Mexico Day 36-40 - Palenque

After our longest bus journey so far (6 hours) we arrived into Palenque feeling relative fresh but very hungry! We dumped our bags and headed to a local place called Cafe Jade for some dinner!

The next day we walked to explore the local town and to plan our next days trip. The trip was a full day starting at 8am with a drive to the Palenque Ruins, though not the biggest we had seen this were definitely the most picturesque with the backdrop of forest making them look amazing. We had time to walk round and take everything in before getting back to the bus.

The next stop was Mishol Ha which was beautiful and much bigger than either of us expected! The water was freezing but refreshing and after a dip we walked through a small cave like entrance the get behind the waterfall. To see and hear the power of the water falling from so close to us was impressive!

Finally we stopped at Agua Azul - after a couple of hours around the winding roads I felt pretty sick - but after having some lunch on a chair that wasn't constantly moving from side to side my stomach settled! These were the best waterfalls by far and the pathway leading to different levels meant you could get the views from numerous angles that made it look different each time - we had time for pictures and a quick swim before heading back to rollercoaster for the journey back!

The next day gem was starting her new contract job we moved hotels in the hunt for better WiFi and with the weather taking a turn and getting loads of rain we spent the afternoon relaxing before our nine hour overnight bus tonight to San Cristobal!Read more