Travels Around The World

Palenque Ruins

Today I slept in and enjoyed a nice long breakfast with the travels I have been hanging out with here in El Pachán. Breakfast was rather interesting, two hotcakes smothered with yogart and sliced bananas. It was rather different, but very good. I'll have to make it once I get back to the states.

El Pachán and the surounding jungle.

After breakfast we hoped aboard a taxi colectivo to the ruins of Palenque. The Palenque ruins are very famous and one of Mexico's best Mayan ruin sites. The ruins themselves are from about 500 AD and represent the Mayan's capital for this area. There were numerous pyramid type buildings made of stone and mud (now concrete). The crazy thing about the ruins is that the city was build with no metal tools, nor did the Mayan's have the wheel at the time. I'd like to know how the managed to put it all together.

Towards the end of our time at the ruins I split up from the group and explored some lesser ruins for another hour or so. Afterwards I walked back to El Pachán stopping for some lunch. I wasn't sure what to expect at this place since it looked really run down. But this was to be one the best meals I've had so far. Heres why

1) Chips and salsa (yup finally...I even took a picture)
2) Awesome Pinapple shake
3) Wondeful vegitable soup
4) Carne a la mexicana (beef with tomato sauce, onions, rice, and tortillas)

My first batch of chips and salsa in Mexico

Tonight I'm getting on a night bus to Merída. The joys of sleeping on a bus. Now if they could do something about the overzelous AC....

Posted by todd at November 28, 2005 05:31 PM