Date:  December 20, 2012
Time:   10:36 pm CST (Maya Standard Time)
Current Location:  Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Weather:  Cloudy
Mission Objective:  Go to the Maya ruins

We get back to the hotel at around 11 pm.  I quickly turn on the computer and get to work editing the newly recorded material and writing the blog.  Fortunately, the internet is working really well here.  Dani quickly makes himself as comfortable as possible on the box springs and fades off into sleep.  Strangely, at around midnight, a strong downpour pelts the roof of the hotel.  The rain continues through the night.  Other parts of southern Mexico report heavy rains as well.  The weather reports a couple of days ago did not mention rain.  Now there is more than I'd like.  This isn't good for the celebration I want to shoot at the ruins in the morning.

View of the street from second floor balcony of hotel at 3:31 am

Same view above but at 7:18 am

I finally get to bed around 4 am.  The bumpy box spring is comfortable enough when you're really tired.  I run the days' events through my head as I quickly fade away into the final day of the Maya calendar.  At 7 am my alarm wakes me, and Dani as well.  The rain continues, but not as heavy.  They say that chiles are good for the memory,... because they remind you of what you ate the day before!  I maybe should have gone a little easy on the chips and salsa at the restaurant.  Worse is the fact that the water isn't working in the hotel.  There's plenty of water outside but no pressure in the pipes.

Now to decide on exactly what to do.  Obviously this weather won't permit any formal festivities at the ruins.  I will post later with updates.......

Milio'te  (good morning)

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