San Cristobal de Las Cases

Well you can't come to Chiapas without visiting San Cristobal de Las Cases. Its a quaint, colonial town set high up in the mountains. It has beautiful churches, artisanias, ambar and coffee. And more gringos then you can shake a stick at. The funny thing about hippy gringos travelling in Mexico is that they won't make eye contact with you. I think they assume if they don't see you they will be the only white person in Mexico. Which makes me wonder if they want to get so far off the beaten track why do they pick places that are famous for being tourist destinations? If Lonely Planet designates 8 pages to one place you should assume that everyone else travelling in Mexico is going to visit too. We met some cool burn out, ex-pat hippy types and ate some kick ass thai food. I know a travisty! Eating Thai food in Mexico. Hey give us a break we have been living on tacos for the last 4 months. Delicious, delicious tacos but change is good.

Pedestrian street - great for gringo watchingChurches - there are always churches

street

Street, oh look a church in the background

me, oh and look a church in the background