Border Day into Mexico

Huehue to San Cristobal de las Casas. May 22, 77 miles.
The road to the border was through a nice canyon. I have been nervous all night because of this crossing. We never got checked out of Mexico. We wanted to save the hassle of paper work being done twice for the permiso. So we just drove through at El Ceiblo and no one noticed. But with all of our passport stamp trouble and inability to pass through borders like this again… I was trying not to be nervous for the federal offense of not canceling your Mexico permiso.
It took two hours to get to the border and passed through the Guate side very quickly, canceled the stamp, paid nothing, done.
This border at La Mesilla is chaotic. It seems like Mexicans come over to shop so the road is Filled with stands selling all types of things, for miles. Small busy road. This worked to our advantage.
We had read that the Mexico immigration/aduanas is a few Km away. But it isn’t. maybe that is just the buses that are farther away.
There is an open gate type thing that we drove through with a nod of the head from the Guate(?) guy and then kept going.
We just kept going past the Mexican official whistling at us. I didnt really see him, but didnt expect to see him already. Steve thought he might be pig flu guy so we kept going. A random truck told us to go back, someone is waving at you. But we played dumb. Miles later, we got waved through the next military point and didn’t stop at the whistles at the next immigration point. We put the permiso sticker on the windshield this time and think it helped to not be stopped. I think i finally relaxed that night.
The road to San Cristobal de las Casas was a nice pine forest, hilly road.
San Cris is a great town. Not as grand in its buildings as Granada Nic, but better in some ways. There are a few plazas, great food of all kinds, inexpensive to eat, great coffee, pedestrian ways, museums and hipsters. We stayed three nights. I needed a break from moving and it was so nice to be back in Mexican food land. Even though for me it revolves around tortillas and cheese, the salsa and enchi sauce kicks ass!
We also ate Lebanese food, really enjoyed the restaurant El Mustacho behind the municpal plaza, went on a horse ride to San Juan Chamula’s market (where we didn’t feel welcome at all) and really enjoyed our visit to Na-Bolom museum. There is a big artisans market in San Cris.
San Juan Chamula is a very traditional village a shot distance away, we went by horse. People are very guarded and are not friendly to travelers. Be very careful and respectful of taking photos. There is a big, colorful church in the plaza. that is really all there is to see. We went on market day and it was hopping.