http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Mexico , Chiapas , Palenque en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:54:20 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:54:20 BST Day 331 Tuesday 26 AugustThe bus dropped us off in Palenque about seven in the morning and we checked ourselves into a nearby hotel. As the bus driver for some reason had been playing music all through the night and wed had to all get off the bus when it refuelled at four I039d had a lot of broken sleep. It was off straight to bed.I was up just after lunchtime and we went to have a walk ar http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-317664.html Palenque Oaxaca 30th July 6th AugustThe night bus to Palenque was fortunately very comfortable and we managed to get a fair amount of sleep. Our guide book told us of places we could stay in the jungle just outside of the main town so we took a taxi to El Panchan and found ourselves a Cabana at El Jaguar which was actually very nice and not like the jungle tree huts we had expected. There was http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-315753.html Finally had some real hot mexican food. All i can say is FUUUUUCK Hot but good. I'm in a internet cafe with wireless and have borrowed their laptop sitting on the dunny trying to get my arse as close to the water as possible.6am bus tomorrow hot water doesnt come on until 6 so will probably do some handstands under the relatively cold water first thing.Oh and went and saw the Palenque m http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-314053.html San Critobal De Las Casas 28011990.A full five hours by a ramshackle bus got us to this small but very picturque town full with indigenas in their tradicional garb. These clothes must take quite a while to make and be costly still most of these indigenas seem poor and come to this town from their villages that are scattered around San Critobal. Laden with handicrafts and vegetables they come h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-311275.html Palenque 27011990. We managed to creep up to some howler monkeys yesterady and observe their behaviour but most importantly listen to them It is clear to me now why they are called howler monkeys. Unfortunately the monkeys as well as us got disturbewd by some american tourists who made even more noise as the monkeys did. Leaving the monkeys to the noisy americans we followed a path throu http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-311274.html PalenqueLas Ruinas mas tarde de la misma dia. Of course our first action of the day was after breaky THE RUINS i mean it is what we came all the way out here for right A trailer park near the actual archelogical site was a good place for lunch and all the alternatives sort of semipermanently living there were nice and friendly i talked for a long time with a spaced out the dope must be http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-311272.html Palenquelas ruinas 25011990. Palenque039s heyday was from 600AD to 800 AD. It rose to prominence under Pakal a clubfooted king he reigned from 615AD to 638 AD starting at the age of 12 years old After him came his son ChanBalum. The side is about 20 square km. Palenque was rediscovered in 1773 by father Ordonyez y Aquiar a spanish priest. Pakal is represented by hieroglyphics of sun a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-311271.html Palenque was the site of these incredible and vast Mayan ruins a city to rival Guatamala's Tikal which I will visit at the end of my trip. I got to explore them the first day we arrived and although it was raining for most of the day I was still awestruck. I'm afraid I have no words to do them justice but I spent a good three hours exploring all the ruins and the surrounding jungle whcih giv http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-303328.html Efter en 12 timers udemaerket bustur ankom vi lettere forvirrede og morgentraette til Palenque Pueblo busstation kl 7 om morgenen. Vi var naermest ikke traadt ud af bussen foer vi blev hevet og flaaet i fra alle sider af ivirige tourguider og hotelejere og da vi jo som sagt havde tilbragt 12 timer i en bus var vi maaske overraskende nok ikke helt klare i knolden saa vi endte med at sige ja t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-300766.html Day 11 Thursday 10th July Palenque Mayan Ruins some impressive waterfallsBooked my onward bus ticket out of Palenque for 9pm this evening I'd been tipped off by an Austrian guy in Mexican City that there wasn't anything other than the ruins to see here so to stay only a day at most. So when I arrived at my hostel last night to be offered a tour of the ruins and some local watefalls that f http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-298954.html Hola amigos and bienvenidos to the mexican leg of our cycle jaunt. We start off in Cancun and oo it ain't 'arf 'ot. Except in our room in Casa Mexico Tipico where it is just about subzero. We are staying with Hilda her family and Pepita the chihuahua. Hilda's mother is a music teacher and we are entertained by a parade of young pianists percusionists and guitarists. All is not harmony http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-297202.html We learned a quick lesson today that in central America your hotel need not have a shower as at this time of year nature is quite capable of providing one for you. We got off our bus and realised it was definitely air conditioned a heat wave hit us as we exited in the small town of Palenque. We have dropped down in altitude now from Mexico city and San Cristobal de las Casas and finally Leanne http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-291746.html Leaving the Yucatan Peninsula and getting into Chiapas was like entering another country one that is more green hilly and simply more Mexican. It felt so much better when I could see whole Mexican families how they eat have fun and even do touristy stuff. The thing is there really arent that many white tourists here which is strange and quite refreshing at the same time. It forces you to le http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-273310.html Palenque is a small town in the Southern Mexican state of Chiapas near the border with Guatemala. Its more Central American than Mexican as its surrounded by thick green jungle and humidity you almost have to swim through. The main draw here is a set of ruins built by the Mayans that have been absorbed into the jungle and untouched for a very long time. They were good to wander around for a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-270088.html Flash followed but a roaring billowing BOOM. The lightning is close very close. The sky is a constant flicker of light as sparks jump through the clouds. A heavy rain pitter patters on the aluminum roof of the truck. We just cooked a vegetable pasta dinner in the most extreme cooking