Rolo on Tour

After having tried without success to get some sleep on the nightbus from Mérida to Palenque, I arrived there very tired at something like 6 am. From there I took a cab to a place called El Panchán, which Anastasia had recommended me. When I arrived there, I was really flashed, because all of the sudden I found myself in the jungle. The name of the place where I stayed – Jungle Palace – therefore described the circumstances pretty well. Actually it can also get a little bit lonely there, so I decided to just stay in Palenque for one night. But I think for a couple this is really a perfect place to be in for some days.

I got a little cabana next to a small river and tried to rest for a while.

Later I looked around Palenque town, where there was not really much to see, so it was time for another nap :-). For dinner, I joined 2 swedish girls and Marcelo from Uruguay. Afterwards we watched some live music, which was actually pretty good. Also it was kind of relaxing to hear some other music than the „We don’t speak americano“-stuff, which you hear about 20 times a day just walking through the streets. On top of that there was a fire show, so we got pretty good entertained over there. I discovered, that Marcelo and me had quite the same plans for the next day (Palenque ruins + Waterfalls watching in Misol Ha and Agua Azul), so we both hoped that the rain, which had just started would not last until the next day. During the night it did not look like it would stop, so it was really hard for me to take the decision to get up the next morning. The little river next to my cabana was now a big river, but the sky was more or less clear, so I packed my stuff and took some breakfast. There Marcelo and me met Linda from the Netherlands who happened to be on the same tour as ourselves.

So we started with walking around the Maya ruins of Palenque,

NED(2nd in FIFA World Cup 2010), GER(3rd) and URU(4th). We did not meet anybody from Spain to complete the picture 😉

then our next stop was the big waterfall of Misol Ha, which happened to be much more impressing than usual because of the rain which had fallen the other night. There was a little path, where you could walk to find yourself under the waterfall. Well, we kind of just ran there the way we were dressed, which ended up in us being soakingly wet and having to change clothes. We were actually so wet, that some guys asked us on the way back, if we had gone for a swim like that ;-).

In more appropriate clothing we then visited the waterfalls of Agua Azul. I could not help myself but climbing on some of the rocks:

Unfortunately my brain decided to take a break again, when I rechanged for the bus, so I forgot my swimming shorts in the bathroom :-(.

The last time I was seen with those shorts..

A 4-hour-bus-ride later I found myself in my next stop on this journey, San Cristobal de las Casas. But why was this so cold here? Marcelo´s watch knew the answer: We were on 2200 metres…

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