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Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
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Alta Via 2 (day 10): Rifugio Pradidali to Rifugio Treviso + Via Ferrata Porton & Nico Gusella

October 3, 2022

Today is an interesting contrast, with truly spectacular views from both the trail and via ferrata routes in the morning, followed by an absolutely miserable 1,300m descent that will traumatise even keen hikers.

Enjoy the highs and power through the lows— by all accounts, it’s a memorable section of AV2! 

This comprehensive guide to Day 10 of Alta Via 2 contains detailed section times, route recommendations, adventurous side trips, via ferrata, and heaps of insider tips— use it to plan your hike & then refer back on the trail so you always know what to expect!

For a complete Alta Via 2 planning guide, check out this post: COMING SOON

Alta Via 2: Day 10 overview

Stats quoted here are for my recommended “adventure route” that incorporates side trips, summits & via ferrata whenever possible (in brackets, see stats for the standard AV2 route with no additions).

  • Trail hours: 8.75hrs (4.25hrs standard AV2)
  • Distance: 9.8km (7km standard AV2)
  • Elevation gain & loss: 880m up & 1525m down (490m up & 1130m down standard AV2)
  • Side trips: Via Ferrata Porton (upper loop; 3C), Via Ferrata Nico Gusella (lower loop; 2B)— rating system
  • Huts: Rifugio Treviso
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Looking back at Rifugio Pradidali

Via Ferrata Porton (3B; 1.25hrs)

From Rifugio Pradidali, climb about 5min to the signed junction that you passed yesterday and then begin a 15min downhill approach through loose scree. This will eventually bring you across to the opposite side of the gully, where you can see cables and stemples leading up the vertical rock and out of sight.

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Ladders lead up the vertical rock wall in front of you
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide

The route officially begins just above a painted red star— hop on the cable and start climbing!

This is the absolute best part of Via Ferrata Porton, with a long line of uninterrupted vertical climbing, spectacular views of Cima Canali, and beautiful morning sun. I was also delighted to have the entire route to myself, as this is one of the less busy via ferrata along AV2!

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Via Ferrata Porton

Spend just under 1hr on Via Ferrata Porton: about 45min of excellent climbing with the occasional horizontal traverse and then 5-10min down-climbing into a dirty gully.  

Once off the cable, follow red markers up the right side of the gully until you’re approximately halfway to the Forcella and then shift left— keep your eyes peeled for the markers, because they can be easy to miss and it’s an absolute nightmare trying to cross the gully at a higher point! 

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Closely follow red markers up & left through this dirty gully
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide

A short section of cable assists the crossing (see left photo above) and then the final climb out of the gully offers a ladder and some cables to Forcella Porton. In total, it takes about 20min to ascend the gully; great care should be taken in navigating the loose scree/talus, particularly if other climbers are below.

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Forcella Porton

Connecting the Via Ferrata: Forcella Porton to Forcella Stephan (1.5hrs)

From Forcella Porton at 2,460m, drop a few metres to connect with path 714 on the right side (Via Ferrata Velo takes off on the left, so make sure to stick right) and then ascend  for about 30min to reach Forcella delle Fede. I highly recommend getting your poles back out at Forcella Porton, you’ll want them for the next 1.5hrs!

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide

Off the other side of the pass, drop for only a few moments to reach a short cable section on the right side of the rock. Continue descending on trail, drop down a steep cable, and then follow another path across the large gully, clipping on and off intermittent cables. Allow about 45min to reach Forcellla Stephen. 

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Forcella delle Fede
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Cima di Val di Roda

Side trip: Cima di Val di Roda (30min)

From Forcella Stephen, you can tuck in a quick summit by hiking leftwards up the well-formed rocky trail to Cima di Val di Roda, which won’t take more than 10-15min.

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Downclimbing on Via Ferrata Gusella

Via Ferrata Nico Gusella (2B; 1.25hrs)

Back at Forcella Stephen, connect to Via Ferrata Gusella for the steep descent (the cables are to your left as you return from the summit, plummeting right off the ridge and down towards the rocky gully below).

