After the tiring, and somewhat hair raising, day
it took us to get to Campeche it was decided that we needed a day off, so we
spent the day exploring the market, lingering over proper coffee in a real
café, strolling along the ‘malecón’ boulevard, and venturing into WalMart, Mexican
style.
Refreshed after our relax day, the next day we were
back on the road and we caught another ADO bus to Palenque, a mere 5 hours away. We’d decided against the Lonely Planet’s
advice of staying in the jungle huts which are closer to the Palenque ruins, and instead
found a room in town at the Hotel Kashlan. This turned out to be a good
decision as 5 minutes after we checked in the skies opened up and it poured for
the next couple of hours. Most reviews
of the jungle huts had said that they leaked…
We decided on a ‘Menu del Dia’ for dinner since
we hadn’t eaten since breakfast, and for less than $5 we enjoyed a feast that
included our first Corona beers in Mexico – tasted good washing down corn chips
and salsa!
We emerged
bleary eyed at 6.30am to get to Palenque early, but unfortunately when we
stopped at the nearby supermarket to buy water Dave slipped on the wet concrete
ramp and landed directly on his camera – it broke his fall, and it also
broke. So we detoured back to our hotel
to assess the damage, which thankfully turned out to have sounded and look worse than it
was. The plastic around the lens had
cracked, but the lens itself was ok and the camera could still focus. Relieved that the outcome was better than it
could’ve been we caught a collective to the Palenque ruins, arriving at
9am (so much for our early start) with
busloads of other tourists.
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Misty Palenque |
Only 10% of
the ruins at Palenque have been uncovered, but that 10% took all morning to
explore. Afterwards we spent the arvo exploring
Palenque town, which doesn’t take as long (we tried a great random drink – Horchata – which is essentially ground up roasted corn with a variety of spices made into a milkshake - it might not sound that appealing, but trust us, it’s good!). Since the town's small we had finally had some spare
time to make use of the internet.
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The beautiful stream running through the ruins |
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