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Tuesday, May 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive to Palenque starts with an hour of good curvy road that takes you through Villahermosa, Tobasco and into Chiapas.  We booked a night at \u201cThe Burnt Hotel\u201d, otherwise known as Villas Kin Ha. It’s actually a few miles outside of Palenque on the road towards the ruins.  We call it the burnt hotel because, well, its burnt.  Not all of it.  A significant portion was struck by lightning several years ago and they have taken their sweet time to getting around to fixing everything.  Lightning and palapas don\u2019t play well together.  Be that as it may, the unburnt portion is nestled nicely into the jungle.  Its serene and relaxing.  It\u2019s also quite large and everything is a single-story building.  There are a few other guests here, but you have to go out of your way to find them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We spent a fair amount of time in the pool just outside our caba\u00f1a, just floating around and searching for Macaws in the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jungle Dining<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Just across the road, also tucked back into the jungle, is where we had dinner. Sharon doesn\u2019t do fish but she actually enjoyed a refreshing ceviche.  Very fancy.  Then we ordered a fantastic type of fondue with wild boar, deer and turkey.  Sustainable jungle critters and wine. Eat, drink and feel good about the planet! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ceviche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sustainable Fondue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, May 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you make coffee using fizzy water?  Sharon did.  I never listened in chemistry class, or maybe that was covered in Home Ec (which I didn\u2019t take) but fizzy water makes a pretty good cup of coffee.  I was expecting something along the line of \u201cpop\u201d rocks but it was not to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We drove into the heart of Palenque for a little walking around windowless shopping.  This didn\u2019t last all that long so we returned to the burnt hotel for a boredom nap.  We\u2019re not really bored, just jaded from our vacationing selves trying to not appear like we\u2019re having a great time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alfred! To the Bat Cave!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If you are a dorky kid that is challenged by water, I apologize.  But you swim like an out-of-control bat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, May 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We got up at a respectable hour, topped off the car with gas and headed into the biosphere.  We’re going 40 miles south, into the jungle near the border with Guatemala. These 40 miles will take 2 hours due to the road being in three phases: good then poor then treacherous.  On the treacherous part I managed to shatter the upper right corner of my wind shield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calakmul tower 2. Tower 1 in the distrance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Calakmul has two of the tallest Mayan structures in a widespread ancient city.  It was populated from around 500 BC to 1500 AD and is similar to Tical to its south in Guatemala.  We showed off our climbing skills in front of tourists half our age while we silently groaned and grunted to the top of a structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Spider Monkey Buddies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The highlight was a group of spider monkeys that played and swung from tree to tree, seeming to follow us on our trek back to the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was about 8 o\u2019clock in the evening when the power went out at the hotel.  The very tiny hotel.  There was a knock at the door where the night keeper was waiting with lit candles for our convenience.  I looked behind him and notice the power outage was actually for the entire town.  No worries.  The day\u2019s events made for an easy nights sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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