMoresby isn't disappointed by her culinary adventures in the far south of Mexico.

PortMoresby's experience of Day of the Dead in Chiapas, Mexico will go down as one of the most memorable in over half a century of travel.

Just what it says, a multi-chapter look at Chiapas in the far south of Mexico.

A high priority during a month in Chiapas, Mexico, PortMoresby visits the San Cristóbal de las Casas museum dedicated to the work & lives of an exceptional couple, Gertrude Duby & Frans Blom.

With a month to enjoy herself in southern Mexico and tidy kitchens available in her accommodations, PortMoresby sets out to buy groceries.

Though PortMoresby had seen decorated cemeteries in the wake of Day of the Dead before, the experience on the day, November 1st, was new and quite unlike any other.

The Templo de Santo Domingo was closed for earthquake repairs but the 2 museums in the adjacent ex-convento were open, including the Maya textile museum, much to PortMoresby’s delight.

After a lively morning in Chamula on Day of the Dead, PortMoresby has a shopping opportunity along with a sobering education in the geology of southern Mexico.

On the pedestrian street in Centro that seems to be on the way to everywhere, PortMoresby enjoys a walk along San Cristóbal’s Real de Guadalupe and on to the white church watching from its hill.

Images of the Zapatista Movement in the far south of Mexico are everywhere, constantly reminding PortMoresby of the ongoing struggle for rights and equality.

Fascinating to have experienced this day so up close. I await next week's installment!

Looking forward to them all!

One of the best posts ever. Thanks for reminding us all that struggles continue and events do not live in only a single day or place.

Wow, thanks P!