27/09/04- 28/09/04 Palenque

This town is described in the guidebook as the MacDonalds of towns because it is set up to encourage the tourist to leave as soon as they have been to the nearby Mayan Ruins. I can see why. The ruins themselves are spectacular and the nearby waterfalls of Agua Azul and Misol-Ha were just beautiful.

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After a grueling day sightseeing we then subjected Libby and Andy to their first overnight bus and what an adventure that wasn't.

No, Palenque wasn't great but was just a stopover town for the ruins- the ruins were great and in the picture above it doesn't look real- as if it was made up in your furtive Advanced Dungeons & Dragons® minds- I have 180 gold pieces and am left with 23 hit points but experience points gained are high and I can now cast a spell of... wait a minute- everyone is dressed in costumes and you find yourself in a candle lit room and to the west there is a door that leads you to a proper leisure pursuit oh dear.

Bus driver on overnight bus turned on the stereo really loud at 3:10AM and everyone in the bus would have rushed him groggily except that we knew that it was keeping him awake and us alive so he lived to drive another day- and we lived another day like zombies.