Palenque is without a doubt my favourite ruins that I visited in Mexico, and as you may have already seen, we visited quite a few! It could have been the swell of empowerment from facing my fear and climbing into a hillside tunnel to spot teeny bats, or perhaps the splendour of the site’s massive expanse, only a fraction of which has been fully excavated. It was definitely caused at least in part by the beautiful jungle location. But whatever the reason, Palenque simply blew me away. Here’s what we saw.
