December 18-20 - San Cristobal De Las Casas

I headed towards San Cristobal after leaving San Pedro. I had booked a flight back home for Christmas flying out of Cancun and needed to get back there for the 25th, and San Cristobal was on the way. We had stopped there back in November on the way to Palenque for a few hours between buses and really loved. I had regretted not staying for longer, mostly because it had a really wicked market, so it worked out nicely that I had to stop there. I decided to stay for two nights so that I could explore the town and do my Christmas shopping at the market. The market was as good as I remembered it, and had a lot of cheap amber since San Cristobal has an amber mine nearby. I picked up a few things, and then just wandered around the town. I had met a really interesting lady on the bus ride down who I met up with on both evenings to have dinner with and share travelling stories. It was a really relaxing few days, but I was excited to leave because I was so excited to come home!