Storm stops play We were up before 9 again after a thankfully dry night, we weren't sure how waterproof our tent was, but it stood up to the storm last night without a problem. We had hoped today to take one of the many collectivos that say 'playa' (beach) on them to a lagoon but as it was still cloudy and threatening rain we decided to wait a while and see what the weather would do. So instead we sat and had a coffee at the on site restaurant and caught up ...

Misol-Ha Waterfalls We had a bit of a lie in today only stirring from our beds just after 9. We were soon dressed and caught a collectivo into town. Whilst on the plane from Lima to Flauderdale Mae had been informed that she MUST try the 'Huevos Rancheros' whilst in Mexico and so we decided that we would do this today. We found a little cafe where we got a set breakfast of eggs, Mae had Rancheros which was a flour tortilla covered in refried black beans then...

Palenque Ruins We were up with the dawn today ready for an early start at the ruins after a slightly disturbed night due to a group of howler monkeys making a racket at 2 in the morning (it sounded like a group of ferocious beasts fighting around us) and were relieved that it was cool and fresh after the heat of yesterday. After a quick wash we were off, walking the 2km along the road to the ruins, the occasional collectivo or taxi honking as they went past ...

Palenque We were rudely awoken at about 6:30 today as the driver told everyone to get off the bus for 20 mins so he could go and refuel. Since we were supposed to be arriving in an hour we assumed that this meant the bus was late. We soon returned to the bus and our fears proved to be correct as it was 9 by the time we actually reached Palenke. We quickly found a collectivo which took us to our camp-site, stopping along the way so we could pay our entrance f...