in palenque town, reminds of of pochutla, being a sleezy staging town for tourists to get to destinations. palenque was amazing, walked around it yesterday with my basque friend ayone (who knows how to spell anything in basque, eh?) and emily from oz. superfun, though we were tired since the evening before, when we got it, the only place to stay was this hovel of a room. we crammed 5 of into the room, me being the tough one slept on the metal bed frame, weīd pulled off the grimy matress and thrown in on the floor, refugee style. the next morning the owner of the ĻhostelĻ tried to sell us some magic mushrooms, he must have had 6 pounds, we said no thanks. anyways, palenque the mayan religious site was fantastic, one of the coolest things i thought was that it was uninhabited after the year 1000, and no one found it again until 1800. they just discovered even more ruins there, we couldnīt see them because they were excavating.
this has been my first experience in a jungle, itīs a bit claustrophobic i must say. we went looking for monkeys, couldnīt find any. there are ants everywhere that love to bite, itīs superhumid and it rains all the time, that not being abnormal since itīs a rainforest. walking around yesterday, i was reminded of indiana jones. good old pop culture dan, eh?
anyways, this internet access is shite, so iīll write more tomorrow after i get back to san cristobal.
got a little homesick for tofurky today, also soy nog. and family too of course. itīs ok though, gonna sit in a hammock and read tonight. happy birthday to bruce, canīt wait to see you in san cris.
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