What a beautiful waterfall! Can’t get over the color of the water! Amazing how many beautiful places you guys get to see! Glad you can share the beauty with us, love and miss you guys 💕
Hola Georgia and David. Great job with this video. I've been happily watching all of your Chiapas, Campeche and Quintana Roo videos but haven't had an opportunity to comment. Unless I've miscalculated this might be moving day from Ticul to Campeche. 50 years ago El Chiflon was, I'm sure, just as beautiful as it is today but it was undeveloped and never mentioned in guidebooks or by anyone in Las Casas. Even the Cascadas Agua Azul, which were known, were not easily accessible 50 years ago. Same for the Lagos de Colon, although the Lagunas de Montebello were known and I spent a night camped there. It rained part of the day and night, which the bryophytes living on the tree branches loved. There was a little restaurant there, and in the morning I took a muddy hike to visit a stone arch and a cave. Several caves in Chiapas have been the source of pre-Colombian textiles, mostly small pieces. Weaving techniques in the highlands haven't changed much since then. Tenam Puente and Lagartero look great. I'm a bit envious, since nothing in the area was developed or accessible 50 years ago. Ruins really look great when surrounded by jungle. Narco gangs are still a problem in the area, occasionally threatening Tzeltal hamlets. I've read that gang activity along the Rio Usumacinta has shut down tourist visits to Bonampak and Yaxchilan. A real shame, since, as you point out, there are some amazing places to visit near the border with Guatemala. Santo Domingo in Comitan is interesting in that the blind arcading on the tower was buried under a layer of stucco when I was there, and the facade, like most churches back then, was whitewashed. The blind arcading on the tower was a Mudejar influence. I'm glad you got to see the interior of San Agustin Teopisca. The gilded retablo was originally in San Agustin in Las Casas. Another nearby church, San Francisco Amatenango, also has a colonial era retablo. Near the Guatemala border lie the ruins of a once magnificent church (the Dominican convento of San Jose Coneta), abandoned in 1804. Although the roof had collapsed by the time John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood visited the site in 1839, the elaborate facade still stands, and deserves to be stabilized. It is located near Buena Vista, on the road to Las Delicias. I'm sure you have a long list of places to see during your week in Campeche, but here are a few more in case you have been too busy during your 12 days in Ticul to research Campeche. I hope you found something of interest in the list of churches that I sent. A week-long vacation in the Yucatan Peninsula seems ludicrous to me, as you have no doubt discovered. There is so much to see. Three months would be about right. Campeche. **CATHEDRAL. On the plaza, so you can't miss it. The projecting retablo facade is rare in the Yucatan, common elsewhere in Mexico. There are baroque, Mudejar, and classical influences. *** MONASTERY OF SAN FRANCISQUITO (Calle 12 at Calle 59). Retablo mayor and four side retablos. The arcaded former hospice that fronts on Calle 12 has been restored and was a cultural center, maybe still is. *** SAN JOSE (Calle 10 at Calle 63). It has a rare (for the area) talavera tile facade. Built by the Jesuits in the 1700's. There are several baluartes or forts that connect the town's walls. The city wall and string of forts were built to ward off the numerous pirate raids. SAN CARLOS (Museum of Fortifications), LA SOLEDAD (Mayan and Colonial exhibits), DE SANTIAGO (Tropical Botanical Garden), DE SAN PEDRO( Regional Craft exhibits- always of interest to me), as well as DEL MAR, SAN LUIS and SAN MIGUEL (good view of the town). The contents of the fort museums may be totally different by now, I haven't checked. There are several additional smaller churches around the city. ** SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE. A bit north on the road towards Becal. Restored and now protected from the sea by the coastal highway. I think you can still climb up to the roof. Restored convento. Retablo mayor is a recent recreation in a baroque style. The first mission established in the area by Francisco Montejo. The family members of Cortez were baptized in the church's limestone font. *** SAN LUIS OBISPO CALKINI, on the road to Becal. The former capilla abierta was the largest in the Yucatan, possibly the largest in Mexico. It is now the sanctuary for the church and is higher than the nave. The main church has a recessed shell arch entrance and one of the largest retablos in the Yucatan. There is an additional church attached to the nave, and a small cloister behind the sanctuary of the main church. Before I get to the pre-Colombian sites I should mention that Campeche is reputed to be the town that gave birth to the cocktail, since mariners and pirates had the habit of mixing various liquors before drinking them. Maybe. Archaeological ruins. *** EDZNA. On just about every road map. The only site on the list that I've seen, and the only site that was accessible and developed 50 years ago, and then not nearly as much as it is today. Definitely worth a visit. ** XCALUMKIN. 73 kms NE of Campeche, east of Hacelchaken, on the Cumpeche road. *** EL TABASQUENO. 35 kms south of Hopelchen. ** DZIBILNOCAC. 60 kms southeast of Hopelchen, near Vicente Guerrero/Iturbide. *** STA ROSA XTAMPAC. 40 kms east of Hopelchen. ** TOHCOK. About 75 kms east of Campeche. Maybe you should have rented a room in Hopelchen, since it seems to be the center for pre-Colombian ruins in the area. The church in Hopelchen contains a very good early baroque era retablo mayor. **CHUNHUHUB. About 23 kms from Bolonchen, near Xculok (still in the municipality of Hopelchen but practcally back to Ticul- perhaps you found it when you were in Ticul). ** BOLONCHEN CENOTE and caves. When Stephens and Catherwood visited the cenote in the early 1840's Catherwood created an impressive drawing of a monumental log stairway that the water bearers used to descend into the cenote to gather water. ** EL TIGRE/ITZAMKANAC. Past Candelaria, towards Monclova. Perhaps better visited from Villa Hermosa. Well, this is a lot to see in a week. Good luck seeing half of it. Safe travels.
Thank you, the state of Chiapas was definitely one of our favorites so much to see and so much natural beauty. We visited a ton of sites over the past few days Kabah, Sayil, Uxmal, Labna, Xlapak, Chacmultun, Xtampak, Kanki, and Xcalumkin. Honestly we are a bit ruined out so we are only planning to visit Edzna from Campeche. We did spend two days on the ruta de conventos visiting tiny pueblitos and markets. I've starred all of your suggestions in Campeche since we plan on focusing our efforts there. We will probably visit El tigre from Villahermosa. Tomorrow we drive and will be happy to have temperatures in the 90s as opposed to the lovely high of 103 today.
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Good morning Georgia & David I love waterfalls 🌊 here at Napa ca , there are similar places they have like waterfalls 😊 cuáles (cuál) es el lugar que les ha dejado un lindo recuerdo y visitarían a menudo 🙆🏻♀️
Our favorite places to visit and would like to visit again are Huasca de Ocampo, Oaxaca, San Cristobal, Mahahual, and Bacalar. Places we might want to live are Dolores Hidalgo, Tequisquiapan, and Morelia.
