Off to the Mountains

We left the excellent points around Salina Cruz in hopes of finding equally good surf spots to the south, but we were nothing less than disappointed when we arrived in Puerto Arista and found long beaches with no points or decent breaks.

Nonetheless, we did have a good time surfing the next morning with our buddy Antonio, an 11 year old that we leant a board for a morning whitewater session. He really seemed to have some good potential, as he was up and riding on his firsts session...that is more than I can say for me!!!

After just one night there, and with shitty weather on the way, we decided to make the trek up to the mountains to San Cristobal de las Casas for some temperate weather and sight seeing in the mountains.

Now we are here trying to decide whether we should head back to the beach, as Lizzy and I are both missing the ocean (can´t say the same is true for McKenzie...she got her personality back after only one day in a more temperate climate...I thought she had lost it to teenagehood, but it turns out it was just the three months of blinding heat that were affecting her).

San Cristobal is a sweet colonial city high in the mountains, with a cool climate, where pine trees abound. We are planning a few hikes and waterfall discovery sessions before we get out of here and either head back to the beach or further inland to Palenque (archeological sight) and maybe around the Yucatan before we head down to Guatemala where I will meet up with Christina for a week of Guate discovery. Can´t wait!!!