Day off in Palenque - Visiting the archaeological site of Palenque
During my bike tour from Alaska to Argentina, I took a day off to explore the archaeological site of Palenque. Here's a few photos of Palenque.
Exploring Palenque
Today was a day to take in the ancient site of Palenque. I had visited the ruins a few years ago, which you can read here - 10 ancient and weirdly mysterious places I have visited.
There seemed to be more tourists here than last time, but little could detract from the beauty of the place. Rather than write a huge paragraph about it, I'll let the photos of Palenque do the talking.
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Photos of Palenque
The last few days have been quite spectacular in terms of landscape, friendship and culture - great stuff.
And so, from here, I need to cycle two days to the border with Guatemala, and then another two or three days until I reach Tikal. Until next time !! .....
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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