Today we went to Palenque ruins. I´m glad we went to Chichen Itza first, because Palenque was far more interesting. 94% of the city is still under the forrest, with only a few temples unearthed and restored. It was great to wander through the forrest and see the temples sitting there under the earth with trees growing out of them.
In the afternoon we went to Agua Azul falls. We swam in the murky brown water and played a ball game with the local kids. One of them gave me a pink flower, then tried to charge me a peso for it. She let me keep it though.
<the hills are amazing. They´re full of tiny villages and people trying to sell stuff. There are speed humps in the towns, and the locals stand by them waiting for the cars to slow down enough to sell them stuff. In some places, there aren´t any speed humps so the locals tie plastic bags onto a rope and hold it across the road. When you get close to them, they drop the rope and let you through, but by that stage you´ve already slowed down long enough for them to show you their fruit or whatever they´re selling.
I´ve got another big bus trip coming up tomorrow. Apparently the Drammamine will come in handy because we´ll be driving through the windy hills for hours.
Sorry to hear that I´m not the only one getting sick. The consensus is that the fruit was custard fruit, but dragon fruit might be another name for it. We saw another wierd one today - it looked like a rambutan, but it was as big as a basketball. Any guesses?
Nanoo Nanoo.
