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A ton of bricks... in Palenque

Roberto Barrios A stunning lagoon some 45 minutes away from Palenque's main centre, Roberto Barrios is the less well-known place to go and cool off.	Waterfall selfie	Blue
Lagoon	Milk	Branch Taken in the National Park of Palenque
Cacao Plant It's hard to believe this is where chocolate comes from.	The Palace Wall Palenque was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date back to 226 BC to around 799 AD.	Palenque The ruins here are particularly interesting, as the structures were absorbed by the jungle when the city was abandoned. In fact, archaelogists believe that they have only discovered 10% of the hidden wonder.
Temple of the Inscriptions Also known as "Temple 1" is the largest stepped pyramid structure at the Maya civilization site in Palenque.	The Observatory This tower forms part of the palace.	Temple of the Inscriptions The tomb of Pacal the Great - a famous ruler of Palenque has been found and excavated here.
Incensario Made up of smoothed sheets and coils of coarse orange clay, this "incensario," or incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities.	Grupo de Murcielagos This module is known as the group of "Murcielagos" or "Bats". It leads to a small museum that's worth seeing.	Maya inscriptions These "emblem glyphs" thought to have been used by the Maya elite are like small pictures grouped together, resulting in the formation of a word or a phrase.

A clean break... in Campeche

Casco Viejo The city of Campeche was declared a world heritage site in 1997. The streets in the old town are characterised by buildings painted in pastel colours.	The Storm	Pastel
Cathedral The city's cathedral, located in the main plaza dates back to the 16th century.	Patio We went to a coffee shop in the main plaza that led to this peaceful patio - the perfect place to talk about the world.	Street Vendor
Yellow

Same old story... in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Fruit	Mustang But not a Spanish one.	Beetles These babies can also be found everywhere.
Bicycle	Nuestra Señora Guadalupe Another beautiful Mexican Catholic Church in San Cris.	Culture This reads: "Art as the engine of culture". Of course the "C" in Culture has been replaced with a "K", because that's just how the kool kids in San Cris roll...
Hitching a Ride We managed to get to our destination, San Juan de Chamulas, some 10km away.	The Ride Team We went to visit San Juan de Chamula, a town near San Cristóbal with our Mexican crew!	Minions Despicable Me... I believe these are a vegetable similar to sweet potato.
Chamula handicrafts	Church of San Juan We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but we did enter this Catholic Church - perhaps the strangest we have ever seen. There are no pews and the floor is covered in pine boughs. Coca Cola bottles can be found as offerings for the saints. Click on link below for a web image of interior	Square The local form of Catholicism is a blend of pre-conquest Maya customs and Spanish Catholic traditions.
Tzotzil Maya The indigenous people of Chamula, the Tzotzil Maya people, are easily recognised by their feathered black skirts.	Rituals Families kneel on the floor and chant in the local Mayan dialect. We saw a family sacrificing a live chicken in front of us. This is supposedly a "cure" for a serious illness.	Church The Church houses many statues of saints in glass cabinets with mirrors on them to deflect evil.
Shrine	Portrait With an altitude of 7,200 feet San Juan de Chamula is even colder than San Cristobal de las Casas.	Cementary This eerie field filled with colourful crosses is where the locals are buried.
Cementary Unusual to the European eye, the multi-coloured crosses do not stand over tombstones.	Piglet	Dog
Santo Domingo Church Back in San Cristóbal de las Casas, this church and former convent dates back to 1546.	Santo Domingo Church Its facade, fully restored in 2006, is considered one of the most richly ornamented representations of the colonial Baroque style in all of Latin America.	Plaza de la Paz It broke our heart to see so many children working in the street, shining shoes or, as in the picture above, selling candy floss instead of eating it.
Cathedral The baroque façade of this humble cathedral was recently restored to its original golden-yellow colour.	Plaza de los Arcos A pristine area in San Cristóbal de las Casas	Temple
San Cristobal This view of San Cristóbal de las Casas can be seen by climbing the stairs leading to the temple.

Around the clock... in Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido A view of the town from our hostel	Playa Manzanillo This is a hidden little beach in Puerto Escondido that has the turquoise waters and fine sand you expect to see in Mexico.	Manzanillo Beach It was my favourite beach in the area, as you could swim in the sea, even though there were waves.
Playa Principal Puerto Escondido's "main beach", where the fishing boats are surprisingly close to the shore.	Waves At the end of "Playa Principal"	Rocks
Fisherman The area is still a fishing village where the locals make a living from selling their catch to the beach restaurants.	Playa Principal	Fishing Boat
Kühl Frozen Yoghurt Just one example of the funky graffiti on the wall of the frozen yoghurt place we went to in Zicatela.	Beetle meets AK One of my all time favourite cars. Ever.	Beetle
Mural This was the first thing we saw every time we left the hostel.	Palm Trees The main beach in Puerto Escondido

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