Murals in the rain in Zapatista community Oventic, Chiapas, Mexico (El Caracol Oventíc)

Murals on the side of the large commons building used for community events and available to travelers to sleep in. The Zapatista communities in Chiapas are called "Caracoles", and this particular caracol is Obentic. It is located in the mountains, near San Cristóbal de las Casas, in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas.

It isn't hard to be let into the community, but it can take a couple of hours or so. You wait at the gate for a while while the guards ask you questions, wait a bit, sit in a room and get asked more questions, wait again, and then (fair is fair) you get a turn to ask them questions, and you are in!

There is a place where you can get meals and some supplies you may need. You will want to bring a good sleeping bag or some blankets as nights are chilly and nothing is provided but a good floor.

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