We left Veracruz early in the morning, and in a neighboring village stopped at a little road-side eatery to get some eggs and beans to go. They’re always served with corn tortillas, and they’re one of the few reliable meals we can order wherever we go! This woman ran down the street to buy the eggs, and delivered our take-out meal to our car window. Kind of like a drive-through… Couldn’t help but snap a photo of...

As we drove into Palenque, we were relieved to find a very cheap hotel directly on the road to the ruins. As you leave the last roundabout out of Palenque towards the ruins, it is perhaps the 5th or so place on the right, with a large restaurant in front. It cost us only $500 pesos ($40 USD), and I think we may have been the only guests. The only downer was that the beds in our particular room were terribly wirey and sagging in some parts,...

Did you really think we were done posting about pyramids?  HA!!  More to come!! On New Year’s Day we made the short trek from Becan to the Calakmul Pyramids. Most pyramids in Mexico are quite cheap to visit, and this one cost us about $7 (only adults pay)–not the cheapest, but certainly not the most expensive. There is a long road entrance to the ruins, because they are a bit off the beaten path–12 miles from the...