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Palenque, Mexico


The mini bus picked us up outside the hostel at 6 a.m. We had bought a tour to see the waterfalls at Agua Azul and Mizul Ha and then the mayan ruins to Palenque. It was the bumpiest ride ever!!! I almost knocked my head in the roof when the driver forgot to slow down before a roadbump. The roads here are for the daredevils. I was starting to get sick after the night before on the bus (it's fucking freezing on their buses but somehow the mexicans manage to sit with only their t-shirts on). Soon I started cursing the heat and the road bumps :) But I shut up the moment I saw the spectacular view of an endless forest surrounded by big mountains covered in a mist.

Aqua Azul was just full of very brown waterfalls. Didn't think anybody would like to swim there but the mexicans did. Didn't see anybody dip their head in the water though...

Mizul Ha on the other hand was really beautiful and I would've loved to swim under that waterfall but couldn't... We had only 30 minutes there.

A few hours later we arrived at Palenque. Palenque is considered to be the most beautifully conceived of the Mayan city-states and one of the loveliest archaeological sites in the world. And yes, it was amazing! I liked this a little more than Teotihuacan because this was more mysterious. It was nestled amidst steep and thickly forested hills.

I could hear Axl Rose screaming "Do you know where we are???? We're in the jungle babyyyyy". It was exhausting wandering in that tropical heat. Christoffer didn't even wipe the sun block off this time :)

Later on at the bus station in Palenque we were waiting for a bus to Merida. I was starting to feel more sick and had no energy at all.

Christoffer said that I should take a tablet of fluid replacement. The water bottle had a too narrow neck to just drop the tablet inside so he put the tablet on top of it and as he smashed it with on finger he accidentally got a piece in his eye.

The piece of tablet started to bubble in his eye! I laughed. He cried. We rinsed his eye instantly with clean water and soon the eye was fully recovered!

Amor y paz amigos!
Steffi




permalink written by  Steffi & Chris on September 14, 2009 from Palenque, Mexico
from the travel blog: 212 days
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Hi, Hola, Hej:) livin the good life ser jag, eller the schnerdy life som Mogi skulle sagt;) bilderna är helt underbara och nivån på din ingles e glassigt grande:)! un momento, estoy hablando espanõl;) I am 2 visiting in the LA for the time of vacation:) / RAUL

permalink written by  Andreas on September 17, 2009

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