Palenque and Leaving Chiapas

I only have a few minutes so this will have to be a quick recap. We went toPalenque this weekend and saw the Mayan ruins. But first on the way there we stopped at some really cool waterfalls called Aguazul. The place we stayed in Palenque was reallly cool also. We stayed in cabins in the jungle, which were a little gross and had a lot of bugs, but the rest of the place had an awesome atmoshpere. Therewere so many Mexican and European hippies there! We also saw monkeys and some cool bands and hippies dancing with fire :). I swear two of the people there thought they were Tarzan and Jane. They were prety much just wearing loin cloths and had dreads....they were very interesting to watch. It was a great place to spend my birthday though.

The ruins in Paleneque were so beautiful, and even though they are reconstructed, it´s amazing to think about how old those buildings are. And only about 5% ofthem are uncovered. The rest of them are still buried in the jungle so we also got to walk through the jungle to see some of the ones that they left buried.

After Palenque we drove back to Chiapas and on our last day there we went to Sumidero canyon. We took a boat through the canyon, which is HUGE, and it was really beautiful. We also saw a bunch of spider monkeys and crocodiles. Then we left Chiapas at 7pm and drove 12 hours back to Oaxaca. I am getting really tired of buses, but at least this one was comfortable and we got to watch to movies. We are going to spend the day here in Oaxaca and then we are off to mexico city. Then on Friday we are going to Morelia in Michiacan. They almost changed that part of the trip because it´s pretty dangerous there right now, but they decided not to. We aren´t going to be able to do much there though because it´s not really safe to walk around unless we are with a really big group.

K, well that´s all for now!