San Luis Potosi
Continuing the sprint, I left Chiapas the next day, flying back to Mexico City to meet up with Tania, who would accompany me for the last leg of my trip. Together, we got a 9:00 pm bus out of Mexico City headed for San Luis Potosi. This would be my first experience with an overnight bus. The idea, of course, is to sleep overnight on the bus, arriving the next morning refreshed and ready to explore. In reality, the drive took a scenic route (not that the scenery is actually
Chiapas
In the last week of my trip, I decided to make a sprint to cover as much ground as I could. The first step was a tour of the southern state of Chiapas. Chiapas is much less developed than the rest of the country and is home to many indigenous populations and lots of Mayan ruins. On day one, I took a bus out to the Usumacinta river, which forms the border between Mexico and Guatemala. From there, you ride 45 minutes in a boat to the remote Mayan ruins of Yaxchilan. The site
Teotihuacan
The quintessential day trip from Mexico City is a visit to Mexico's most popular archaelogical site, Teotihuacan. This ancient city was established somewhere around 100 BC and most of the construction lasted into 250 AD. By 400 AD, it was the largest city in the pre-columbian americas, with a population of about 125,000. Despite its grandeur, not much is known about the people who lived here (it’s neither Mayan nor Aztec). The city’s downfall came in the 7th and 8th centurie
