Chiapas!

Next our travels in Mexico took us to Chiapas state and the ruins of Palenque

Situated halfway up a mountain and surrounded by rainforest the Palenque ruins were some of the best we've seen.

The Mayans built their residential homes in the rainforest around beautiful waterfalls like this.

The relics found in the ruins include amazing pottery like this censer used to burn offerings to the Mayan gods.

Next we moved on to San Cristobal De Las Casas, a beautiful town with a large Indigenous population  and a centre for left wing activists

Much of the Indigenous population is found in surrounding communites like Chamula [above].

Women in the central plaza of Chamula.

The women and girls in the village of Zinicantan make and wear vibrant richly embroided garments from day to day.