you know autumn has come when you see the skateboarders carry a sweeping broom to the park

This writing, smiling buddha…

…and me just spent two days/one night in Cuajimoloyas, in the Sierra del Norte near Oaxaca. The forests do not look uncommon, but at 3100m of altitude, walking was a challenge that left us well tired out.

We’ve just spent a few nice days in the sleepy village of Puerto Arista at José’s Cabañas.The Pacific coast is so much more impressive than all the white beaches in the Carribean. Real waves! We also went canoeing and birdwatching in the mangroves and watched the release of turtles from a turtle sanctuary. Reporting in from Oaxaca, Oaxaca now.. just arrived with the night bus.

just some impressions from the canyon…

…is what we’ve visited the day before yesterday. An immense archeological site of about 100 km2 – only little of which has been made accessible yet. As it is a bit remote, we’ve been almost the only visitors. Also the smaller site of Balamku, where a colourful fresco can be seen, and toads have been venerated as beings able to wander between the real and the mystical worlds.

Reporting in from San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas today – which we’ve reached after an odyssey of buses, colectivos and differing informations.

…in Tulum (but unfortunately not inexpensive enough to stay for long).

We´re fine. I just managed to step on my Internet, breaking it. That means no more logbook updates. Greetings from Palenque, Mexico.

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