Descend on cable and occasional rungs for about 40min before dropping onto a steep, rocky path that will bring you back to Passo di Ball and the signed junction in about 20min. From here, it’s a further 5min to Rifugio Pradidali for about 1hr of total descent time. 

Rifugio Pradidali to Passo della Lede (1.25hr)

Back at Rifugio Pradidali, the route leads behind the hut and through the rocks, climbing towards a pass that seems always just out of sight. The trail is rough, rocky, and after a long day of via ferrata (much of which was spent ascending and descending gullies) somewhat unending. 

Be sure to keep a close eye on the GPS here, as a second set of markers lead straight back all the way to a different high pass, when the route to Passo della Lede actually curves right for the final ascent— I had to backtrack about 10min, but my friend walked a full hour over the wrong pass before realising the error and it would be very easy to do!

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Ascending to Passo della Lede

Passo della Lede to Rifugio Treviso (3hrs)

What follows the tricky ascent of Passo della Lede is far worse: more than 2.5hrs of relentless downhill on a rocky, uneven trail. If you have issues with your knees, just know that this will be the worst section of AV2 for you and the best thing to do is just power through (but at a reasonable pace, since I know several people who managed bad falls). 

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
The start of the long descent from Passo della Lede

After about 1hr of steep descent, arrive at Bivacco Minazio, which is just over a third of the way downhill. Although the worst of the scree is past, the trail doesn’t really let up from here. 

Since I did this descent after hiking from Rifugio Rosetta AND both via ferrata described above, I thought I might cry when I looked across the valley and saw Rifugio Treviso perched impossibly far away on the opposite hillside. Even as the descent continued through the forest, the hut seemed always too far away to reach!

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
The descent continues…

But somehow, you will eventually come to the river, and from here it’s an easy 20min ascent to Rifugio Treviso. The torture is over!

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Rifugio Treviso

Night 10: Rifugio Treviso

Thankfully, what awaits at the end of this brutal descent is one of the best huts on AV2! Rifugio Treviso is surrounded by dark pine trees, providing a very unexpected change of scenery from all the bright limestone of previous nights, and the atmosphere is instantly homey. The food is delicious, the staff are so friendly, and I slept like a rock in the comfortable rooms. Reserve Rifugio Treviso by email.

If you fancy a late start the following day, I also highly recommend their hot sausage, grilled cheese, and onion sandwich with spicy veg sauce— hands down the best sandwich I’ve had in the Dolomites!

  • Rooms: 65€ half board (only shared rooms, but as small as 4ppl); 36€ room only
  • Food: Half board, great lunch menu ~10-15€
  • Showers: 6€ for 30L of water (no time limit!)
  • Connectivity: Wifi, weak mobile signal outside the hut
  • Alpine club discount: -15€ half board

RIFUGIO GUIDE COMING SOON

Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide
Alta Via 2 Italian Dolomites hiking via ferrata guide

Read more about Alta Via 2

  • Alta Via 2 (day 1): Bressanone to Rifugio Genova + Via Ferrata Sass d’Putia
  • Alta Via 2 (day 2): Rifugio Genova to Rifugio Puez + Via Ferrata Piz Duleda
  • Alta Via 2 (day 3): Rifugio Puez to Rifugio Pisciadú + Via Ferrata Gran Cir, Piz da Cir, Brigata Tridentina
  • Alta Via 2 (day 4): Rifugio Pisciadú to Piz Boè + Cima Pisciadú
  • Alta Via 2 (day 5): Piz Boè to Rifugio Castiglioni Marmolada 
  • Alta Via 2 (day 7): Lago di Fedaia to San Pellegrino + Via Ferrata delle Trincee
  • Alta Via 2 (day 8): Passo San Pellegrino to Rifugio Volpi al Mulaz
  • Alta Via 2 (day 9): Rifugio Mulaz to Rifugio Pradidali
  • MORE COMING SOON
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I've spent the last decade exploring the world— everything from solo trekking in the Andes to overlanding in Zambia, all while completing a PhD in Biomechanics, teaching at a university & securing permanent residency in Australia. In 2020, I finally fulfilled my dream of becoming a full-time nomad! Whether it’s vanlife in Mexico, scuba diving in the Galápagos, ticking off incredible US National Parks, or climbing in the Dolomites, I hope this blog will inspire your future adventures & help you find wonder in every corner of the globe. xx bb

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  • WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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  • BEST FOOD IN SAN CRIS, CHIAPAS 🌯✨

In a city renowned for its incredible food scene, I went on a personal mission to eat at 1 new restaurant EVERY day for the last 2 months in order to assemble a “best of” list for my blog! 

