a park like setting crisscrossing the banks of the stream.
Ruins of several structures were incorporated into the pathway
leading to a lower terrace where many more ruins exist but
are unexcavated. The collage below is a general sampling
of the parkway. A large Ceiba Tree punctuated the end of
the pathway. Picture, center bottom, is of Bibi standing in
front of the Ceiba Tree.
After lunch at an open air restaurant off site, the group begin to
break up, each following their own interest. Our bus returned to
Palenque Town and we chose to seek our own way back.
This left us free to explore as we saw fit. The two of us wanted
to take in the atmosphere of the Site and do some exploring up the
mountain behind the Temple of the Inscriptions where we knew
other unexcavated ruins existed.
This Collage is an attempt to capture the feeling of the greenery
and the relaxed serenity of the place. The center picture is of the
Temple of the Count, the following picture is a telephoto shot of
Steve and our traveling companions taking a breather. The ruins
we found back of the Temple of the Inscriptions were up the steps
in the lower left corner followed by two pictures of that Temple.
Tired and hot we gave up about 4:00 in the afternoon and
caught a "collectevo" (mini bus) back to town a few miles
away, which made several stops to pick up and let off
passengers. We got off at the intersection of the main
highway and the road into Palenque Town, marked by this
large sculpture of Pacal's head. We then walked a couple of
blocks to our Hotel where we took a shower and a nap before
venturing out for super at a near by restaurant.
Good food but could not eat it all, resolved to cut down!
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