Mexican Cemetery

Day 7 Palenque

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December 10th 2008
Wed 10th Dec '08 We had an early breakfast of gallo pinto (rice & beans) at the hotel at then we packed our stuff. We took a taxi to the ADO bus station & we bought the tickets for our 7 hr trip to Palenque. I found the roads & infrastructure in Mexico to be excellent. We saw a lot of peasant type houses but a lot of well built houses too. Every house seemed to have hamacas, tv & small Virg ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » Palenque

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more