Casa Inn - Palenque

... haaratud siinsest elust... p2ev p2evaga mastis... elad pidevalt roheluses;) kui nina ikka dzungli22re alt v2lja ei pista ehmatab ukskord sinuni joudev p2ike silmad peris valusaks... j2ed kuhjuvad veega, kuid kohalikud pumbasusteemid reguleerivad seda edukalt... kohalikud nn omapundimehed vahetuvad ning toovad j2rjest pidusemaid oid... sattusin kogemata siinse elu uhele ...

... widely spoken - apart from the saddening lack of loin cloths, it was like being on the set of Apocalypto!<br><br>The manager decided to take me off and show me all his favourite haunts - the shamans house, his place of worship, his bathing place, etc all in the middle of nowhere in a rainstorm; lucky you - how else would I have gleaned all this interesting stuff! Not what I'd had in mind when I wandered the village looking for a shop that sold beer - apparently the ...

... same area as me to stay. He had Lebanese parents but had been brought up in France and done a fair amount of traveling. A pretty interesting character to say the least, he had a tattoo on his chest that he'd started 3 years ago. Once completed it was going to draw out a dream he had once had. The girl who had done the tattoo had told him she would be staying in El Pachan in Palenque if he wanted to complete it and true to her word she was still there ...

... but once we got there, it was already packed with hundreds of tourists....(we are not tourists, remember...)<br><br>The site is however amazing, besides the crowd. We spent a few hours there...<br><br>We decided to drive all the way to Tulum right after.... lots of driving, but the highway is much better in Mexico, and there are signs everywhere, compare to Guatemala, where you have to ask directions every km.<br>

... in the jungle and the contrast of the lush green of the trees with the white/grey stones of the ruins is really incredible and you can hear the monkeys, which creates an impressive atmosphere. The word Palenque comes from the word "palo" which means twig in english, because the ruins were totally covered with trees and bushes, when they found them. It was discovered by hunters in the late 18th century and it was estimated that it was built within 20 years. The ...

... my question is why have a toilet bowl with no seat cover? Wouldn't it just be better and so much more sanitary if Asian style squat toilets were employed instead?<br><br>Multiple overnight buses left for Merida from Palenque for 364 pesos.<br><br>We booked the 10 p.m. departure but had to figure out what to do with<br><br>our time until then. Kukulcan Tours adjacent to the ADO terminal in town offered us 120 pesos for transportation ...

Alweer 2 dagen verder.. Na een duik in het zwembad van ons hotel, bezochten we eergisteren de havenstad Veracruz. Ook hier zien we het inmiddels vertrouwde gezichtsmasker opduiken, maar toch in veel mindere mate dan in Mexico City. Veracruz bleek een gezellige stad. Vooral naarmate de dag vorderde werd het drukker en drukker op de Zocalo.. Tegen de avond was de ...

... to be an action packed 26 hours. The tour left a 6.30am, and Sam Cristobal is a mountain town, so it was cold. I (Clare) decided to scummy back packer it up an wear about 6 different layers of clothes (including a dress &amp; pants in true backpacking style) which I could shed during they day as it got hotter and hotter (and hotter!) I looked like a retard early on but I don´t care. First stop was breakfast which we think was free, but are not ...

... At the end of the tour around the ruins we went into a museum where many of the delicate artifacts had been moved to, the most impresive being King Pakals secret crypt which was only discovered in 1952. After baking in the sun we were ready to catch a collectivo to see 2 differnt sets of waterfalls. Misol-Ha which had a big pool below an 35m drop and that you could walk behind ...

... close quarters before they made their long trip up the Pacific coast in the direction we had just come from. In fact, the Sea of Cortez, between Baja California and the mainland, is considered one of the richest seas in terms of marine life. It all exists there - whales, dolphins, sharks, stingrays, sailfish and giant schools of fish. I remember watching a Jacques Cousteau documentary some years ago about this sea and from that point onwards have always wanted to come and visit ...