conditions of my life. We were able to get the stove started on the tail gate just before the storm hit. i http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-264453.html 104710761088107210741089109010741091108110901077 1044107810911085107510831080 10481079 1087108810771082108810721089108510861081 109111021090108510861081 105210771088108010761099 10841099 1088107210851086 10911090108810861084 1087 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-262503.html Ok auf diesem Hoehenflug immer weiter.. trampen scheint ja nicht gefaehrlich und somit auf den Pickups immer weiter. doch diesmal schien mir das glueck nicht so hold zu sein.. schlussendlich fand ich mich irgendwo im guegerihue wieder an einer tankstelle immerhin moeglichkeit zum essen trinken quatschen und warten.. nach 4 stunden und voelliger dunkelheit war selbst das nicht mehr lustig. hab http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-261378.html After a rather uneventful 10 hour bus trip from Merida well the only thing of interest was the militray checkpoint where little Mexicans with big guns did a random search of our luggage including Sonis we finally reached Palenque.The next day we went to the Mayan ruins of Palenque which are even more impressive that those at Chichen Itza. These ruins are in more of a jungle setting the humi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-260380.html Hey everyone Thanks for all your messagesBack to the trip 12 February 13 February So we were up early again to get back on the ADO. This time we were travelling all day through Tobasco to Palenque in the state of Chiapas. Chiapas is known to be the most wealthy state in Mexico for resourses but the people here are among the poorest in the country. The area is home to a terrorist group largel http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-252067.html Vanuit Campeche haden we dus de bus van 10 uur. s Avonds dus.Het was een eersteklas bus wat o.a. inhield dat je wat meer beenruimte had. Ik probeerde wat te slapen maar na een tijdje kwam ik tot de gedachte dat ik toch wel wakker wilde zijn als de bus op zjin kant zou tuimelen. Dat denkbeeld was waarschijnlijk wat overdreven maar als je slaperig bent achterin zit en het buiten pikkedonker is http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-235678.html Forget your outdated gods all your ephemeral gods The powerful Lord Creator of Heaven and Earth exists. part of the prophecy of Natzin Yabun ChanThis is exactly how it feels here in the mid of jungle by just looking on the undescribable sky in the mid of night and listening to the screams of the monkeys. There are only couple of words that describes this experince and that is that GOD exists http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-234127.html The town of Palenque is not historical and not particularly pretty but we found it lively with lots of restaurants and shops and internet. We could have stayed on the road out to the ruin but didn't want to feel isolated out there and pay over the odds for a cabaa like our Tulum experience. However in retrospect we also shouldn't have stayed at the Posada KushulHa either. It was cheap at P200 http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-232950.html Well where to start I finished work for christmas on the 15th December and set of with my friend Els on an epic and slightly insane week of visiting ruins old towns and finally the beach in the Yucatan. I will try and recount the highlights for you but hope the photos will do more justice to some of the beautiful places i have visited in the last few weeks.We left Chiapas on the friday night http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-232357.html Nach diesem Weihnachtsabend ging es am naechsten Tag schon sehr frueh weiter. Wir hatten eine Tour zu den Wasserfaellen von Agua Azul Misol Ha und zu den Ruinen von Palenque gebucht.Die Strasse dorthin war sehr steil und kurvig und besonders heimtueckisch sind in Mexiko die sogenannten Topes. Das sind Schwellen die teilweise alle paar Meter vorhanden sind und ein zuegiges Vorankommen beinahe u http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-230626.html Nous voici arrives au Mexique Dbut trs prometteur... Et bien oui on va rester un mois en mme temps... sur les sites des ruines Maya de Palenque... Trs chouette Bon on a un peu tudi la question Maya et cela n avait pas l air de trop rigoler a l poque.... Genre on dcapitait l quipe de foot qui perdait... et oui ils jouaient au foot a l poque.. c est dire si ce n est pas termin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-228923.html Hola chicas y chicoscontinuamos nuestra viaje...Von Chichen Itza aus ging es weiter nach Merida einer huebschen Stadt im Kolonialstil.Danach kommt ein grosser Satz nach Palenque. Dabei habe ich die ersten Verluste erlitten auf ominoese Weise sind aus meinem Rucksack ein paar Dinge verschwunden u.a. das USBKabel fuer den Kartenleser so dass es jetzt von der Ausstattung des InternetCafes abha http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-227865.html Puuuha sikke en koereturVores skoenne og yderst informative guide Jonathan betroede mig at det var paa netop denne seks timers rute i den offentlige bus gennem bjerglandskabet mellem San Cristobl de las Casas og byen Palenque at han foerste gang oplevede koeresyge.Jeg havde oplevet det foer men sjaeldent i denne grad. Koeresygepillen virkede men desvaerre mest paa den maade at jeg vandrede http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-222439.html An early start to the Mayan ruins of Palenque. They're surrounded by jungle and lots of mozzies. It was amazing seeing these structures rise from the trees and we were also allowed to walk through some of them. Unfortunately they closed tourist access to the main one because the humidity inside the tomb from human sweat was eroding the interior. The atistry in the carvings was beautiful. We went o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-210950.html An early start to drive to Agua Azul a waterfall and river outside of Palenque Chiapas. The river wasn't blue but more a shade of brown. The postcards certainly don't look like my photos. We had the option to swim but I didn't take it. We arrived in Palenque in the late afternoon. The heat and humidity here are a killer after having such pleasant weather so far. It's only going to get worse http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-210949.html Okay another update for you guys I keep hoping anyones reading this...Last time I blogged we were still in Mrida we have moved a lot since then. On the morning of the fourth we got on another ADObus for quite a long haul to Palenque. On the way we met quite a nice dutch guy who seems to have almost the same itinerary as we do only hes doing it on his own. There are a lot of lone trave http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/Palenque/blog-199681.html