It has been a delicious endeavour & only resulted in food poisoning twice, so here’s a little sneak peak of THE BEST OF THE BEST before I publish the full article on brookebeyond.com:

🌽 best authentic local food: Comal
🥑 best gourmet Mexican: Xut
🌮 best street tacos: Achiote Cochinita Pibil
🍤 best seafood tacos: Taquería El Bony
🥕 best healthy brunch: Aguacate Veggie Bar
🥖 best bakery: Panadería Artesanal Roots
🧀 best chilaquiles: Astro Cafe (salsa verde con aguacate)
🍝 best Italian: Trattoria Catanzaro (homemade pasta!)
🧆 best Labanese: Malaak al Horno
🍛 best Indonesian: Casa Jasmine (vegan!)
🌶️ best Thai: Bangcook
🥘 best Indian: Cardamomo
🍜 best Korean: Casa de Ahn
🍨 best ice cream: Jangala (bean to bar chocolate)

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  • A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
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Our 9-day itinerary includes:
💃🏻 a day in Buenos Aires (one of the world’s best cities!)
🧊 Perito Moreno Glacier
🧗‍♀️ an epic via ferrata in El Chalten
💦 white water rafting
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👯‍♀️ & BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE

If you want more information or a link to sign up for the trip, comment DETAILS below & I’ll dm you! Can’t wait to see you guys in Patagonia 🤩
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  • I guess it was that Mexico MAGIC ✨
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  • LA CALAVERA CATRINA 💀👒💐

One of the best ways to get into Día de Muertos is to dress up in elaborate costumes— none more iconic than La Calavera Catrina, the elegant skull 💃🏻

The skull makeup so closely associated with Day of the Dead actually relates to a painting by Jose Guadalupe Posada more than a hundred years ago, later honoured (& largely popularised) in a mural by Diego Rivera. Depicting a well-dressed woman as a skeleton, the artwork was intended as a commentary on how death is the one common thread between the rich & poor, and regardless of material wealth, we are all skeletons in the end.

This is the most popular costume for Día de Muertos and you can find stalls all over the city centre painting a million creative versions of La Catrina-- I paid 150p ($8) for makeup + 100p ($5) for my marigold crown.

Another beautiful thing about this country— love & respect for its traditions are almost always enough to earn you an honorary seat at the table. Even foreigners are encouraged to dress up & paint their faces, often pulled close to celebrate with local families. It’s hard to remain a stranger in Mexico ❤️🇲🇽
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  • I wrote a note on my phone titled “Goals to a better Brooke” last year after leaving an abusive relationship. And then I basically disregarded all of it for another year.

Again & again, I chose the ‘adventure’ of running around the world with someone over working on myself. I genuinely believed I could ‘learn the lesson’ intellectually & then those SAME situations would lose their power to hurt me, that if I saw the abuse happening & put up internal walls, I’d somehow outsmart it. That if I didn’t give people full access to a future with me, then I could protect myself & still ~enjoy the trip~ right next to them.

And so, I repeated a lot of unhealthy patterns this year. Maybe because I thought it didn’t matter as long as I was having fun (even if I wasn’t), maybe because (I believed) I only knew how to exist in a relationship where I was hurt & held by the same person, maybe because I thought I could change the story if I just *tried a little harder to be good*, but definitely because I never took the time to heal properly.

It’s been a month since I moved to Mexico to work on myself, and coming across this note again, I actually started crying. Not because I’m THERE. But because I’m finally, FINALLY taking these goals seriously for the first time since I wrote them. And that feels really good.

