Monday 5 March 2012

Palenque and the gulf of Mexico


Misol-Ha on the way to Palenque is a waterfall where you can go behind the falling water,


The site of Palenque itself is stunning,

 it was fairly humid and the temples had many steps so I didn't do them all and was quite glad when one of the party felt faint.
Mostly the temples at the top of the steps have little left in them to see although a small one had some nice relief work

 but the site as a whole with the jungle all around is spectacular.


We routed via the gulf of Mexico and had a lunch stop by the beach, as you can see not too shabby!
 We passed a convey of well armed army landrovers and trucks, machine guns to the fore
Fortunately the soldiers in the trucks some of whom were wearing balaclavas seemed friendly enough from a distance.

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