During our last morning at the Maya Bell in Palenque we got to check out some frogs in action. Check out all the tadpoles. Don’t they think they have enough?

From Palenque we drove to Frontera Corozol, the town nearest the Maya ruin of Yaxchilán. A swim in the river helped with the heat and humidity, at least temporarily.

We got to see more howler monkeys at our campsite there, but it was really hot and the sandflies came out at dusk forcing us into the hot van. We passed a frozen bottle of water back and forth to try to cool our skin down.

The next morning we took a boat 40 minutes down river to see the ruins.

Yaxchilán is smaller than Palenque, but it’s setting on the river makes it very nice.

We even got to see a crocodile from the boat on the way back!

Next stop Bonampak, where it was still hot and humid, so more swimming was in order (no crocs here!). A heavy rain in the evening helped to cool things off a bit. We decided we didn’t want to go see the ruin there, so we departed in the morning for the long drive toward the highlands, and hopefully cooler weather.

Witt and Quinn used some rope and our colander to make a fishing net. We even caught one! Don’t worry, we released him so he could re-join his family.

After a long drive the next day we made it to Las Nubes, another series of waterfalls on the Río Santo Domingo. We didn’t gain enough elevation to cool off but at least the swimming was good!

We hiked to a viewpoint where the river passes through a tunnel.

The next day’s drive to the Lagos de Montebello. We climbed about 4000 feet, and when we arrived at the campsite it was cool and breezy. Heaven!

We got a great campsite right on the shore of the lake.