Palenque, Mayan Ruins

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Palenque town itself is a rather drab place, but the ruins, deep in jungle, are as spec­tac­u­lar as you might expect. It’s also the per­fect place to feel like Indi­ana Jones for a day…

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San Cristobal de las Casas to Pelenque

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I’m never sure if it’s a great idea to save money on hotels by using overnight buses. It is, how­ever, a very effect­ive use of time. Just so long as you can get some sleep. The bus to San Cris­to­bal was cer­tainly as com­fort­able as was needed — we could only get […]

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Planes, Trains and Taxis to Mexico

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It felt like we’d been trav­el­ling for 36hrs… and we had. Tired, dehyd­rated and crabby, reach­ing Oax­aca and actu­ally get­ting a proper meal and a comfy bed was actu­ally some­thing of a highlight…

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