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Don Muchos, El Panchan, Kim Balam, Palenque, Chiapas
I just love Palenque. And when Angel was 6 I took her on the same journey we just took. We started in Cancun and then bussed to Merida, then Palenque, San Cristobal de las Casas and then to Zipolite...this time we stopped in Huatulco before Zipolite.
Anyways, we stayed a Kim Balam... I don't think it was called that the first time..but what I remembered was reading about El Panchan and then we got there and met all sorts of cool people and had fun at the ruins and ate at Don Muchos and Angel loved the chocolate milk.
When we arrived this time she was so tired. We had spent 2 days in Cancun, then bused to Merida and then spent 4 hours in the bus depot and took the night bus to Palenque so we could save on the hotel and also because we needed to make time..and get to Zipolite asap to secure a room because high season is coming.
So when we got there I just let her sleep and I went over to Don Muchos and ordered a lovely seafood pasta to go. It was super yummy. We went into town that night and got our bus tix for San Cristobal and for Huatulco.
We went to the Ruins the next day and it was wonderful. We took a camieta up and walked back. We wanted to go to Agua Azul and Mishol-ha but just didn't have the cash. Hopefully we will get to there next time. It had been raining a lot so they would be brown and not blue so maybe there was a reason we just weren't supposed to go. The little creek by our cabana rose really high with all the water. It was not the usual. They said they thought maybe the earthquake changed something. As it was the waterfall at Palenque was really flowing so that was beautiful!
I loved our room at Kim Balam Cabanas. It's the same one we had when Angel was six. Brought back so many memories. Lots of fun! We could here the howler monkeys and we even saw one. So that was really cool. We had a great time.
Here are 2 videos I made of Don Muchos. I will make more of Kim Balam and others. Took a ton of photos at the ruins and the whole trip. I can only put up small video right now because internet is slow. I will put up a movie when we get back to Canada I guess.
Don't take your high speed internet for granted. We are extremely blessed to have it and many people just don't realize it.
Actually when we were at Kim Balam and Don Muchos there was no internet. The earthquake messed it up. It messed me up a bit but there was free Wi-fi at the ADO bus station and that really was a life saver because it helped me book my hotel for San Cristobal. That's another story...I will save for the next post.
