Im writing this before boarding the bus for Tulum. Another long night bus ride – 11 hours at least – ahead of me. The good part – I get to process some photos, write a bit – before and ON the bus. Fortunately the Mexican buses are pretty nice and comfortable. If they had WiFi I would stop staying at hostels and just be on the bus. I’m kidding, of course.
Right now I’m in Palenque – the city, not the ruins – enjoying the luxury of a high powered fan. Before yesterday I thought that the worst heat I had to endure was at Teotihuacan. Well, I was wrong. Tropical sun + jungle setting = me extremely unhappy. But that didn’t stop me from going today again at the ruins. A quick van ride from the city, the ruins are pretty easily accessible, so at around 8am I went there again. Funny thing – there were more people today than yesterday at around 3pm. Everybody hates the heat. Also today I was lucky and found 2 or 3 French groups – with guide. Yesterday there were mostly Mexican groups and German ones. Speaking of which – I always imagined Mexic is a favourite US destination, yet right now it’s flooded with Europeans. Pretty funny.