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{{Infobox Region|map = <map lat="16.408531022417314" lng="-92.51161193848017" zoom="7" view="3" float="right" height='390'width='Chiapas390''' is the southernmost />|type = state of [[|country = Mexico]].Many tourist visit cities like [[San Cristobal]]|pop = 4, Comitán and Palenque900, so the locals are used to see foreigners and they will try to practice their English with anyone carrying a backpack. Even if you're also Mexican.000|seat = Tuxtla Gutiérrez|plate = Chiapas|motorways = |footnotes = }}
=== Arriaga ===If you are traveling around '''Chiapas you will very likely at some point end up in Arriaga. Although there ''' is not much in the town itself, it's an important point southernmost state of junction between many highways[[Mexico]]. From Arriaga you can head South It shares borders with the states of [[Oaxaca]] to Tonaláthe west, Tapachula and Guatemala; North [[Veracruz]] to Oaxacathe northwest, Veracruz and Mexico City; or East towards Tuxtla and San Cristobal."La Bestia" is [[Tabasco]] to the train in which many illegal immigrants from Central America travelnorth, and it passes through Arriaga. There is an immigrant shelter in the town and its common for people country of [[Guatemala]] to ask to see your papers when you're hitchhiking in Chiapasthe east. Specially when you're hitching NorthIts capital and most important city is [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]]. There are many gas stations around Arriaga and you can easily sleep in any An important point of them.The one right outside junction in the North Chiapas is particularly good. It has a covered camping area (really useful during the rainy season), free showers and even outlets[[Arriaga]].
Many tourist visit cities like [[San Cristobal]], [[Comitán]] and [[Palenque]], so the locals are used to see foreigners and they will try to practice their English with anyone carrying a backpack. Even if you're also Mexican.
 
Can be sometimes hard to hitch but definitely worth a visit. Chiapas has a lot on offer from historical Mayan sites and waterfalls to jungles and mountains further south. Unfortunately the locals know this and most of the natural beauty is locked up and requires an entrance fee. Go explore if you can pay… or be creative and find uncontrolled paths through the forest.
 
If you're up for an adventure, consider hitching the ''Carretera Fronteriza'' that follows the Guatemalan border from near Comitán to near Palenque. There are numerous beautiful places along the way some of which unfortunately you have to pay for accessing -- like the Lagunas de Montebello -- but some of which you can visit and camp at for free, such as the beautiful wild Ixcan river at the ''Puente de Ixcan'' river crossing. Traffic is very sparse here and due to the dubious security situation not everybody is happy to pick you up, so you shouldn't expect to make more than 50 kilometers a day unless you get a lucky ride. If you have the time (or are willing to take a combi from somewhere on the way if you run out of it), you can have a lot of interesting encounters here with friendly soldiers and indigenous people in the small villages. The landscape is also really beautiful.
 
==Cities==
* [[Arriaga]]
* [[Comitán]]
* [[San Cristóbal de las Casas]]
* [[Tuxtla]]
* [[Palenque]]
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