Palenque - Agua Azul

Travelling from Merida to Palenque on a Mexican luxury air-conditioned coach with recliner seats was all good until the videos came on. If you do this tour don’t bother trying – they won’t turn the volume down! But the bus did get us to Palenque in good timing - and on a better bus than I have ever travelled on in Australia!

Palenque was hot, dry and the town not much to speak of – as we arrived I thought, ‘The ruins better be worth it!’

Boy, were they worth it! We combined a day trip around the ruins with an amazing, unexpected excursion to Agua Azul waterfalls in the afternoon. Our tour leader suggested the trip to the falls the night before as a combination, and we paid a couple of dollars extra per person to keep the minibus for the day. We got to swim in the most awesome, blue refreshing waterfalls. I swung off a rope, Tarzan-style, and dropped into a lush, clear river. There were so many different sections of waterfalls and rivers that we could swim in. There were also people walking around selling fresh mangoes and watermelons…it was paradise! I really don’t want to leave now!