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Travel Blogs from Palenque
This travelling thing...
I don't profess to be one of these worldwise super travellers, nor am I completely enraptured by the whole thing, but it is odd how things do just seem to work. My arrival in Palenque affirmed this. I had planned to stay in El Panchan, a network of jungle cabanas near the ruins but, on arrival in the main town, I was told no more buses would be …
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... thick jungle. We heard howler monkeys in the trees while walking around the quiet, magical, mossy ruins. The next set of ruins, called Bonampak was a lot smaller than the previous ruins and seemed unimpressive at first, but it was hiding a wonderful secret. Inside three of the buildings were some of the best preserved classic Mayan paintings.
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"Through a fortunate accident, rainwater seeped into the plaster of the roof in such a way as to cover the ...
Ruins and Relaxing
We caught a 6 hour bus from Campeche to Palenque town, on the bus we met this couple from Belgium so we caught a taxi to a small town just outside of Palenque called El Pachen which is closer to the ruins. We found this great hotel for $25 a night own cabin and massive pool. The first night we just chilled by the pool then had dinner at hotel which had a live ...
Palenque!
... bread in my mouth, down some coffee and eat two mouthfuls of egg which were scrambled not fried like I asked and all for $6 of my money- useless! The ruins were nice, most had some cool reliefs, there were ALOT of stairs though! The guided tours were REALLY expensive but I somehow managed to jump on an English speaking tour for free which had some nice Irish and more Australian people on. Score. ...
Back to the pyramids
Wednesday 16th May 2012
Woke up to birdsong, frogs and howler monkey's reminded us of Africa. It had rained most the night but thankfully it stopped just before we left the Hotel and headed off to pick up Adam and Poli who are travelling on to Campeche after our morning at Palenque.
Palenque is the first Mayan Site we will have visited and the most well known due to being in the ...
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Mision Palenque
Periferico Oriente s/n, Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $74 -
Hotel Maya Tulipanes
Canada St. 6, Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $66 -
Hotel Ciudad Real Palenque
Carretera Pakal-Na km 1.5 , Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $85 -
BEST WESTERN Maya Palenque
Merle Green y Juarez s/n, Palenque | 4 star hotelfrom $61 -
Hotel Nututun Palenque
Carretera Palenque Ocosingo Km 3.5, Palenque | Hotelfrom $55 -
Howard Johnson Hotel D' Marco Palenque
Carretera Pakal-Na Palenque Km. 1.2, Palenque | Hotelfrom $57 -
Chan-Kah Resort Village
Km. 3 Carretera a las Ruinas, Palenque | 2 star hotelfrom $98 -
Hotel Villa Mercedes Palenque
Km 2.9 Carretera Palenque - Ruinas, Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $86 -
Casa Inn Palenque
Zona Archeologica, km 27.5, Palenque | 4 star hotelfrom $52 -
Hotel Chablis
Merle Green No 7 , Palenque | 2 star hotelfrom $56 -
Hotel Palenque
AV. 5 de Mayo # 15, Palenque | 2 star hotelfrom $18 -
El Panchan
Carretera Ruinas Km 4.0, Palenque | Hotel -
Margarita & Ed's Cabanas
El Pachan, Palenque | Hotel -
Hotel Xibalba
Calle Merle Greene Num. 9, Palenque | Hotelfrom $35 -
Hotel Villas Kin-Ha
Carr. a las Ruinas Km. 2.7, Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $59 -
Hotel Plaza Palenque
Km 27 Carretera Catazaja, Palenque | 4 star hotelfrom $53 -
Tulija Express
Boulevard Aeropuerto Km 0.5 Zona Hotelera, Palenque | 3 star hotelfrom $52 -
Posada Aguila Real
Av. 20 de Noviembre, Palenque | Hotelfrom $27 -
Cabanas Safari
Carretera Palenque-Zona Arqueologica Km. 1, Palenque | Hotelfrom $55 -
Hotel Kashlan
Av. 5 de Mayo No. 105105, Palenque | Hotel -
Hotel Maya Tucan
Carretera-Palenque, km. 0.5, Palenque | Hotel -
Canada Internacional
Ave. Juarez No. 1 Fracc. La Canada, Palenque | Hotel -
Hotel Casa de Pakal
Av. Juairez 10, Palenque | Hotel -
Hotel la Canada
Calle Merle Greene 14, Palenque | Hotel -
Hotel La Cabeza Maya
Carretera A Las Ruinas Sin, Palenque | Hotel
