Mexico (Part 6) Palenque, Chan-Kah Resort and ready for the ruins!

The next morning we were up early and had a sumptuous buffet breakfast. There were only about 10-12 other people in the beautiful open air dining room. Here is a photo of the outside of the dining room:

chan-kah-palenque-dining-room.jpg          Outside of the dining room

chan-kah-dining-room.jpg             Inside the dining room-

chan-kah-palenque-breakfast.jpg                   All you can eat buffet breakfast-cost was about 12 bucks.

The ruins were about 4 miles away and we needed transportation. We were told to just walk down the road and stand on the highway until a little “colectivo” comes by and wave it down.

chan-kah-the-entrance-road-to-resort.jpg                This is the road from the resort that leads to the highway-

“Colectivos” are vans that run up and down the highway, hold about 9 people, and function as an ad hoc taxi service.

chan-kah-palenque-waiting-for-colectivo.jpg        Flagging down a “colectivo” on the side of the highway                  

You get on and off wherever you want and pay the driver a token fee. In our case, the 4 miles to the ruins cost $1 each (10 pesos). He had about 13 people in his 9 person van with most of them being backpackers, some of whom were carrying bedrolls, tents, etc.  Several of them looked pretty spacey.  This area seems to be a magnet for backpackers.

When we arrived at the ruins we were approached by a guide service asking if we wanted a private guide in English. Carol said “we’ve come this far, let’s do it right and hire a guide”. Best thing we ever did. For 2 hours ($85 USD), our guide took us through the ruins and painted a vivid picture in our minds of how this Mayan civilization lived …..It was incredible! You will enjoy the photos in the next post.

Next Time-The ruins of Palenque

See my other travel blogs on NewsOk.com:


Colombia:http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/colombia/   Mexico:http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/mexico/    
   

Caribbean island of Barbuda:                    http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/barbuda/     

San Juan with a 5 hour layover:                                  http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/san-juan-puerto-rico/        

Fly around the U.S. for the day:                                                http://blog.newsok.com/thewanderer/category/day-trip/

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