Mexico - Palenque

This is part of the tourist path from the south of the Mexican coast to Cancun. A must! Most incredible Mexican Maya temples, impressive in size and in sich great conditions! Plus the majestuous tumb of the emperor Pakal! The town is average but the temples are magical! Incredible to think that this all happened in 600a.d. They had a proper society with rights, some people could read and write, it was like a little tyranny. The emperor was treated like god, his family and entourage like nobles and the people like slaves... Took this world a while to stop slavery right?! They had the game of pelota, which is like basketball but the loosers get hang, not cool! The temples still have lots of gliffs in great conditions and are quite high, good exercice to get to the top! These people certainly didn't need gyms! We sat at the top of one of the temple and listened to the howling monkeys, sounds like a very mean animal! The noise is so loud you can guess where they are moving in the jungle. It doesn't feel too touristy either (but it is winter I guess!).The museum is a must full of beautiful piece of arts in great conditions and the tumb of the main emperor is around 2.5m on 5m, these little people must have had some sort of complexes!Read more