We rock up to Palenque at 5am having caught an overnight bus from Tulum. We’re nakered as we didn’t get much sleep on the bus. Luckily my tablet has a little battery so we see on a map where the hostel is.

We walk around a find the place. Palenque is quite a safe area. Police are about and there doesn’t seem to be any groups of dodgy looking people.

Once at the hostel we look at a dorm but also enquire about a private room. Turns out the private room is cheaper than the dorm! So we get the dorm, but then the guy screwed up his English and its not cheaper, its more expensive, but only a little.

The room is one of the best we’ve stayed at so far. Double bed each, 2 pillows each, what feels like silk sheets, private bathroom and shower. The only bad thing about the room is no WiFi! It doesn’t reach the room. Next to the bed is a menu which describes the services the hostel has to offer. This place knows how to take care of its guests.

We catch few hours sleep and get ready at 12pm to go to the ruins. Its relatively cheap as it only costs around £3 to get in. The ruins here feel more spectacular than the ones in Chitzen Itza. Chitzen Itza pyramids are larger in scale but they’re really spread out. Palenque pyramids are closer together and they’re in the jungle too! Trees growing all around them and grass all over too.

I will need to link this post to photos as I cannot describe the beauty of the scenery. These type of ruins are what attracted me to see the Mexican pyramids. The scale of the pyramids are amazing. The steps are huge, making me think the Mayans are large people.

We didn’t get a guide this time as we felt like walking around and admiring the sights. I can’t wait to go to Tikal as those ruins are apparently the most incredible of them all.