People rave about Palenque, making the bold statement that it is their favourite place in Mexico. For us though, it was not so. The ruins are the only reason to make the trek to this small town. Situated in the middle of the jungle, the ruins themselves are stunning and certainly different from desert-like Chichen Itza.
The place where we stayed in the jungle was incredibly basic and writhing with insects, in particular scorpions. I think that our room was infested. After having an enormous black scorpion walk on my leg in bed I was only accutely aware of their presence, only to find another one crawling above our bed the following night. They don't die quickly either. After several attempts of tredding on them, Tom had to use all his weight using a squishing motion to properly kill these mini beasts.
The Palenque jungle village is a strange place. It is ridicuously hot and humid. Even sitting still, you sweat profusely. It's a place full of tripped-out US and European hippies getting high on the psychadelic mushrooms in the area. Some have been living there for 20 years or so. One American lady owned a bookshop in the middle of the jungle and sold all types of things other than books!
The place where we stayed in the jungle was incredibly basic and writhing with insects, in particular scorpions. I think that our room was infested. After having an enormous black scorpion walk on my leg in bed I was only accutely aware of their presence, only to find another one crawling above our bed the following night. They don't die quickly either. After several attempts of tredding on them, Tom had to use all his weight using a squishing motion to properly kill these mini beasts.
The Palenque jungle village is a strange place. It is ridicuously hot and humid. Even sitting still, you sweat profusely. It's a place full of tripped-out US and European hippies getting high on the psychadelic mushrooms in the area. Some have been living there for 20 years or so. One American lady owned a bookshop in the middle of the jungle and sold all types of things other than books!
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