Friday, February 13, 2009

Travel Day to Palenque

We were on the road at 7 AM today. We had 310 miles to travel and it took 9 hours to do it. We thought the roads were supposed to be good most of the way and at one point John actually got to go 70 mph!! But that didn't last long as major parts of our route were under construction and there were lots of the ubiquitous topes!

We are staying in a campground/parking lot at the Nunutun Hotel. Our wagon master has rented two rooms for the three nights we are here so that we will have access to hot showers any time. We are right on a river plus there is a great pool (highs will be in the upper 80's). As the sun was setting this evening, we heard the Howler Monkeys start their evening song. We are told they will wake us up in the morning. Several of us actually saw 4 of them in the tree tops.

MAP: We are here for 3 nights.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like so much fun! Seeing pictures at Xcaret brought back memories as we visited there & Xel-Ha a few years ago when we were in Cancun. Their whole culture in very intriguing. Be safe!