A while back it was Cintia's birthday. We stayed in cabins next to a beautiful waterfall, went swimming, to Palenque (Mayan Ruins), and wandered around the town of Palenque.
This is Cintia's cousin and I drinking Micheladas in front of the convenience store that sells them. I love this about this area. Palenque is hot, and many stores sell these salty sweet tomato- beer drinks. It makes me instantly in a better mood if I have been walking around in the heat all day, or if I am feeling introverted.
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| Coffee is amazing everywhere here :) |
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Palenque and the temple for the sun? or moon? or agricultural crops?
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| Downtown Palenque |
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| Cool Lizards! With blue necks that stick out |
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To let light in the Mayans had triangle roofs. They slept in caves and had holes of light come through, so they could see.
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Although not an attractive picture, it was the most interesting thing I learned that day. There were two canals of water in Palenque, one connected to the Sauna pictured here. Wood was put down first and heated in one hole, after coals formed, medicinal plants and a bit of water was added. The best thing about this is that this canal connected to the sewer water. So every once in a while they would clean out their canals with medicinal aromatic plants. These two canals connect further down to a near bye river which is still there.
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