Today was a big travelling day as the plan was an overnight bus ride to Palenque to check out the ruins and then a 5 hour bus ride to my hostel in San Cristobal de Las Casas. The overnighter to Palenque was pretty bad. The only seats available were right next to the bathroom so the stench of poop filled the air as someone opened the door. My neighbor, a lady from Poland thought it was worse than me. She moved as soon as a seat closer to the front was available.

We got to Palenque around 9 a.m. and I quickly grabbed a taxi to the ruins to start the day. The ruins were nothing short of amazing. I arrived early so there weren’t too many visitors there. I had all my luggage with me and was asked to check it at the entrance. I refused and was told I couldn’t enter until I did. 10 pesos was what it costs me and I was in. The place was amazing. Set in a lush jungle it was the main attraction of Chiapas state. I was in awe when I saw the first Temple de Inscripciones. That was only one of about 15 temples. I took as many photos as I could and walked around the entire complex. It felt like I was in an Indiana Jones movie. It was that cool. The weather got warmer and being in the jungle it was humid as hell.

I finished walking about 3 hours later and headed back to El Centro to eat and catch my bus to San Cristobal de Las Casas. The trip from Palenque to San Cristobal was horrible. Windy roads, rain and sitting in the aisle almost made me throw up. Finally I arrived, grabbed something to eat and knocked out at the Hostel de Las Palomas. It was a tiring Christmas day.