Our stay in Palenque was really enjoyable.
     We went to Palenque for a couple of days which delayed my blog posts. Here are some of the highlights:
-We stayed in a really amazing hotel with  a delicious restaurant, three pools lined by rocks, some howler monkeys, nice staff and jungle atmosphere. It is literally in the jungle with palm trees, vines, beautiful flowers and native animals.
-One day Adelaide, Oscar, Mathilda and I swam ALL day. Since we went in the pool in the morning I had never been completely dry. In the end of the day we swam in a river that we had visited earlier. It had a pretty strong current and it was a workout to get up to a group of rocks. The light was fading so it was hard to see the rocks below us. We got onto the side and jumped into the water and had to immediately start swimming. We got to the farthest we could go and floated down to where my dad was waiting on another rock. But first we had to go through an odd little whirl pool. It made it harder for you to get to the rock. Adelaide even got twirled around!! Oh and I forgot to tell you the main reason we went to the river: on the bottom of the calmer part are huge groups of black fish that we call Devil Fish. They don't interact much with you but it makes you a little nervous to touch the bottom of the river.
-Now this is the secret that we had been planning for a while: we made a spa for my parents with a facial, lotion, massage and mint steam! They really liked it and they went to bed tired but relaxed.
-We went to the ruins of Palenque which were really awesome. We got a short tour through the jungle and a history of Palenque. Only 2% of the temples are uncovered! We got to go inside an ancient house that was still standing! We climbed some temples and found out that the ancient sewer system that the ancient Mayans used beats our modern one! The temples have never flooded though much of Mexico floods during the rainy season! We learned about a ball game where they used their hips to bounce a ball; whoever lost were killed! I would not want to play that game!
-We went in the river ONE more time. Oscar, Adelaide and I went first and couldn't make it up to the rock we had originally swum to because we were giggling a lot. My dad said that we were being wimpy and that if we hadn't been giggling we would have made it. Then he tried it and also couldn't make it. The river was higher and the current was a lot stronger than the day before. All we could do was float down and go across the river if we swam strongly.
-We had a very uncomfortable trip back home because this time we had two more people in our car and since our car can only fit seven people, my parents were in front, Auntie Sarah and her boyfriend Tom in the middle, and then four kids in the back. Adelaide and Mathilda had to share the middle seat. We were squished. The first half we all fought to be comfortable and I am going to decline from saying anything about anyone's behavior for fear of saying anything bad about someone that I would regret later.
-We made it home and ate dinner as quickly as possible so that we could watch Finding Nemo and eat popcorn.
Good Night!
Sorry for my delay in blog posts!
I will post pictures of the ruins later.

Adelaide and I waiting for everyone else.

Towel art that the cleaning lady did on our beds in Palenque.

Oscar in heels. He begged my parents to buy them.
Just kidding.