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Traveling in bus in Mexico

Posted by annarosita

Hello!! From Cancun to Palenque is about 12-14 hours, depending on the Bus class type ( I hughly suggest the first class...believe me). I live in Playa del Carmen and did it many times, last of which was last may.. Hello all, was ...

Bienvenidos a Mexico!

Posted by joelmunoz1968

... - Six times larger than the Grand Canyon, come see the amazing Raramuri indigenous people and the natural grandeur. Palenque - Travel through the jungles of Mexico's most southern state, Chiapas, to this most beautiful of the Mayan city-states. Oaxaca - ...

Bienvenidos a Mexico!

Posted by joelmunoz1968

... - Six times larger than the Grand Canyon, come see the amazing Raramuri indigenous people and the natural grandeur. Palenque - Travel through the jungles of Mexico's most southern state, Chiapas, to this most beautiful of the Mayan city-states. Oaxaca - ...

Mexico - places we should go?

Posted by mmbcross

... bus to Flores and Tikal in Guatemala. After visiting Tikal, I'd take the tough trip returning to Mexico across the Usumacinta River to Yaxchilan and Palenque. After this, hop over to San Cristobal de las Casas and Tuxla Gutierrrez to see the Sumidero ...

Bus from Mexico to Guatemala

Posted by hdh

... in the other direction, any of the travel agencies in Flores could book you on a cobbled-together (minibus-boat-van) ride to Palenque. Took about 8 hours and from memory cost abut $30 (including the $5 bribe to the border guard on the Guate ...

11 days in Mexico

Posted by jrinbulli

... enough to enjoy ourselves. We will be flying into Cancun. I really want to see Tulum, Chichen Itza, Merida, Palenque, Yaxchilan and if time allows 1 day in Mexico city before flying home. Can this sort of trip be done in that time frame? Whats the best way ...

Traveling in bus in Mexico

Posted by rbisset

... to San Cristobal and that took 10 hours+ including time spent at the bus stop after torrential rain washed away the road! I reckon at least 12 hours, probably more. Try to break up the journey somewhere on the way like San Cristobal or Palenque.

Traveling in bus in Mexico

Posted by erriuc

Hello all, was wondering if anybody did travel in bus (OCC) from Palenque to Cancun and if you knew the required time to do the ride. Ticket bus says 12-13h, but after it told me 7h to go from Mexico City to Puerto Escondido and it took 20h, I do not ...

Malaria prophylaxis ??

Posted by Jessica_CDN

... if you're going to be in one of those areas, even for a short time, to take the medication. When I was in Mexico (Palenque & San Cristobal) I went out for long walks and got bitten by mosquitos - ended up contracting Dengue. I was pretty lucky ...

Welcome to the TravelPod forums!

Posted by donyan

... the very spot I was standing on. She was IDed months later, thanks to the ring on her squeleton finger, found in Palenque. Unsuspectedly, we had been standing on the entrance to a subterranean river...beware of scatered debris just in the midle of that ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... - La Mesilla (Return to Mexico) - San Cristobal de las Casas - Tuxtla Gutierrez/El Sumidero Canyon - Palenque - Campeche - Merida - Cancun. Hello Troispistoles. Congratulations on your magnificent endeavour. How much of this itinerary did you accomplish ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... 39;t stop) - Antigua - Chichicastenango - Panajachel/Lake Atitlan - Quetzaltenango - Huehuetenango - La Mesilla (Return to Mexico) - San Cristobal de las Casas - Tuxtla Gutierrez/El Sumidero Canyon - Palenque - Campeche - Merida - Cancun. Hope this helps

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