Greetings, MinnBeef. We do seem to have some leanings in common, don't we. I look forward to hearing about your next Mexico trip as plans proceed.

In my experience so far the best crafts in Mexico are the pottery in the north (Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua) & the Mayan weaving in the south, keeping in mind I haven't yet explored the middle where, I'm sure, among other possibilities is the silverwork. I'd visited the Museo Textil de Oaxaca as well as the weaving community of Teotitlan del Valle a few miles away, enjoyed them both, but I found the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya in San Cristóbal a literal treasure house. For anyone interested in Maya weaving & embroidery, this is definitely the place.

https://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/two...l-de-las-casas

Stunning. If my wife sees this, it's off to Chiapas!

No worries. If you don't want to go have her call me.

Great, thanks for that, impressive stuff. My wife and I have always appreciated textile art. Don't claim to know much about it, but we have several items hanging around our house, including a simple Peruvian wall hanging. Nothing Mayan however.

BTW, I finally finished Jungle of Stone after putting it aside a for few weeks due to other activities. I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought their Chiapas travels were quite engrossing. Never heard of the Walker-Caddy expedition before, a rare case where being first didn't make you famous. Having Stephens and Catherwood as your competition would be unfortunate.

I haven't finished the book, returned it to the library but have ordered a used copy so I can read it at my leisure without due date. It's an astonishing adventure, and it's just occurred to me that if I didn't know someone who'd also set off into the unknown, I'd have assumed anything like those days was long gone. He wrote a book about his adventure, 'Stranger in the Forest' which I'd read before we met when I was planning some time in Borneo & reading what I could find about it. If anyone's interested Eric Hansen's book is highly recommended.

Saturday and another little piece of San Cristóbal. This is Real de Guadalupe & I don't think a day went by for the whole month when I didn't walk here as a destination itself or more often on my way somewhere else.

https://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/san...l-de-guadalupe

Thanks MinnBeef. I'll be interested to hear how you like PV. I've assumed it wouldn't be a place I'd choose but it could be a totally faulty assumption. Looking forward to hearing your take.

This week, Zapatista Time. I found the longer I was in Chaipas the more references I noticed to the Zapatista movement which began as a bloody revolt in Chiapas in 1994 and has now cooled to a simmer, though not gone. The late Comandanta Ramona has become the saint of the rebellion and once I got the drift I saw her everywhere I went. Not an in-your-face thing but both photos of the lady herself and also the stylized images on posters, tee-shirts, you name it, as well as the little dolls in the photo below.

https://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/zap...andanta-ramona

Last chapter, 'Last Stop, Chiapa de Corzo'. This was a change from the original itinerary because I decided to spend the last night closer to the airport. It was a nice change of pace, very different from San Cristóbal, more a "real" town, far fewer tourists, in fact I'm wondering now if I saw any others, I'm pretty sure no gringos. Any that were there were likely just passing through on their way to Sumidero Canyon, but even the embarcadero was very quiet.

Anyway, it's a nice quiet place for a short stop and I recommend it for breaking up a longer segment and especially to see the cañón, (which I didn't but Daniel_Williams did, with photos here). It's been fun writing about the trip, the best way I've found to re-live an experience. And, I hope, interesting in some way to read.

https://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/las...hiapa-de-corzo

Hi Daniel - Getting in a post while the power is on (I may have to move to Mexico just to get electricity).

I suspect the embarcadero is where you caught your boat to the cañón. Doesn't it look familiar? I loved my time in the area and I'm always torn between returning to the familiar or seeing someplace new. This was my 3rd trip beyond Sonora and I'm thinking what I should do next time is not plan the whole trip, so I can stay or leave wherever I choose to go first. Such problems!

If we ever get back to Chiapas, we'll have to check out CdC. Like Daniel, we only were nearby for the boat trip through the Cañón. Lástima, it's a long trip and I don't know if we'll ever return. We're somewhat of the same mind, return to a known place, or somewhere new? Even living in Mexico, there's still so much to explore and so little time @ 64 years. Thanks again for the effort to post. I hope to have a Northern Mexico update in a couple weeks.
Edit to delete the pesky asterisk.
Edit #2. Mexico electricity isn't all that dependable either at times.
Edit #3. More asterisks to delete

Cheers, Daniel & Baldone. Regarding "so little time," consider @74 years. It does help put priorities in order. And make one grateful.

Looking forward to the update. Thanks for reading y'all!