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By WolaS
February 25th 2007

Mushrooms in palenque 1

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Mushroom Marta
Daddy Mushroom came with us that day, it was a shame us cannibals ripped him apart and ate his meat. Then the curse came upon us!

Dont get impressed by the title of this story. the mushrooms, despite being the coolest part, were only one part of our story in palenque. After a 6 hour journey of 250 Km (yes, the bala is rocking it hard!) we arrived to palenque with no aparent mechanical problem (go bala go!) to a place called panchan, situated in the middle of the jungle. under the mountains where the ruins were built thousands of years ago and rebuilt a few decades ago, this place was like tarzans view of cancun, cottages everywhere, rivers with lights and shit with paths on [View Full Entry]

By AliceWanderingLand
February 21st 2007

Ruins, Poverty & Gringo Trail

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I am in San Cristobal as I write this and already Palenque seems so far away, but more of that in my next entry. Spent 3 nights and 2 days in Palenque - beautiful true lush jungle setting (gets some of the highest rainfall in Mexico but now is the dry season), with hills, rivers, waterfalls and ruins and tourists. My mood in Campeche picked up a bit later than day as I was able to talk to some people - two different women from the hostel - one from Hungary and one from the States who has lived off and [View Full Entry]

By Grifter
January 15th 2007

Ground control to Palenque

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Massage, meditation and mind blowing rubbish
At Rakshita's in the shared hippy camp.

This place was Weird, with a capital W. At the bus station in Campeche a guy recommended "this vegetarian camp with hammocks and gardens, close to the ruins." That sounded Ok to me, so I decided to scrub staying at the hostel and check his place out. I arrived as the sun went down, there didn't seem to be any real reception area, just a bar and open plan restaurants. So, after waiting for a bit I enquired about beds. The guy brusquely retorted that the place was full. It was dark, I wasn't about to trudge back to the entrance [View Full Entry]

By johohwun
January 14th 2007

Not the Mayan Ruins at Palenque

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Evening entertainment in the jungle by Palenque

ANGLAIS It is now 6th February and we have some catching-up to do. The next few entries should bring us up to date. Palenque now seems like donkeys years ago ... We failed to take any pics of the ruins (but you can always go to google images if you're interested) and to be honest we've seen more impressive since: Tonina Ruins near Ocosingo. The only Palenque pics we did take were of the fire dancers. Nearby Palenque we went to the falls at Misol-Ha and Agua Azul, where Jason did some "power swimming" with the aid of a rope, against [View Full Entry]

By geoffs_odyssey
January 13th 2007

Palenque ruins and stuff

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Mayan temple
Ruins at Palenque

Hello all, Here is my next blog entry from my Mexican leg of the trip. After Tulum headed inland (end of the hot white Caribbean beach updates - shame, I know that you all enjoyed reading about the beaches whilst in a UK winter…) Next stop was Palenque a small town (didn’t stop there) but the main attraction is the Mayan Ruins set in the jungle. Very impressive setting for the ruins with amazing jungle backdrops and views from the tops of the temples. Lots of parts still shrouded and buried in jungle awaiting excavation. After Palenque I took a very [View Full Entry]

By wanderingwonderer
January 11th 2007

this place

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Hey cats, So I flew into Cancun and promptly lost my backpack and had to wait until the next day to get it back. I found a cheap hotel on the recommendation of the collectivo driver as it was late and I couldn´t spend a lot of time looking. On the way, you drive through all the resorts and it is interesting that as you approach the center of town both the buildings and the people turn to colours other than white. I checked into the hostal colonial where, when taking off my shirt to have a shower, I got my [View Full Entry]

By cuandocallas
January 5th 2007

tikal

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despues de un LARGISIMO viaje en un camion pollero, finalmente llegamos al pueblo de flores, al lado de un lago bello. rentamos un hotel bien bonito, y el proximo dia nos fuimos a tikal. ESTA HERMOSO! las ruinas son maravillosos, especialmente porque estan muy dentro de la selva. la guia fue buenisima onda, pasamos unas 4 horas ahi. nos suvimos a todas las piramides, que son las mas altas construidas por los mayas. caminando por la selva vimos UN MONO en los arboles!!! estaba yo super emocionada, y luego vi que habia dos pares de manitas...era una changuita que cargaba su [View Full Entry]

By Nero
December 20th 2006

The jungle is a warm place

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I had set my alarm for 7am so that we could wake up in time for the 8 am bus. Phone died in the middle of the night. Fortunately the monkeys and god knows what else in the jungle was so loud all night I didn´t really sleep at all. Lucky me. Anyways, we wake up and head down to the bus terminal. It´s like 95F and 100% humidity in this jungle and I´m eager to get on the bus and get outta here. The bus ride is 9 hours of shitty dubbed-spanish movies. On the positive side of things, we [View Full Entry]

By Joff
December 9th 2006

Nice Ruins, Rubbish Town

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Hi everyone After a few days in San Cristobal de las Casas, I decided to continue my journey through Mexico. I headed for the town of Palenque. Not very far on the map but 5 winding, twisting hours on the bus. I hadn't realised quite how high I had been in San Cristobal until it came to time to leave. 2,000 metres/6,000 feet for the stat keepers out there. The ancient Mayan ruins in Palenque are considered by many to be the finest. As for the town itself, I didn't take a shine to it. Perhaps it's because I was tired [View Full Entry]

By Manue et Je
December 8th 2006

Nouvelle energie

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Bien le bonjour a tous nos fervents lecteurs que j adore! Nous voila deja rendus a Palenque dans l etat du Chiapas!! Je vous jure que ca fait du bien au moral parce que la on commencait a en avoir assez des grandes villes qui se ressemblent toutes. Alors voici la desciption du lieu ou on est: nous nous trouvons a exactement 4 km d un superbe site de ruines Mayas, entoures de verdure et de cascades. Nous avons loue une petite cabane de bois dans ce coin de foret pour 10 piasses! Et n allez pas penser que nous sommes [View Full Entry]

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