Blogs from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, North America - page 15

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 bebe en su espalda!! luego vino otro y lo vimos brincar de un arbol al otro. hoy en la mañana partimos a mexico lindo y querido, y ahorita les escribo desde el pueblo de Palenque ... read more

Oui je me crois etre patient mais parfois les Mexicains m'enervent. Pour preparer la patinoir je vous raconte une petite anecdote ... BOn voila, nous etions a Veracruz et partions le matin tres tot pour Palenque. DOnc reveil a 7h pour le bus de 8h15. 7h45 nous sommes dans la rue pour le taxi. NOus arretons a petit resto pour commander 6 empanadas au fromage pour la route. Le patron nous recois et nous fesons la commande POUR EMPORTER PUIS QUE NOUS SOMMES PRESSE. BOn la cuisiniere fini tranquilos son menage de cuisine. 7h53 les sueurs se raproche de mon front. 8h toujours rien 8h05 nous regardons la possibilite de prendre le prochain depart 8h15 tout est fini pour le premier depart 8h25 Nous demandons ce qui se passe et si lon peut apporter le repas ... read more

Queue Palenque, much hyped Mayan city in the jungle. Unlike Calakmul, Palenque has an extensive tourist network set up around it, together with the hordes of coach trips, hawkers and touting tour guides. Getting past all the hype and hullabaloo to try to enjoy the ruins can prove a bit tricky. We had arrived, courtesy of the only bus out of Xpujil serving Palenque at 3-30am more or less. Despite our best efforts we had not managed to penetrate the Mexican long distance telephone calling system to reserve accomodation (just like Xpujil we comprised Keith, Anna and me). So we were arriving unexpected and not knowing which hostel or hostel or cabañas had a 24hr reception. We tried the much touted El Panchan, but there was no one on recpetion at Maragarita & Ed Cabañas. We ... read more

Left San Cristobal and moved on further down South towards Palenque, the famous Mayan ruins located 4 hours away from San Cristobal. Decided to take a tour which took us to Palenque in a nice tour van making two stops along the way at Agua Azul and Misol-ha known for its amazing blue rivers and waterfalls. The plan was to take the full day tour and not return to San Cristobal after and stay on in El Panchan in Palenque instead. The cost makes sense compared to just paying for a bus ride. We were lucky as the weather was perfect and sunny. It was raining a fair bit for a few days prior. Agua Azul means blue water in Spanish, and and true to its name, the cascading river was a beautiful blue, cool and ... read more

Well, we found out how to upload pics onto our blogs. Tess has got hers all hooked up, I´m still about to do it... Here´s her blog, so you can see us in action! http://travelblog.org/bloggers/tess/ We only have a few minutes left here... We´re in Palenque, we passed my birthday at the anxient ruins of the Mayas. It was amazing, and beautiful, we got some great pics. Don´t worry, I´ll show ya! We are leaving Palenque tomorrow for San Cristobal, and then Guatamala after that. We are taking our sweet time. The only place we blew through was Puebla, but I can´t complain. OK, I´ll be updating soon with pics, get ready! Colin... read more