Mexico, San Cristobal de las Casas

We arrved here on a tour from Palenque that took in the waterfalls of Agua Azul, Agua Clara & Misol-Ha. See this post for details.
Walk around the Municipal Market for an interesting look at local life.

We did a horse tour to San Juan de Camarra. Cost us US$10. We were told there was an English guide but only the lady who took us to where the horses are by collectivo spoke English. The horse guide spoke only Spanish but was friendly. The trip to the village was great, riding through a forest and then through a valley and into San Juan de Camarra. We only had an hour at the village which was just enough time to see the stunning church. You need to buy a permit to go in for US$3. You can't take photos in the church and many other people don't like their photos taken so definately ask - sometimes they asked for a 'donation' or after buying something from someone they were OK about a photo. We then came back and were put on another collectivo back to town but had to cough up the 4 pesos each. OK it's only 4 pesos but the point is you pay for a tour and expect to get to the start and back. Despite the issues it was a great trip, much more interesting way to go to the village than just by bus.

Places to eat:
Great Mexican / French restaurant called Paris / Texas. Had the avocado and the FrenchMex menu which were excellent. Really good food and ambience.
Excellent food at Madre Tierra on Insurgentes. Try the salad especiale
Don't eat at the La Veredita on Insurgentes - cheap local place but VERY bad food.
Normita II next to Tuluc also on Insurgentes is a local place with great food. Had an excellent green pepper filled with ham and cheese.
There are lots of panaderia (bakeries) around which are cheap and good for easy breakfasts.
Also good breakfasts at Picante (Americano menu at 20 pesos) and Cafe del Centro (hot cakes menu to share for 38 pesos) both on Real de Guadalupe.
Good meal at friendly Bugambilias also on Real de Guadalupe. Not the cheapest but really good quality food. Had menu for 40 pesos with good fish. Also had excellent chichen tacos with guacamole.

Nice internet place at 8 pesos an hour and friendly staff at La Langosta restraurant on Madero near the Plaza de Marzo.