A JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN !!!

IN THE YEAR 2004  WE DECIDED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY WHICH WE CALL OUR HOME.

WE LOADED OUR VERY OLD CAR WITH A LOT OF STUFF AND PRAYED THAT THIS OLDTIMER WILL HOLD ON THE WHOLE TRIP

AFTER 2 DAYS DRIVING I WAS SO EXITED TO SEE THE FIRST MOUNTAINS IN MEXICO

VERY SOON WE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS IS A TOTAL DIFFERENT KIND OF MEXICO

THE FIRST RUINS WHICH WE WANTED TO SEE ARE "BONAMPAK"

THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA WHERE WE HAD BEEN...

WHEN WE WERE FINISHED WITH THE RUINS OF BONAMPAK WE STARTED TO LOOK FOR A HOTEL  

BUT WE JUST FOUND A WASTE AND DIRTY COTTAGE! THEY EVEN CALLED IT "THE HONEYMOON-SUITE"

AND OFFERT US A GOOD PRICE , BUT TO BE HONEST: IT WAS SO DISGUSTING THAT THEY COULD OFFER ME MONEY AND I WOULD'NT BE ABLE TO SLEEP THERE.

BUT THAN WE HAD LUCK!

A MEXICAN TOUR GUIDE SAW US AND RECOGNISED IMMEDIATELY OUR SITUATION  HE TOLD US THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE HOTEL IN THIS AREA AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIM

WE WERE SO RELIEVED AND THANKFULL. THE CABAN WAS CLEAN AND THE LOCATION WAS EVEN JUST A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM THE BORDER RIVER "RIO USUMACINTA" TO GUATEMALA !

VERY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING WE RENTED A BOAT BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY SPECIAL MAYA RUINS NAMED: "YAXCHILAN" WHICH YOU JUST CAN VISIT BY BOAT.

CAN YOU SEE THE CROC ?

AFTER BREAKFAST WE STARTED IN DIRECTION PALENQUE, BUT IT WAS JUST TO MANY PEOPLE THERE. SO WE DECIDED TO VISIT THE WATERFALLS

"MI SOL HA"

AND "AGUA AZUL"

THE IDEA WAS TO ARRIVE IN

"SAN CRISTOBAL" BEFORE SUNSET..

...BUT IT WAS A LONG WAY WITH TERRIBLE STREETS...

AND FINNALY WE MADE IT

THE NEXT DAY WE STARTED OUR TRIP THROUGH THE MOINTANS AGAIN TO VISIT "CIUDAD DEL CARMEN" AT THE GOLF COAST

BY THE WAY THE ONLY CHANCE TO GET SOME GAS FOR THE CAR WAS THIS KIND OF STORE...

AFTER MANY MANY HOURS WE ARRIVED IN CIUDAD DEL CARMEN

WE SPEND 2 NIGHTS IN A VERY NICE HOTEL AND RELAXED.

UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GO TO OUR LAST STOP

"CAMPECHE"

WITH THIS SUNSET I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY TRIP REPORT...