Coming from the humidity and heat of the Yucatan peninsula and then Palenque, the bracing night air San Cristóbal de las Casas high in the mountains of Chiapas, came as a shock to my system. I'd left vacationland and returned to a climate where layers are needed. San

So I've cheated a litte on this gallery. Yes, I took most of these photos on this trip but the benefit of retracing a route (with a different camera with a longer lens) is that you can cherry pick pictures to find unobstucted views. I did this partly

The history of Campeche, lazing on the Gulf of Mexico, reads like a chapter in Pirates' Own Adventure. Raid after raid from the sea finally saw the Spanish build impressive stone fortifications. Campeche was the eastern mainland port on the (previously-unknown-to-me) trade route that connected Spain to its colonies