Blogs from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 3

Hola. After a 9 hour bus trip from Merida, we decided to skip Campeche, we arrived in Palenque. It was quite different to all the othe town. Firstly we had gotten used to grid fashioned streets which just had numbers as names so it was very easy to get around. Palenque is very small but hilly and tge streets have names like 2a Novembre and it is next to another 2a. It is a bit confusing at first but we finally found our Posada. Next morning we headed to where the collectivos gather, have I mentioned how awesome collectivos are? We got in one and headed over to the Palenque ruins. Although we got there early it was already pretty hot and really humid. The ruins cover a massive area but they have only uncovered from ... read more

This summer we kept our boat in the Rio Dulce of Guatemala to hide out from hurricanes once again. This was our third summer here (out of the last four). Bluewater Cat got a much needed bottom job (antifouling paint) and several other routine maintenance projects completed this summer, so she is ready for another cruising season. I took a couple of extended trips home to Texas this summer. Jimmy joined me on the first trip and we visited Oregon while in the U.S. for a Peters clan reunion. Our nephew Chris and his wife Leslie live in Bend, Oregon so it seemed time to descend upon the newlyweds for a visit. We all stayed at the Eagle Crest Resort which was an absolutely lovely place. I fell in love with Oregon! If it weren't so ... read more

Imposing, fascinating, lost in the Jungle, ancient and absolutely stunnig: this is how I felt when I first arrived at Palenque archaeological sight, just beautiful. The Maya ruins of Palenque, are situated in the northernmost hills of the Chiapas highlands in Mexico. The Palenque ruins are probably one of my favourite and most beautiful in Mexico. Palenque temples are immense and when I climbed them the sensation I felt was really unique and being surrounded by vegetation and the forest it was like to live back in that period . Anciently known as Lakamha’s “great water”, Palenque’s was already a regional capital between 300 BC and 250 AD. The largest pyramid at Palenque, the Temple of the Inscriptions was built as the funerary monument for K’inich Janaab’ Pakal. Construction of this monument started in the last ... read more

Die Nacht war schrecklich, Regen prasselte aufs Hoteldach und alle umgebenden Wellblechdaecher. Kein schöner Ton für einen Motorradfahrer. In derFrüh war dann plötzlich eine Regenpause, Motorrad packen.Dann zum Frühstück (Im Hotel gab's keines). Regenguss. Wir sassen ziemlich bedrückt unter einem lauten Blechdach, von dem das Wasser in Strömen herunter schoß. Das Gespraechsthema waren die Seitenkoffer: die von BMW sind nicht wasserdicht. Aber es fiel uns schon ein guter Einsatz für sie ein: Alle unsere Schmutzwaesche einfuellen, Waschmittel dazu, das Wasser kommt von allein rein und nach einem Tag Fahrt ist alles sauber und muss nur noch aufgehaengt werden. Wir rasten zumHotel zurück wg. Regenguss. Abfahrt: R egenpause. Nach 5 km: Regenguss. Und so weiter. Den ganzen Tag. Es war schwierig sich zu entscheiden, ob man die Regenjacke anziehen will, darunter bis zum Sch... read more

Palenque is such a very small city. The most interesting stuff is everything around this city. The best option is to get to Vilahermosa, Tabasco airport (It is very closed to Palenque, around 2 hours and a half). I stayed in a very cute hostel (and very cheap as well). It is really worth it, the name is Yaxkin Hostel. Once I arrived to Palenque, I paid for my two trips (there are lots of travel agencies in te city or even in the hotel, they offered daily tours). My fisrt tour was Bonampak and Yaxchillan. For doing this, I really have to be awake since 5:00 am, the trip starts at 6:00 am. Bonampak and Yaxchillan are a little bit far from Palenque (around 3 hours). I really loved this trip; it is being in ... read more