One of the first things I did when I got here was a trip south to the Mayan ruins of Palenque. About a 12 hour drive south to the state of Chiapas....in the foothills of the Chiapas highlands....dense jungles...birds, monkeys, waterfalls everywhere! Hard to imagine what could have caused the Mayans to leave this site....it's so beautiful!! of course the Mayans are still nearby. Constructed around 600 AD...temples, ball courts, residence quarters, astronomical observation tower, aquaduct, cascades everywhere. We camped at the closest place to the site we could find................rented each a palapa for $4 dollars a night where we strung our hammocks....nice clean showers.....slept in a hammock for 6 nights...figured it out on the second night...you have to sleep diagonal....you can actually massage your body with the different positions....very comfortable! There were howler monkeys in the trees above us as we slept.....monkeys larger than me!! that howled all night!!
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This must have been an amazing expience.
Few people get to experience this - enjoy!
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