San Cristóbal

After visiting the Yucatán Peninsula extensively, we headed west and stopped at San Cristóbal de las Casas, a settlement located in the Central Highlands region of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The city, especially the historic center, has preserved its Spanish colonial appearance, with narrow, cobblestone streets, red-tiled roofs and wrought-iron balconies with flowers. The facades of the buildings range from Baroque to Neoclassical and Moorish and are painted in various colors. Being located at an altitude of 2500 m, the city enjoys a cool, mountainous climate, extremely welcome after the scorching heat of Yucatán Peninsula. In San Cristóbal we stayed four nights at Camping San Nicolas, a beautiful and well-equipped place, including a pool table, fireplace, kitchen, etc.

Some logistical details... We are scheduled to deliver the camper for the return trip to Europe to the port of Veracruz on September 17th. The ship is scheduled to depart for Antwerp on September 25th. It is scheduled to arrive in Antwerp on October 20th, but theoretically we cannot pick up the car before October 22-23rd. We will stay in Mexico until the beginning of October (we also want to visit Puebla, Mexico City and the surrounding area). Then, before returning to Europe, we would like to make a detour of about 10-12 days in Canada, where we can visit my brother and his family, but also visit some important Canadian tourist attractions. From Montreal we plan to fly to Amsterdam (cheap flights) and then go to Antwerp to pick up Nemo from the port. Of course, my blogging activity will not end with sending Nemo to Europe, but I hope it will end with the last leg Antwerp-Zürich.Read more