The "alternate" way to cross from Guatemala to Chiapas, as seen from the international bridge
The beach at Puerto Arista, Chiapas
This is all I did in Puerto Arista
This is all Kunal did
San Cristobal de las Casas
The main church in San Cristobal
A view of central San Cristobal
Oaxaca City from the roof of our hotel
On the roof of the hotel
Santo Domingo church
The Oaxaca museum courtyard
The Oaxaca botanical garden
Obligatory colonial street photo
Oaxaca's zócalo
Chapulines--grasshoppers in chili, a local favorite (I wussed out)
Monte Alban
A lot of German tourists on a pyramid
A massive marauding street dance party
New friends, thanks to banda music and mezcal
Cañon del Sumidero, near Tuxtla, Chiapas
"Christmas Tree" waterfall
A spider monkey in the canyon
A 15-ft.-long crocodile
One of the more low-key Virgin of Guadalupe processions in Tuxtla
Tapalapa, one of the communities belonging to the Selva Negra Zoque cooperative, nestled in what is known as Chiapas' Black Forest
Don Raymundo, a member of Selva Negra Zoque
Doña Constantina, another Selva Negra member, with the cooperative's mushroom production project
Near Jaltenango, the home of the Finca Triunfo Verde cooperative
Doña Hermelinda, a Triunfo Verde member
Don Rigoberto, another Triunfo Verde member, displaying his "Cowboy" hat
Me posing with Lenny, one of the co-op managers, and some more members, in front of their warehouse
A rainbow welcomes me back to Guatemala
