Blogs from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 13

Day 33, Tuesday 26 June 2007 - Palenque and waterfalls Today was a long driving day, with a departure from San Cristobal at 6.30 on our only private bus for the trip. We had two stops along the way though, at some waterfalls. The first stop was after yet another crappy bus ride, as the roads around these parts are very winding. I have to admit, I haven´t seen nearly as much desert in the country as I have hills and green mountains! The first falls were breaktaking though. Azul Agua. Damned hot though and humid. I think the temps around these parts are around 35, which is just murder on me! The second falls were (I think ) Mesal-Ha. Pretty, but in no way as impressive as the first falls. Interesting bit though is ... read more

I got off the bus and nearly fell over with dizziness, the heat was intense. The roads became bendy and nauseating, especially when sitting in the aisle seat, this time it was my turn not to have a window seat. This journey felt like I was at Alton Towers on the same ride for a painful five-hour stretch after having devoured a massive Sunday lunch with a sticky cream based pudding for afters. I felt so sick. We went to La Canada area where most hotels are located 2.5km away from the ruins; this is at the end of the main road of Palenque. I felt a little better after some simple white foods, rice, bread water, but then as the night went on it all went horribly wrong. I vomited every microcosm of ingested food ... read more

Hello! Wow this has been a hectic week! after our first days of trying to fit in the whole of mexico city, we then stayed one day and one night in the pretty mountain town of San Cristobal de las casas. the town has lots of recent history as it was a Zapatista controlled area for a while. the dispute between them and the government still isnt completely sorted but there´s no signs of anything remotely like that in the town. all the buildings are brightly painted, and the mexicans there continued to be very friendly, helpful, and generally jus good banter! we also has by far and away our best meal whilst we were there! after over a week of the most horrific sights that are termed "food", it was nice to have something both ... read more

Coucou, La connection et les ordis, ici a Zipolite, etant tres lents, je vous envoies petit a petit les photos des jours precedents… I’ll tell you the few anecdotes that go with each place too... So in Palenque, in the middle of some Jungle, I stayed in a small traveler’s village: El Panchan. From there I did some horse riding, visited the local ruins and went to some waterfalls... I stayed in a little Cabaña. In the morning I woke up with the strangest animal sound I have ever heard: it was very close and going around my little hut and it sounded like a mix of an Elephant+Tiger+Dog!!! It was still dark, and to be honest I did NOT want to go outside to find out which animal it was. After I fell asleep again ... read more

27/03/07 - 30/03/07 Pastel Streets and Jungle Ruins Arriving at Campeche, we first glimpsed the Mexican Gulf and a huge Mexican flag flying over the town. Campeche is a historic fortified town and UNESCO world heritage listed site. It was founded in 1540 by Spanish Conquistadores and soon became a wealthy port. Due to its wealth, pirates and buccaneers attacked it regularly and so to counteract this the Spanish fortified the City with huge walls. The remains of the fortifications still exist with numerous bulwarks and walls but the real beauty of the town are the narrow streets of multi-coloured pastel-shade houses, often with rows of coloured Beetles parked outside. Our ‘Hotel del Mar’ in very Miami style had balconies with sea views over the Gulf of Mexico. In the morning, I opened up the balcony ... read more