So following the AWESOME Sumidero Canyon which Brett told you about, we had another AWESOME day yesterday. We said a sad goodbye to San Cris and our lovely hostel with lovely fire and boarded a mini bus at 6am. We thought, this is good just the 3 of us, until we stopped at a hotel and picked up 10 excited Mexicans who were just the sweetest, but at times we thought we were on some 50s something day out, as they sang Spanish songs, and offered round mandarins and mini bananas for us to eat - they were way cute though - they were like our extended Mexican family by the end!
So about 3 hours of winding up mountains littered with beautiful fruit trees - lemon, lime, banana, we once again were amazed at how lush this country is - and every couple of miles there's a little wooden hut with a porch, always with a cooking pot on the boil - these people may not have much but cooking is no.1 priority. Anyway, I digress, we arrived at Agua Azul, a beautiful series of waterfalls which we swam in - very refreshing! After that we visited another waterfall Misol Ha which again was breathtaking just in a different way.
We saw these little guys busily working away on the pathway next to the waterfall...
After that we visited the Pelenque Mayan ruins, some of the most amazing ruins in Mexico, set in lush jungle with birds singing loudly as you make your way up to the stone platforms.
The pictures really speak for themselves!
After the ruins we arrived at our hostel in Palenque - dive... room smelt of wee and toilet didn't work... this morning couldn't come quick enough. Today has involved eating, skyping and playing ping pong... tonight involves another long bus ride - 11 hours to Tulum... we are told we WON'T be disappointed and that the sand feels like marshmallows.
If you come to Mexico - don't bother with Palenque - DO bother with Agua Azul and San Cristobal.
And thus ends Naomi's lessons on visiting Mexico.
Love to all
Adios friends xxx
Hi guys, love the pictures of the water falls - so inviting for a swim. I noticed on the first picture - Naomi by the fire is busy destroying the evidence from her pink note book 8-)
ReplyDeleteSeeing you sitting by the fire just made me even hotter while I sit here in 33 degrees, but then seeing those beautiful waterfalls and you guys swimming just brought me down from near heat exhaustion. Love reading your stories, keep them coming. Love Amanda Aaron and Stella xoxox
ReplyDeleteWow-I love that you ventured into the jungle despite fear of spiders. the j word gives me shivers. The ruins look worth it though-how beautiful and so far removed from London Town. x
ReplyDeleteNaomi, are you swimming NAKED??!! Ha ha! Oh it looks amazing you guys....miss you xx
ReplyDeleteOh...the strange smells of hostels in faraway places...that's what memories are made of! x
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