Puebla was a fantastic time but it was tme to head to some warmer weather. It took a couple days and a night in an interesting town called Minatitlan, but we made it to spectacular Palenque. This a an ancient Mayan city covering a lot of area. Complete with temples, palaces, ballcourts where the losing team lost a lot more than the game, and breath-taking scenery, we spent the better part of the day here. The temples seemed to rise straight out of the ground with mountains covered in dense jungle as backdrops, amazing. As with every site in Mexico, school children of all ages run rampant through out the entire area. Part of the city goes down into the jungle where you can see all kids of wildlife, including monkeys. Then we decided to do
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