In 10 days, I took ~750 photos (kept ~450). On average, I walked ~24K steps, spent US$30 per day.
Good: dry bag and phone plastic case for all the waterfalls and wading pools. Umbrella for the sun.
Bad: forgot extra battery.
My favorite sites: El Chiflon, monastery of Cuilapan, Maya ruin of Colmacalco.
My least favorite site: Mitla.
Temperature most pleasant: San Cristobal de Las Casas
Logistics
ClickBus (use Clickbus20 for ~20% off) can pay with foreign credit card. ~15% surcharge. ADO bus offers 50% discount for advance purchase. But their website doesn't take non-Mexican credit card.
USD<->Peso
Entry requirement for US citizen
Food in Chiapas
pictes (a sweet corn tamale), la chispota (beef with chickpeas and cabbage), niguijuti (pork with mole sauce), sopa de pan (bread with broth and vegetables), cochito (pork in adobo sauce), chanfaina (lamb innards with rice), a legume called patashete, and traditional Chiapas tamales made with chipilín. Local drinks include pozol, taxcalate, agua de chía tashiagual and pinole.
Next?
A moonless night in May in Chacahua National Park to see one of the bioluminescent beaches.
