Man it seems like ages since I wrote a blog, but Ive been in the midst of the jungle with no communication lines whatsoever! So when I left Veracruz i got the night bus to San Cristobal. Its a lovely place, everywhere you look there is another pretty church or another old building. There is also an amazing craft market where i bought some stuff, meaning i had to jettison a couple more items of clothing! I stayed my first night in a cheap hostal as i wanted a hot shower, and then moved to a backpackers hostel for a night. The hostel was ok, people there were kinda boring and German, and not really in the mood for fun as they went to bed at about half 6. woohoo! Also i cant remember a word of my secondary school german so kept quiet really! After a night in the hostel i decided to go to Palenque, was gonna get the nightbus but then a guy i met in Zihua then randomly ran into again in Cristobal said the night bus gets raided by bandits all the time so i got the daytime one! Arrived in Palenque and its horrible, the town is grey and dull and the hotels ridiculously overpriced. The first one i went in wanted 650 pesos for a night about 40 odd quid! Rubbish. Decided to skip the hotel and went straight to El Panchen which is in the jungle, inside the natural reserve where the ruins are. No cabins but across the way they had a space so i stayed there for a night. At dinner met a couple of americans called Cassidy and Sarah who were really nice, next day first thing i went to the ruins. They are amazing, its just shame there were so many people there, then again they are fantastic and of course are gonna be busy. Anyway i decided i wanted to spend a night in a hammock so i changed campsites later in the day. The night in the hammock was interesting. Slept with my knife and torch by my side as the jungle makes a lot of noise. Dad you are a genius for suggesting to take a cotton sleeper thing. Got pretty cold! Was woken up at 3am ish by Howler Monkeys, as the name suggests they are very loud! Had all manner of things jump on me in the night, cockroaches, spiders etc. yeesh.
Anywho bright and early the next morning i had breakfast then went on one of the tours they organise to the two waterfall places, Misol Ha and Agua Azul. Wow. Just incredible. Ran into Cass and Sarah there aswell and we spent the whole day just swimming in waterfalls and pools and swinging on rope swings into pools and diving off stuff. Was amazing. took photos before my camera died. It was just awesome!
Last night i caught the night bus to mexico city as am trying to get to guadalajara to meet up with a couple of people and then gonna head back to the farm i think to see people again!