Maya Tulipanes Palenque

... un nuovo momento di terrore interbancario, anche la carta di credito di Giuliano non veniva piu' accettata al bancomat. Nonostante il caldo umido abbiamo avuto un momento di gelo. Eravamo veramentre fregati. Poi, al terzo bancomat, si e' compiuto il miracolo e la macchinetta infernale ha sputato i soldi, e noi abbiamo ricominciato a sudare!<br>Domani partenza ore 6 destinazione Bonampack e Yaxichlan (non so se si scrive cosi' ma non ho voglia di controllare!!)<br>

... flashing her tits to all and sundry? Hilarious!). We were talking about how the Spanish thought that the Aztecs were savages and the Aztecs thought the same of them - i referenced the ´Savages, Savages, barely even human´song from Disney´s Pocahontas, which was met by a blank stare - this is not the type of place you reference Disney!<br><br>Was awoken by the roar of a howler monkey this morning (it sounds like ...

... take a look. With an awkward "uno momento" I scarpered back to Jody. Luckily the other guys had found a good hut at the place across the path so we followed suit and found the perfect jungle hut with fortress like mosi protection by a pretty little stream. <br><br>That night we got to know the guys from the bus a little better. They were an aussie and a kiwi who had met whilst travelling a couple of months earlier. They seemed unlikely travelling companions. The Aussie´s idea of ...

Arrived in Palenque after a 15 hour bus from Cancun. Not too bad actually. It was overnight, so I basically slept the whole way (good way to save money on a room too!). The actual town of Palenque is pretty utilitarian and the Lonely Planet (LP) guide book recommended staying outside of town at a place called El Panchan. This place was great. It´s like a commune out in the middle of the jungle. It´s been there for several years so I can ...

... we were back on the bus towards Villa Hermosa. It turns out that our stop was really the stop before Villa Hermosa but our contact didnt tell us. So after talking (Rob and I), we decided that we should move forward to Palenque, but they refused us to do that an drove an hour to get us there. It wasn't a great experience. The church is very judgemental and we were very exhausted so we just didnt go... The family we stayed with was super nice though ...

Vanmorgen de bus gepakt naar Aqua Azul. Het was ruim een uúr rijden met verschillende busjes en zeer de moeite waard. We hebben een heerlijke dag doorgebarcht bij de schitterende watervallen en hyeerlijk gezawommen in het cristal heldere water. Om een uur of vier hebben we een hele snelle bus terug genomen en zijn na een koude douche een paar uurtjes op bed gaan ...

... be better to stay in town. Probably a poor decision in the end, because there is nothing in Palenque town at all, and tourist visit solely for the ruins, plus it would have been a good experience to be woken up by screaming howler monkeys in the morning in the middle of the jungle. Doesnt matter as im sure somewhere else on the trip I'll get that experience, but Brendan may miss out. We went to get on the internet and it started to **** down rain. We havent had heavy rain in Australia for ...

... evenings having to contemplate these odd people. They are damn good jugglers though. The ruins were very impressive, dating back to about 100BC I think. There are also some stunning swimming spots an hour or so away. I went to the waterfall at Misol-Ha, famous for Arnold Schwarznegger's timeless performance in ...

... seats. A baby started crying. The plane ascended, seemed to increase its speed, but the screeching sound continued. After what seemed like an eternity, the air hostesses unbuckled their seatbelts and began making preparations for the in-flight service. Perhaps we weren't going to crash after all. Nevertheless, we spent the remainder of the hour-long flight ...

... an eternity but eventually they left without giving me my golden shower (it was most probably too windy). I hopped out of the sleeping bag and regretfully rolled it up and went in search of somewhere more peaceful to rest my bones. Back indoors I returned to the salon and could now see Michelle sat upright in the darkness; an island in a sea of snoring bodies. The clammy smell of fetid travellers was an assault on the nostrils and somewhere a baby was crying relentlessly. Briefly ...