~ this will be the last drink I pour out for the same mistakes.
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  • WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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  • Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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  • BEST FOOD IN SAN CRIS, CHIAPAS 🌯✨

In a city renowned for its incredible food scene, I went on a personal mission to eat at 1 new restaurant EVERY day for the last 2 months in order to assemble a “best of” list for my blog! 

It has been a delicious endeavour & only resulted in food poisoning twice, so here’s a little sneak peak of THE BEST OF THE BEST before I publish the full article on brookebeyond.com:

🌽 best authentic local food: Comal
🥑 best gourmet Mexican: Xut
🌮 best street tacos: Achiote Cochinita Pibil
🍤 best seafood tacos: Taquería El Bony
🥕 best healthy brunch: Aguacate Veggie Bar
🥖 best bakery: Panadería Artesanal Roots
🧀 best chilaquiles: Astro Cafe (salsa verde con aguacate)
🍝 best Italian: Trattoria Catanzaro (homemade pasta!)
🧆 best Labanese: Malaak al Horno
🍛 best Indonesian: Casa Jasmine (vegan!)
🌶️ best Thai: Bangcook
🥘 best Indian: Cardamomo
🍜 best Korean: Casa de Ahn
🍨 best ice cream: Jangala (bean to bar chocolate)

Where are you eating first?!
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  • A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
  • 🏔️ PATAGONIA 2024 GROUP TRIP 🏔️

I still have a few spots left on my second group trip to Patagonia with @zealoustravelco from 23 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 😍😍

Our 9-day itinerary includes:
💃🏻 a day in Buenos Aires (one of the world’s best cities!)
🧊 Perito Moreno Glacier
🧗‍♀️ an epic via ferrata in El Chalten
💦 white water rafting
🏔️ 3-day backpacking trip around Mt Fitzroy
🐴 horseback riding
👯‍♀️ & BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE

If you want more information or a link to sign up for the trip, comment DETAILS below & I’ll dm you! Can’t wait to see you guys in Patagonia 🤩
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒

The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. 

Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. 

Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side.

Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself.

Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. 

While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍
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WILD YAXCHILÁN 🌿🐒 The most incredible ruins in Chiapas, and some of the best I've seen in all of Mexico, are WAY out of the way— and that's exactly what makes them so spectacular. Driving hours into the jungle to the town of Frontera Corozal, you can hire a lancha (wooden boat) to take you 1hr up the Usumacinta River that divides Mexico and Guatemala, eventually delivering you to the base of the Yaxchilán ruins. Settled circa 350CE & at the height of its power from 600-800CE, Yaxchilán was once a massive urban centre and a dominant power in this region, largely thanks to its protected position right on the river’s curve that limited land access to the south side. Feeling like Indiana Jones, scramble up stone steps & root-laden paths to see the impressive ruins excavated in the middle of this seemingly impenetrable swathe of trees & vines. The name Yaxchilán means ‘green stones’ in a local Mayan dialect, which seems apt for a city that almost appears to grow right out of the jungle itself. Monkeys howl in the distance & munch on purple flowers by the fistful, completing the fantasy of being deep within the jungle, exploring something few eyes have seen. While Palenque is crawling with tourists, you can have Yaxchilán all to yourself 😍 . . . . . . . #mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #yaxchilan #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
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Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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#mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨

I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here.

It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! 

