Mexico (Part 7) Palenque, the Mayan Ruins-Wow!

Having visited the ruins of Tulum, Monte Alban, Tikal, and Copan on previous journeys into Latin America, I was still impressed with these ruins in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico!  Take a look for yourself.

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Being a Saturday, the ruins were really busy with tourists,  most seemed to be Mexican. After the two-hour tour we stayed around for an extra couple of hours shooting photos and climbing around the ruins.

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Impressive, huh?  Post your comments below if you liked these ruins.

After we finished, we caught another “colectivo” on the highway and headed back to the Chan Kah Resort to take a dip in the pool.  But first, I want you to see some photos of the flowers on the property of the hotel  in the next post(#8).  Then wait until you see the pics of the pool in the post(#9) following the flowers! Stay tuned.

Next-The Flowers of Chan-Kah Resort Village

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The ruins look incredible, Steve! Keep up the wandering!

Kelli-

Thanks for the comments. I will keep wandering-for sure!!

Steve

Those ruins were breath taking. I went in the summer of 08. Unfortunately my camera was stolen after my trip and i lost all my pics. Looking at these brought back my experience!

Erlene: Sorry about your camera loss. Glad my photos brought back some great memories. We went to the ruins as a result of a chance meeting with a guy from Mexico who we met on an Alaskan cruise. I had been telling him how impressed I was with ruins around Oaxaca, Mexico and he suggested we visit Palenque. He wrote the name down on a piece of paper and I kept it for a couple of years before finally deciding to go. Glad we did.

Steve

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