After breakfast we walked out onto the main highway to catch one of many collectivos to the site. These are inexpensive vans that run back and forth all day long. There are no set stops, you stand by the side of the road, and before too long, one will stop for you. In addition to tourists, they also transport vendors carrying their wares to sell at the site. There were a few vendors in the collectivo that we caught.
Our main purpose in visiting the Mexican city of Palenque in the Chiapas state was to visit the Palenque Archaeological Site (Maya ruins). This site is medium in size compared to huge sites like Tikal, but is one of the most widely studied, written about, and well-known Maya sites. After breakfast we walked out onto the main highway to catch one of many collectivos to the site. These are inexpensive vans that run back and forth all day long. There are no set stops, you stand by the side of the road, and before too long, one will stop for you. In addition to tourists, they also transport vendors carrying their wares to sell at the site. There were a few vendors in the collectivo that we caught. After paying our entrance fee, we entered the site. Unfortunately we did not have a printed map and did not see any available there. If you're going, you may want to print a map before you go, because it's easy to get disoriented -- this is a large place! Another tip: there is plenty for sale to eat and drink right outside the entrance for very reasonable prices, so you don't need to buy bottled water or anything to eat in town to bring along if you don't want to. We bought some water and a couple of snacks to supplement what we'd brought along. I wish it had been a sunnier day for photographs, but it was hazy and overcast for most of the day. That did help keep temperatures down. Here are just a small (?) selection of the many, many photos Barry took of the various structures at the site, in no particular order. Please stay tuned for Part 2 of the Palenque ruins and much more!
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Sabrina
1/20/2013 06:59:07 am
Amazing!
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Larry Merrill
1/21/2013 11:40:05 pm
Another great adventure with some truly remarkable photo's. Keep up the blog. It's great to read and see it!
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BeBelize Emily
1/23/2013 05:59:48 am
Thanks Larry! By the way, what did you ever decide about Grand Belizean Estates when you came to visit the island? I still can't say I've seen much progress out there since they put in the first few power poles (without power) sometime last spring.
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