So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico!
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Wild & wonderful Chiapas 🇲🇽✨ I fell in love with this beautiful Mexican state during my van trip around Mexico last year-- even 20 states later, it's one of my favourite places in the whole country, an incredible jungle paradise full of wildlife & so much natural beauty, not to mention the rich indigenous heritage & colourful traditions preserved here. It's been such a treat to live in Chiapas for a few months & it's inspired me to go back through all my favourite parts of the state to finally share with you all! So, over the next couple weeks, I'm really excited to showcase some of the best waterfalls, most remote ruins, and unique experiences to enjoy in Chiapas. I hope it inspires your next trip to what is absolutely one of the most magical places in Mexico! . . . . . . . #mexico #travelmexico #vivamexico #exploremexico #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #adventurebabes #girlsgoneglobal #girlslovetravel #sheisnotlost #girlswhotravel #wearetravelgirls #mexicomagico #mexicomaravilloso
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BEST FOOD IN SAN CRIS, CHIAPAS 🌯✨ In a city renowned for its incredible food scene, I went on a personal mission to eat at 1 new restaurant EVERY day for the last 2 months in order to assemble a “best of” list for my blog! It has been a delicious endeavour & only resulted in food poisoning twice, so here’s a little sneak peak of THE BEST OF THE BEST before I publish the full article on brookebeyond.com: 🌽 best authentic local food: Comal 🥑 best gourmet Mexican: Xut 🌮 best street tacos: Achiote Cochinita Pibil 🍤 best seafood tacos: Taquería El Bony 🥕 best healthy brunch: Aguacate Veggie Bar 🥖 best bakery: Panadería Artesanal Roots 🧀 best chilaquiles: Astro Cafe (salsa verde con aguacate) 🍝 best Italian: Trattoria Catanzaro (homemade pasta!) 🧆 best Labanese: Malaak al Horno 🍛 best Indonesian: Casa Jasmine (vegan!) 🌶️ best Thai: Bangcook 🥘 best Indian: Cardamomo 🍜 best Korean: Casa de Ahn 🍨 best ice cream: Jangala (bean to bar chocolate) Where are you eating first?! . . . . . . . . . #sancris #sancristobaldelascasaschiapas #sancristobal #chiapas #chiapasmexico #chiapasionate #chiapasmagico #mexicomagico #mexicolindo #mexicolindo #sancristobaldelascasas #foodie #travelguide #restaurantguide
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A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
A love letter to San Cris 💛

I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. 

But somehow, I did.

Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose.

I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations.

And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges.

I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me.

I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges.

But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me.

Te amo, San Cris 💛
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A love letter to San Cris 💛 I moved to southern Mexico 2 months ago— to a town that held a lot of specific pain for me— feeling just about as broken as I’ve ever felt & so far from myself that I feared I wouldn’t be able to find my way back. But somehow, I did. Wandering these cobbled streets, reading in my sunny garden, dancing around the kitchen to loud music (& sometimes crying even louder), waking up in a place that’s become completely my own, I’ve felt things inside of me start to bloom again. Inspiration, creativity, passion, purpose. I spent more time truly alone in the last couple months than I ever have, going days on end without anyone’s company but my own— and I’ve started to reconnect with myself, to sift through all the feelings that were too big & too messy to grapple with while I was rushing around the world, to unearth pieces of me that I buried over the years just trying to survive bad situations. And I’ve learned to love those parts of me again. To find light in my shadows, peace in my pain, poetry in my rough edges. I’m moving out of my apartment in a week and there’s part of me that’s honestly scared to start travelling again, to allow other people into my days & into my life after carefully curating such a peaceful & solitary existence here in San Cris. But I also know I’m not the same girl I was when I came here. And I can’t be only me when I’m with me. I think it’s time to find my way back into the world again, into the chaos of new places & faces & challenges. But I will always, always be grateful for the place that taught me how to breathe again, showed me a path back to myself, and reminded me that I am so much greater than the things that happened to me. Te amo, San Cris 💛
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🏔️ PATAGONIA 2024 GROUP TRIP 🏔️ I still have a few spots left on my second group trip to Patagonia with @zealoustravelco from 23 Feb - 2 Mar 2024 😍😍 Our 9-day itinerary includes: 💃🏻 a day in Buenos Aires (one of the world’s best cities!) 🧊 Perito Moreno Glacier 🧗‍♀️ an epic via ferrata in El Chalten 💦 white water rafting 🏔️ 3-day backpacking trip around Mt Fitzroy 🐴 horseback riding 👯‍♀️ & BEST FRIENDS FOR LIFE If you want more information or a link to sign up for the trip, comment DETAILS below & I’ll dm you! Can’t wait to see you guys in Patagonia 🤩 . . . . . . #patagonia #fitzroy #elchalten #losglaciaresnationalpark #parquenacionallosglaciares #argentina #hikerbabes #girlswhohike #outdoorwomen #adventuregirl #adventurebabes #mountaingirl #mountaingirls #grouptrip
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