welcomed us to camp beneath starry
skies.
With our minds set to reach Tijua-
na, we left the area and headed to San
Cristobal de las Casas, another jewel
of Mexico worth visiting and photo-
graphing.
The truth is, after so many mo-
ments lived and miles behind us we
started growing a bit tired. Our bod-
ies gradually weakened and asked for
rest. We made the decision to relax
a few days on the coast, surrounded
by beautiful beaches, tranquillity and
long hours in the hammock talking,
laughing and commenting on our vi-
sions about what we had found and
lived up to then.
A few days later and somewhat re-
covered mentally and physically, we
arrived in Oaxaca; a large city com-
pared to the small towns we had visit-
ed so far. A beautiful city whose sur-
roundings allow you to visit several
interesting places such as Hierve el
Agua or the Ruins of Monte Albán.
The next destination was Puebla,
one of the main cities that has a great
importance in the history of Mexico.
The oldest remains of corn and sweet
potato cultivation have been found in
the Tehuacán region, where we ap-
preciate it as the setting for important
pre-Hispanic cities such as Cantona
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and Cholula.
Mexico City was waiting for us; a
giant city that particularly did not
please us. Personally, I do not usually
feel too attached to big cities, prefer-
ring smaller, more affordable cities
instead.
Leaving the capital, we continued
ascending until we reached Mazatlan,
from where we crossed by ferry to La
Paz, in Baja California. We were al-
ready in the final stretch of the trip and
only had to travel 1,000 kilometres to
Tijuana, but before that, we wanted to
visit the Cabo Pulmo Nature Reserve
and Cabo San Lucas in the south.
From the south, we went up little by