withallmyart
Olympia
Untitled — 9 months ago
Not worth it!
i went to chiapas about 7 years ago. i cannot believe it has been that long. i traveled on my own and went to see a friend who had just had a baby. i started off in vera cruz(where my parents honeymooned in’67). i arrived the day after carnivale and everyone there just seemed wiped out. i stayed at a really nice hotel that was inexpensive. i was only there for about one day before i caught the bus to palenque. at the bus station i met a woman from canada and we began talking. she was going to palenque also and i asked if she wanted to stay with me at my friend’s house. she came with me and we stayed with my friend and her boyfriend. we pitched a tent in the yard and listened to monkeys in the jungle. we got up early and went to the ruins right when they opened. i climbed to the top of one of the structures and stayed up there as people started to arrive. i could see them and they all looked so small. sound carries up so i could hear them all talking and i heard someone call my name. it was a friend of mine from olympia who was supposed to be on a boat. they were on shore leave and he happened to be there at the same time as myself.
i spent the rest of my time there hanging out with my one old friend and my one new friend. my new friend wanted to go to agua azul and i was planning to go to san cristobal. we decided to make the trip together. at agua azul we separated as we hiked up. i decided to go off the beaten path a bit. i was hiking around and thinking because i had much on my mind at the time when i almost ran into another hiker going downhill. that hiker also happened to be another old friend from olympia…..
