Palenque (part 2) - Nov 9

Ok getting into full blown holiday mode now .. really enjoyed my time here in El Pachan. Last had a big night playing cards and drinking mezcal. Towards the end of the night we went to this Mexican guys cabaña and listened to music and practiced spanish. Only ended up getting a handful of hours sleep as the tour to the Palenque ruins left at 8am.

The ruins were fantastic, really cool .. I think this is largely due to the beautiful location set amongst hills and forest. The Palenque ruins date back to 226 BC until it´s fall around 1123 AD. Much of the site is still covered in jungle (they reckon 70% is still covered in trees).

Palenque

After Palenque the tour took us to a waterfall and Agua Azul (where I had a swim in the fresh water).

That night we met up with a couple of people we had met from San Cristobal (Dany the Kiwi and an English guy whose name I forget .. am typing this out a couple of days later and I am super tired), and had dinner, beers, ron y cokes and more mezcal. The bartender remembered us from the other night and everytime I walked past he would yell at me and say "¿Mezcal?". Ended up getting into the cabaña around 3, and I set my alarm for 5:30 (the bus to Flores leaves at 6).