tapachula • 11 comments • Our plan after Oaxaca was to make our way to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. With the holiday season approaching, our options for transportation were limited. We ended up taking an overnight bus from Oaxaca to Tuxtla Gutiérrez. After arriving in Tuxtla, at 6am, we waited a few hours and then took another bus to Tapachula (a town on the Mexico/Guatemala border). We stayed at a place called Casa MexiCana in the Frida Kahlo room on the first night. Although it was comfortable, the heat combined with the small size was making us claustrophobic so we upgraded to a larger room the next night. The hotel had all kinds of odd knickknacks and cultural artifacts placed around the hallways. After searching online about things to do, we found that the consensus seemed to be that the best thing about Tapachula was leaving it. The bus rides were getting longer and we were weary, so we needed to stay there to recharge. When we did venture out, we found it to be very humid. Our time in Tapachula was mostly uneventful. Both of us were not adventurous enough to try the local food after our previous stomach issues. We found a Domino's and reluctantly paid about what it would cost in Canada to eat a mediocre pizza. On the way to Domino's we noticed another fast food restaurant that was packed with people. We ascertained that it was a fried chicken restaurant and thought that fried food might be a safe bet, so we joined the dinner crowd. Neither of us make a habit of eating fried chicken back home, but we can honestly say it was the best we've had. And cheap. Although the parts of the city that we saw were rather drab and uninteresting, we did stumble upon this church and figured it was worthy of a photo: We left Tapachula as quickly as we could and continued on to Guatemala...
