Spring Break Stop 3: San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

After a very long overnight bus ride from Zipolite, Britney and I finally arrived in San Cristobal de las Casas Monday morning. We rented a room in another Airbnb house but this one was in the downtown area so it had a different feel. We were starved so we found an adorable café. They even had bagels! I hadn’t eaten a bagel in 9 months. While we were eating, Jordan and Preston arrived from Campeche. They had spent the previous week in Cancún. We finished eating then walked around downtown. San Cris and Oaxaca have a similar feel. Brit and Preston obviously found a gym and Jordan introduced me to Azealia Banks after we got him a good-looking haircut in a barbershop that looked like an antique store. At night, we met up with fellow ETAs that live/ were visiting San Cris for spring break. I love how quickly everyone in the program became close. Dinner was a lot of fun and we found a little bar/café to go to after. It was sad thinking I might not see those ETAs again!

 

On Tuesday we took a daytrip to Cañon de Sumidero, which is a giant canyon with a river running through it. The bus to the canyon even picked us up from the hotel! Too bad we didn’t know that and we walked to the tour office. The first stop of the tour was to the canyon. We strapped on our unbelievably hot lifejackets and set out on the water. The boat went surprisingly fast! Thankfully, hats were not lost. The canyon is 100 meters high at its highest point! There was a point where we stopped in the canyon where you could see two cliffs, one on each side, and one in between them in the distance. This point is on their state symbol. There were even boats selling snacks and drinks when we got to the end of the canyon. It was like a convenience store on water. Soooo I got a michelada. I’ve never seen someone take as many selfies as the woman sitting in from of me. She wasn’t even smiling! While I’m on the topic, I don’t understand why people ask me to take a picture of them with a smile but when the camera is in my hand, they put on their most serious face.

Anyway, after the canyon we went to the little nearby magic town of Chiapa de Crozo for lunch. I was able to get ice cream because it wasn’t Lent! When we went back to San Cris, we went to the market because we wanted Chiapan clothing. Brit found a dress and Preston and I got shirts. I love market prices and bargaining. We had a lovely Italian dinner downtown to celebrate our last night all together then found a café for dessert. We went to bed early because the crew had to get up at 5 to go to Palenque. On Wednesday morning, I packed up and took a bus to the airport for my next adventure!