We headed into Mexico next to visit two places that we had hoped to get to on our holiday last year but didn´t manage due to transport issues. This involved three buses and a boat, the boat in question being very overloaded with 13 backpackers and their packs which then got hit by a heavy rainstorm halfway up the river. Not my favourite boat trip of our travels!
The rain from the river crossing followed us all the way to San Cristobal de los Casas, the first proper rain we had thankfully seen in quite a few weeks. The temperature however was a bit of a shock. It went from 25 degrees in Flores to 5 degrees in San Cristobal. Out came the fleeces and wooly hats from the bottom of our rucksacks.
San Cristobal itself is a pretty town with lots of tour options in the surrounding countryside. We were a bit toured out though so just enjoyed the ambience of the town as it was busy due to it being a bank holiday weekend. There was plenty of people watching available. One of the dissapointing things about the place however was the lack of places both quantity and quality wise in which to eat (and you all know that we like our food!).
Next stop was Palenque and a visit to its ruins. Although we´ve now seen quite a few Mayan sites and we could be a bit runied out, the runis in Palanque are in a beautiful setting and fairly compact and we visited late on in the afternoon so it was quiet. They were a bit different to others that we have visited as you can clamber around them and venture inside.
It was only a quick overnight pit stop in Palenque before the return trip to Flores via bus, boat ,bus (thankfully a much better journey on the way back) and we then spent our last night in Guatemala at the previously mentioned favourite hotel and restaurant before another early start at 6am - destination Belize.
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